sky-sol

i've seen this on a few other hondas and a few other sols, when i stomp on the gas in 3rd my car puffs smoke like a chimeny. i dosn't do it when i'm stoped and it won't allwas do it in 2nd. scince i've had my car i've had the oil changed twice and both times the over filed it by like 1/2 liter it was way over the fill circle well i took it to a honda dealership and they did it right. i want to change my own oil now and i was just wondering if the over fill in the oil over a period of 9 years would make my car smoke and what is the best oil to change your car with?

Falkon

Mobil 1 10w-30 or 5w-30. either one.

are you sure you're not just running rich? dirty air filter or bad 02 sensor will do that.

Bakeoff

If it's over filled, it'll blow past the rings and get burned up. It's not really good for the rings, but I'm wondering if you're just burning off the excess....

sky-sol

well the oil level really dosen't go down over the 3,000 miles i looked for that. i had an o2 sensor problem on my other car but i never saw any oil burning with that. i tried to check the air filter but the stupid dealership screwed on the box sooooo tight i broke a screwdriver trying to open it

OSX2000

Don't use a screwdriver to get the airbox open! You will almost always strip out the screws! Look at the sides of it...I think it's an 8mm.

sky-sol

i tried to use a socket wrench and the damn thing would just click past the turning point and spin in both directions :dunno:
i think i have to get a real wrench

sxecrow

yea, I have that issue when I go to around 7 or 8000 rpm's.

OSX2000

Then ditch that cheap socket set and buy a good set! Look in your sockets...if it's a 6 sided hexagon, they're better. The ones with the 12 edged star things just suck.

sky-sol

hey hey christmas is right around the corner :bowdown:

Falkon

I need a 50 gallon air compressor and a nice impact wrench.

OSX2000claus would you pleeeeaase? I'll leave you cookies.. or a case of O3 or something.