well first off, my mechanic says my 90 lx 5spd is burning to much oil...he put a litre in and it went up 1 quarter of the way, i go in the next day not even 24 hours later and that quarter and then some is gone...lol....any ideas on why? i dont drive it hard cuz i try to save gas since i can't really afford gas right now (i'm like a taxi now, 5 bux for a ride home..4 ppl 20 bux tank fills up quickly )
and would any1 happen to know where i could find some info on engines for the 4th gen accords? if u know of any sites please post
thanks for the help
and how do i get ride of this trial user thing!? I'm here everyday!!!

 

are you burning oil?
is any smoke coming out of your exhaust?
what is the condition of the engine?

 

apparantly yes i am burning oil and yes smoke does come out of the exhaust every now and then......
and the engine seems fine...has a lot of miles on it but stil lruns like a beauty...

 

1. do a compression check
2. check for any leaks like around the shaft seal, oil pan drain plug, etc
3. Check your plugs

 

alright thanks i'll check it out and let u know

 

it'll be hard to check for leaks around the crankshaft seal. just look for oil deposits around the lower portion of your timing belt cover.....directly behind the crank pulley. if you dont see any oil leaks, then your piston rings are gone.

 

i just noticed....if your mechanic says that your engine is burning oil, then wouldnt he be smart enough to do a visual around the engine to check for external oil leakage?

 

haha,,,..somethin else! you can change your trial user smiley-face to a lovely donkey like the one i've got. those are our only two options since we're newbies

 

If you are really burning that much oil, and it's not leaking, then your rings are shot. you will either have to rebuild the motor or buy a new one, sorry

go to the parts store and buy a can of engine degreaser. follow the directions on the can and clean everything up as best you can, especially on the underside of the motor. drive it for a day and then check it out, it shold be pretty easy to find any oil leaks then.

 

I bet you need new seals.

Put a piece of cardboard under the car, and seeing that you lose that much oil, check the next day to see where the drips land. It would probably be front seals, dealers tend to replace those every time they do a timing belt change, so yeah.

 

have a buddy drive behind you and see what kinda of smoke is coming out, it should be blueish smoke.
here the red neck way to check for oil leak, drive the car hard, park in a clean spot, stick a piece of card board in there, this way you can check for external leak.
but i am with jweller on this one, sound like your piston ring is gone.
let's hope that I am wrong, because that sh_t will cost an arm

 

I'm gonna say bye-bye to your piston rings.

What mileage you got on that motor?

 

how much miles in 1 km?
what is it like 1.5 or something? i can't remember tlel me that and i'll tell u how much miles i got on the thingy, but trust me its alot

 

1 mile is 1.61 km so 100,000km is about 62,000 miles

 

331000km so like 206875 miles?
lol yea alot