Sounds like a horrible situation. I feel for you. I'll throw in some of my thoughts on the matter.

From your testimony, it seems as if you had a major mechanical failure of your lubrication system or a heavy case of oil contamination that lead to lubrication failure. Oil pump failures are rare and I would be inclined to rule out that mechanical failure. That leaves the oil contamination oil contamination to be discussed. One of the worst contaminants that can be introduced to an oil system is ethylene glycol. Ethylene glycol wastes no time in destroying your oil by precipitating your anti-wear additives and oxidizing into some nasty acids. I've read that as little as 0.4% ethylene glycol in a crank case is enough to coagulate and potentially blow an oil passage. How coolant reaches your crank case is often hard to diagnose as, in many cases, a simple compression check will not identify a faulty head gasket.

I really hope you get this fixed. I'll be very interested in the final diagnosis and the resolution.

 

What is listed in the 150 point inspection? It might not be relevant to any of these problems.

 

If it really did pass the 150 point inspection that means it is a Honda Certified Used Car. They wouldn't bother inspecting it if they weren't going to sell it as Certified.

According to the Honda Certified Used Car website EVERY Honda Certified Used Car has a warranty.

"Thanks to one of the most extensive used-car warranties in the business, every Honda Certified Used Car comes with peace of mind."

"The Honda Certified Used Cars Limited Warranty extends the powertrain coverage to 7 years/100,000 miles. "

link:
http://automobiles.honda.com/certifi.../warranty.aspx

If you can prove they represented it as a certified car (or even implied it by saying it passed the 150 pt inspection) then you have a good case.

 

on so many levels

 

It's not my claim - Honda says it right on their website. I'm not saying the 150 pt inspection is the only thing they do to certify it but why would everyone tell him it passed the 150 pt inspection if they weren't trying to say it's certified?

 

Maybe they do this inspection on every used car they sell. Maybe Acura dealers don't certify used Hondas.

 

This is the first time that I have noticed that you said that the oil was actually milky and not just very yellow. Clear yellow oil would indicate fresh oil.

I would google image search milky oil to make sure that you understand what they are asking you. I would agree that the poblem is in the bottem end.

Also could you specify how much oil there was when you checked it. Perhaps there was not enugh oil, but I would think that the light would have come on.

 

[QUOTE=dammitjim,Mar 11 2010, 03:27 PM] Maybe they do this inspection on every used car they sell.

 

[QUOTE=Not Sure,Mar 11 2010, 05:31 PM] That's a lot of maybes.

 

No, but if everyone at the dealership was telling the buyer that it passed all of their inspections required to be certified maybe they are trying to pass it off as certified when it really isn't.

I'm not claiming the OP's car is certified, I'm saying they tried to trick him into thinking it's certified despite the "As is" condition.