My civic is burning or leaking oil somewhere and i cant find the problem. Theres no oil on the ground but its slowly losing oil. My check oil light came on the other day and I checked the oil and there was none left, so i just added some more.

A friend in told me if it was burning oil that there would be colored smoke coming out the exhaust if its in neutral and I rev the engine, but the smoke is only a normal color.

How can i find out whats the problem?

The car is a 1995 Civic LX EG 96k miles


Modified by puma2132 at 8:20 PM 8/1/2008

 

anyone please?

this is my first car so i dont have to much experience except helpin a friend swap in a vtec.

 

what color is normal smoke?

 

well he said just a little black is normal when i rev it to like 4500 rpm cuz the engine is runnin rich from the rev.

but theres no smoke when its idleing.

 

anyone please help?

 

valve seals or main rear main seal?if it were pistion rings there'd be more smoke...

 

alright thanks.
would replacing the seals fix the whole problem?
and how much would it cost?

 

Valve seals are a pain if you dont know what your doing..
Prices range depending on where you go to, call around and get some quotes.

 

i still have this problem too, after replacing the valve seals twice.
i thought it was my rings too, but we ran a compression test and leak down and the test came back negative.
You will also feel loss of torque. i'm just going to replace the motor then rebuild it.
I should not of used my CAI in the rain. Too much dirt in the throttle body.