i was wondering if any body could tell me of a good additive to use to help with my car burning a lil oil. Thanks any help would be great.

 

i would do a leak down test to see how bad it is most gsr's i see or hear about burn some what oil so im thinking its normal

 

true only way to stop it is an engine rebuild but ive seen so many b16's b18 and gsr smoking all the time when they step on it so you shud be fine my gsr motor is a 2000 and burns a lil oil but my car runs like a champ

 

hey does anyone know if using synthetic oil ,if it will slow or stop the burning of oil?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 20ls01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ive tried this before on my civic
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it DOES work BUT only for a little while and it starts again. You can also try thicker oil like 10w-40. it will slow down burning. really the only way to stop the oil burning is an engine rebuild.</TD></TR></TABLE>

maybe i will give that stuff a shot do they sell it all parts stores

 

any other ideas

 

Is it leaking any oil at all? If so fix the leak. If not, rebuild the engine (new rings and valve seals pretty much take care of it all....a whooping $160 at the honda dealer and a days worth of work).

 

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do a leak down and test your compression

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DOHCgarage919 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey does anyone know if using synthetic oil ,if it will slow or stop the burning of oil?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Since I have owned my 94 gsr (3 years and 4 months), I have ran full synthetic oil in it every 3000 miles. Generally I use Castrol Syntec 10W30. My car have used oil pretty much since the day I bought it, so no, it does not stop the burning of oil. As for the slowing burning oil I would assume not, but I have never run conventional oil in my car to find out...I've almost got my newly rebuilt motor back in the car so hopefully I don't have to worry about that anymore though.

 

if anything, synthetic will burn faster. if you want to slow it, run thicker oil. i tried 20w-50 for awhile and it really did slow down the burning but that **** is like molasses. i switched back to the recommended 5w-30 and just keep topping off whenever it needs it.

if i don't hit vtec, it does not burn a drop. free oil hookup ftw.

 

thanks for the ideas guys

 

i didnt read the replies but how much oil are you burning within 1000 miles? check it..

if its a lot of oil that has burned it might be piston rings (you would see white/ blue smoke from your tailpipe)

or your valve guide seals (stem seals) you might see blow by on your bumper

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alexisthemovie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if anything, synthetic will burn faster. if you want to slow it, run thicker oil. i tried 20w-50 for awhile and it really did slow down the burning but that **** is like molasses. i switched back to the recommended 5w-30 and just keep topping off whenever it needs it.

if i don't hit vtec, it does not burn a drop. free oil hookup ftw. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree with this guy, i mashed through three tanks of gas just to test oil consumption, and burned almost two quarts of oil, drove it and kept it out of vtec for three more tanks, and was not even a 1/8 quart low....

 

If it's a little i wouldn't worry about it. but if its massive quarts then i would **** cows.

 

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so do you think i have a oil consumption problem???? i thought i was doing ok after i i was gentle on the throttle for the last couple tanks and saw next to no oil loss... and im still getting 32 mpg on the highway.....?

 

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How much burning are we talking? Have you been checking your oil to see?

 

i would say around a quarter of a quart after about 900 miles.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by duneracer69 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would say around a quarter of a quart after about 900 miles.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, that is not a significant amount of oil consumption.