Every 3k miles i have had to add 1-1 1/2 quarts of oil. Should i be burning this much oil? The motor only has 96k on it?

 

it could be..u can do a compression test..and maybe time to replace piston rings.

 

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or a headgasket.

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when you've done oil changes, have you noticed any coolant in your oil?

 

No way, man, no way should it burn that much. Does it leak? B-series engines are known to leak from the cam end seals (t-belt side), cam end plug (VTEC solenoid side) and even the VTEC solenoid gasket or distributor seal.

 

There is no oil in the coolent that i have seen.

 

On the dipstick from the full hole to the add hole how much oil does that represent?

 

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if you were burning oil, a compression test should tell you.

 

No i am asking how much oil is from hole to hole? Does it represent 1 quart?

 

If there is oil at the add hole on the dipstick how much oil do you need to add roughly? Is it one quart? Because thats about how low it gets in 3k miles.

 

its 1 qt from the lower hole to the upper hole.

If you use your vtec a lot, it will burn more oil.

I would do a LEAKDOWN TEST to find out how much your oil rings are letting by and go from there.