Hey everyone,

I just recently bought a 95 Integra GSR and I noticed oil in little specs all over the bumper and the back of the car around the exhaust. Does anyone know why it does this?

Thanks is advance

 

you burn oil, welcome to vtec world.
Since we have motors which rev really high and switch cam profiles during vtec, our valve seals wear, and we burn oil.
thats the most common reason, there could be others though.

 

possible piston rings.. same problem i had here and i bought the CTR conversion and havent seen it since..

 

wouldn't burning oil just cause smoke, i had one motor where the rings went out and that one just burned a whole lot of white smoke out the muffler. then i worked on a motor with bad valves and thats when your car sounds like a subaru. i've never heard of oil actually coming out of the muffler.

 

OMG!! Dude! I have the same problem. When I first seen it I freaked out, but it's been about a year now, and she's still running fine, so i just try to forget about it...lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Left_Sock &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey everyone,

I just recently bought a 95 Integra GSR and I noticed oil in little specs all over the bumper and the back of the car around the exhaust. Does anyone know why it does this?

Thanks is advance</TD></TR></TABLE>

My civic did this. My integra doesn't. A couple things you might want to look at or think of:

- How much oil does your car burn?
- Is your head gasket bad? Oil in the coolant. Coolant in the oil
- How do your spark plugs look? Is one of them glossy black?


Aside from preventative maintenance, I would say that there isn't anything, aside from taking off the piping from your car and pushing a rag through to clean it out that you can do to get rid of this. I don't think it's oil per-say. I think it's a mix of water and all the exaust stuff that sticks to the piping. Then when you start the car after a while it spits out the condensation from the night.

I think this is also more likely to happen with aftermarket piping because it offers less restriction for condensation to work it's way through the system.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by super jdm yo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wouldn't burning oil just cause smoke, i had one motor where the rings went out and that one just burned a whole lot of white smoke out the muffler. then i worked on a motor with bad valves and thats when your car sounds like a subaru. i've never heard of oil actually coming out of the muffler. </TD></TR></TABLE>

That would be burning oil but oil can actually be left unused and still pass through the system. IE, some of it escaped without actually igniting.

 

Thanks guys, I notice it mostly when it rev's up like when you give it a shot of gas, a little cloud ( nothign major) comes out and by then i get home theres little bits of black liquid all over the rear bumper. Doesnt seem to be causing any problems just curious

 

And it burned about 1 quart of oil for around 650 km's

 

my car does the same thing and i try to not let it get to me but w/e yeahh it means your just burning oil. this is on my LS but yeahh

 

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Thats a little high, you might want to look into doing some refreshment on your engine.

 

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Thats a little high, you might want to look into doing some refreshment on your engine.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's HELLA high. You're burning more than a liter every 400 miles.

Way too high, your headgasket or rings are gone. Plan some time in the near future to rebuild the engine.