ok so my eg coupe with a b20b4 swap needed an oil change so 3 days ago i had changed it and i used Valvoline high mileage 10w 30 and a fram oil filter and i always do my oil changes so i know what im doing but besides the fact my motor awlays ran great and never burned oil until the day after i did the oil change and the swap only has about 50k miles on it. and i was just wondering what could cause this. my friend noticed this when he was behind me and i was gettin on it the other day. please help


thanks

 

Blue smoke?

 

yea and it just started the day i changed the oil never smoked before that

 

10w30 seems a bit thick and fram filters are terrible but if your friend saw blue smoke then you mite have a bad oil ring or if you were hitting vtec then that could be why since we always burn oil during vtec.

 

Did you put the right amount of oil in it?

 

well its not b20 vtec just a stock b20 so no vtec sadly but yea i put 4.5 quarts just like i did last oil change i did about 2 1/2 months ago

 

and i had no idea fram was that bad but thanks for letting me know. i will never use one again

 

The oil burning and the oil change are two coincidental events. These cars sre how old now? Stuff is going to start breaking down.

 

I am thinking the same thing.

When you add the oil double check the dip stick, sometimes you will only add a hair more than 4 quarts, you might of burned off excess oil.

As for oil and filter that has nothing to do with it.

As a side note 10w....is just for start up, might as well use 5w 30 or go higher on the last number for older engines if that was your goal.

 

well thanks for all the help but i just bought a different oil change today and im going to change it in a little bit but hopefully it stops i went back to the same oil and filter i have always used

wish me luck!!