hey wsup all.. i got a 99 gsr 80k miles got 4-1 headers, skunk2 im, aemv2 cai and an apexi ws2 catback.. i changed my oil last week and yesterday i checked the dipstick and there was none.. wut could it be? theres no visul leaks but m muffler tip is black.. so wut do i need 2 do???

 

fill it to the top dot on your dipstick and check it again. make sure your oil filter and drain bolt are snug.

 

already did that.. have been doing it. and still burning oil.. do i need to replace something internally?

 

if you are not leaking oil and really burning that much, you should see blackish blue smoke coming from your tailpipe. do a compression test. if you cant hold oil, it would be time to replace your piston rings.

 

valve seals...

 

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^^^^werd^^^^^ but damn man how bad have you been beating on it if it burns oil like that already....

 

compression test will tell you if its your piston rings - leakdown test will tell you if its your valve seals. ive heard of aftermarket distributors burning oil but not that much..

 

compression is good.. very good matter of fact.. i guess its the valve seals the.. how much am i lookin at 2 replace those? yea the tip from the ws2 exhaust is all black from burnt up oil im guessing i havent been beatin on it that bad i dnt think... lol. i bought it stock from an old guy and he was the only owner n put mostly all highway miles on it

 

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luckily you can do that on car..but its kind of a job, and youll need to follow a book.
youll have to take the cams out and take the springs off..also make sure you have the valves secure so they do not fall into the cylinder..

this would be a good time to upgrade also while you have it apart

 

or its about time to change out the t belt.so you could just do the whole thing at once. t belt head gasket and vavle seals all at the same time... plus its alot less pain in the *** to just pull the head when working on it for such a job as the vavle seals.. the seals only cost about 20 bucks from honda. and depending on your experience should only take a couple hours for the whole thing. but if your not wanting to pull the head and all that your going to have to set it up on tdc and compress the cylinder with ar so your vavles dont drop while working on that clylinder. and just repeat steps over and over for the firring order. one cylinder at a time. not to fun plus if you drop a vavle your pullin the head anyways. so why not just do it to begin with. my 2 cents....lol

 

are you sure your not just running rich? if your blowing black odds are..double check your oil levels

 

My DA burns quite a bit of oil too, a quart every 500 miles or so most of the time. Perfect compression (190+-1psi on all 4), so it's gotta be the valve seals. Just have to get to replacing them...

 

alrite thnx all.. ima go ahead and replace the t elt and valve seals