yu888

burning 1 qt / 1k miles does seem exessive on a car with over 15000 miles. sounds like the dealer cant figure out the problem so they are pointing the finger at Honda. Get the dealership to get the DSM involved to follow up on this. Many owners burn about a qt every 3k miles, a few brun more b/c of the way they drive their cars. As a consumer, you have the right to address the issue with the dealer and manufacturer, and you have the right to buy another car if it all doesn't work to your satisfaction. Good luck.

S2K2GO!!!

I also bought a 2001 with 25K mi. The seller claimed no oil use and I immediately switched the car to Mobil 1. 1500 mi later I was startled to find it more than a qt low, so began to monitor it carefully. I check it frequently about 5 minutes after shutdown on a LEVEL surface, and add as needed in 100cc+/- increments to reach the full mark(still hot), with the oil in a graduated beaker so I know exactly how much I'm adding. I created a spreadsheet to calculate the loss rate. both incrementally and cummulatively. 3,000 miles later, it appears the loss rate is more like 1 qt/1800 mi, which I consider to be accptable give the nature of the beast. One observation is that, although oil goes away, it stays perfectly clean in the engine. This tells me that the engine is letting a bit of oil make it past the rings sacrificially to extend jug life, which could be a good thing. I'd worry if i saw the oil becomming dirty from combustion by-products. I do think Honda's indication that 1qt/1K is OK to be a bit of a stretch- it's probably them covering their own asses. Anybody think they are not so motivated?


Engine oil history 2001 Honda S2000 VIN JHMAP11491T000200

Item Quantity CC's total addns Odometer dist snc addn dist snc chg MPQ this addn MPQ snc chg
oil change to Mobile 1 6/12/2002 0 25,900 0 0
addn 926 926 27,400 1,500 1,500 1,532 1,532
addn 220 1,146 27,760 360 1,860 1,548 1,535
addn 80 1,226 27,960 200 2,060 2,365 1,590
addn 110 1,336 28,220 260 2,320 2,236 1,643
addn 100 1,436 28,420 200 2,520 1,892 1,660
addn 205 1,641 28,833 413 2,933 1,906 1,691

rjm161

I have posted before that I am worried about my car not being normal. I VTEC often and have yet to lose any oil. The car has 16,000 miles on it.

It kills me that they say oil consumption is normal. If that is the case, why are there some of us who don't use any oil?!?!?!?? Perhaps they should say it is common, rather than normal.

Either way, I am thrilled that I don't have a consumption issue.

The del Sol....that is a different story. I use about 1 quart every 1000 miles...but it has 96k on it now and has been an awesome car....so I will simply continue to dump a quart in it every 1000 miles. I can honestly say if I had to add oil to the S that often I wouldn't be thrilled.

pc2000

I don't VTECH hardly at all. Never been higher than 5K RPM.
I drive between 2K and 3K RPM even on the highway. I
do notice how super hot the engine gets even after driving
4 or 5 miles. I now have 18K miles on the car and the oil loss appears to be getting worse the more I drive it.

moonpie

Please hurry up and change your spelling of VTEC to avoid me having to call the fire department , and I really think your car is burning oil coz you're not taking her where she wants to go - into VTEC. Imagine having this super hot woman and not making her...erm...happy

UnderPSI

Does anybody have an oil catch can connected to the line coming from the crankcase cover? I suppose you could be losing oil via the hose going from the valve cover going back into the intake path going to the throttle body. Judging by the handling of our cars and it's high rev nature I wouldn't be surprise if that's where some of the oil consumption is coming from.

S2K2GO!!!

I assume this is some kind of joke. If not- there is only one way to describe your driving- "Abusive". You should avoid low revs with this engine at all times., and you should never give this engine full throttle below about 4,000 RPM's. VTEC'ing is simply switching form one cam profile to the other. The engine would be perfectly happy if it were driven in VTEC mode full-time. It is not intrinsically abusive of the engine, the engine simply breathes more effeciently when at higher revs with the VTEC cam profile. The de-tuned cam lets the engine develop reasonable torque and run smoothly at low revs, but there is no reason to keep it there. Also, I've never noted any evidence that my engine is running "super-hot". It has a very capacious cooling system. Your oil consumption could mean that you never successfully seated the rings. It would be much healthier if everyone thought of "break-in" as"wear-in" instead. To break-in aircraft engines, we use straight-run mineral oil with NO anti-wear additives and run the engine as hard as CHT's and oil temps will allow until oil consumption stabilizes- then we switch to oil with anti-wear additives.

JohnnyG

Maybe it's pissed at you for not VTEC'ing it.

JohnnyG

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rjm161
[B]The del Sol....that is a different story.

Jason B

See above

I still have my car btw, 2002 s2000 28k miles.