Here's the deal. My teg is burning a large amount of oil. It varies depending on how hard I drive it, but on an average week of driving it easy, I'm losing a quart a week. I have gone through several quarts in one week from hard driving. I was wondering if anyone in here knows the difference in oil viscositys and what type/weight of oil I could run to make it burn less. I don't know how thick of an oil I can use before it get something that's too thick for car. I normally use Valvoline 10w-30 or 10w-40..unless I ocassionally find a good deal on the MaxLife stuff, I need to run that again to see how fast the burns too. This is just a temporary fix until I get a swap for it, and I am very well aware of that, but I am going through way too much oil using the stock weight and need to know which weight I can safely run to efectively lower the amount of oil that I'm burning. BTW...the reason I'm burning oil is because of worn out rings. I don't have very good compression..maybe that will aid in my receiving an answer. Thanx in advance for any help!


[Modified by slickboy, 9:47 PM 5/22/2002]

 

ttt

 

anyone care to help me?

 

Well, since no else responded, here's my opinion. Oil is cheap. Just keep the level up until you do your swap. Now here's the controversial part of my reply. A heavier oil will not reduce your oil burning. What you are using now is about all you can do, besides trying one of those miracle products that claims to stop oil burning. It couldn't hurt.

 

I was thinking about swtitching to like 15w-40 or 20w-50 if that would help slow my oil consumption. It's starting to get rather expensive for all the oil I'm burning. Would using a thicker weight like one of those cause any other problems?

 

Again, a thicker oil may not decrease your oil consumption. If it's too thick, you run the risk of oil starvation of the crank and cam(s). Honda engine are built to close tolerances and that's why thicker isn't better for these motors.

 

honda motors must use 5w-30 many of my customers just recieved a letter from honda stating that they must use 5-30 because anything thicker will cause premature bearing failure.

 

i'll second that.

use 5w-30 and call it a day.

 

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