Hey everyone,

i have noticed that my 2000 Civic Si em1 has been using a lot of oil, i have been putting in a quart to a quart and a half of Mobil 1 Synthetic nearly every 2 - 2 1/2 weeks... i know that a quart a month probably alright but every 2 weeks???

There are no drips or leaks of oil, the only mods on the engine are an AEM short ram and a valve cover breather... Engine only has 66k original miles. i must do 50 miles a day in commuting to college...

i am new to the b16a2 from my k20a3 ep3 which burned no where near as much oil... is it just the b16's high rpms and the fact that im commuting a lot or do you think its a problem ?

thanks

 

do a compression test and lets us know the numbers, either valve seals are going or rings and or both, dont worry my gsr burnt about 2 qt's are week

 

+1 to the compression test.

 

I was burning a quart every other day with my B18C1 at it's peak.

That really sucked....

 

ye ai have the same problem, does ur car still pull strong?

 

Same problem here... No leaks whatsoever just bad oil loss, although I do get into vtec a lot which ive heard can cause it to consume more oil

 

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if you drive in vtec more than often you will consume more oil - learned the hard way..well, almost the hard way. baby the car more (unless you happen to find yourself in a race or late to work or have to take a dump real bad..then vtec all you want) but yea, driving in vtec will consume more oil

 

My EM1 was burning oil like crazy and i have 180,000 miles on it. I ended up replacing the valve stem seals and now it doesnt burn oil like it use to.

 

thanks for the input guys, yeah she still seems to pull fine... no sputtering or anything, no check engine light... all seems ok... ill look into the compression test and seals, but ive been busy lately and not a lot of time, hopefully its nothing to worry about