Might try Mobil 1 0w40 if Castrol 0w30 is not available

 

10w30 castrol edge with titanium(gold bottle) and my oil consumption has been cut by a significant amount. I was using mobil 1 and went through 2 quarts in about 5k miles, switched over to castrol edge and used about 300ml's of oil in 2k miles and under a quart over 5k (2 track days on that interval as well). The car see's 9k regularly 1st through 3rd if given the chance.

 

Tried Castrol Edge Titanium, went through something like 2 quarts in under 2k miles. AP1 2000. Not only that it degraded pretty fast and was almost sludgy when I changed it out at 3,500kms. I didn't, vtec all that much either. So I put FEO back in and so far so good, but that's about 400kms-500kms ago.

 

i run staight castrol GTX and my consumption is pretty minimal and thats with auto-x and track days...i used to run synthetic, but my car ate that shit like no tomorrow

 

I just changed my oil put 10w30 and about half a litre of Lucas. Is that ok? I am Doing a wet and leak down tomorrow. What do u guys think? It smokes a bit on cold start is that normal?

 

Lucas is basically a thick oil (60w)

 

smoking on cold start could be your valve seals, oil seeps down the stems after shut down and burns up at start-up.

 

Are you suppose to blow compressed air into the combustion chamber before the "dry test"

 

The pcv valve is different on the AP2 valve cover. Some speculate that it was changed to reduce oil consumption. The F22s dont seem to use as much oil as the F20s.

 

I did away with my PCV and don't use ANY oil between changes. None. I replaced the PCV with a 90 deg. brass fitting with a hose that runs to a clear canister filter, and then runs under the car to the rear to vent the gasses. I removed the breather from the VC to the intake inlet tube and vented it through a catch can to the atmosphere. I think the vacuum on the PCV and VC vent both extract a lot more oil than people think. I cleaned my TB butterfly too and it stays oil free on the back side now also. Try it, it may solve your consumption issue too. I'll post a pic of my setup tomorrow.