Hey people,

Just wondering if anyone else has run into this situation... I did an oil change at my last service interval and found that only about 2 out of 4 litres of oil drained out of the pan. I thought nothing of it because I know that certain driving styles causes oil consumption. I just recently did another oil change and found that the same amount drained out of the pan this time as well, but I didn't drive the car nearly as hard as the last 5000kms. Is this normal?

 

um no, have you checked for leaks. If you dont have a leak how are you coming up with the idea of it only being two qt coming out?

 

Don't you check the oil level on the dipstick at least once in a while between changes?

 

you could be burning it

 

...or you have a ghost.

Unless you have buildup of sludge equivelent to 2 qts of oil every change. So now you have about 4 qts. of sludge.


....though thats just a theory <-----


hehehehe...i really dont know tho.

 

There are no leaks anywhere, I've looked all around. I know only 2 are coming out because I buy 4x 1litre bottles to do the fill and refill them whith the old oil when I drain it. I had brought my car into Honda to fix a blown head gasket and this started happening after they changed it. Possibility they did something wrong? I don't normally check the dipstick because everything was fine until now.

 

You may possibly be burning it.

If you put in four, and get back two... your loosing it somewhere...


^^ obviously

 

Check your oil more frequently, and use a high quality oil to resist burnoff.

 

If you're not leaking, it's gotta go somewhere, and that's probably through your tail pipe.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iGGY366 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There are no leaks anywhere, I've looked all around. I know only 2 are coming out because I buy 4x 1litre bottles to do the fill and refill them whith the old oil when I drain it. I had brought my car into Honda to fix a blown head gasket and this started happening after they changed it. Possibility they did something wrong? I don't normally check the dipstick because everything was fine until now.</TD></TR></TABLE>
shouldnt be the dealerships fault, when u got your hg replaced you completely strengthened the head of your motor. The bottom end is still weak and needs a rebuild. Honda actually recommends getting the bottom end rebuilt after a headgasket but nobody does it because thats pricey ish.