2000 Accord burning oil???
#2
Have you gottem an oil tank flush? I'm not sure if thats the correct way in which it is called... but when you go to change your oil (autoshop or whereever) most of thewm offer it... it cost like $60 dolars I believe. When I bought my 96 accord I went to get an oil change and they told me that the oil tank was so dirty that if they put new oil it was going to be no use because it was going to get black and eventually the car was going to burn it. So I did that and I noticed that the car was giving me better MpG. So I don't know if thats the solution for your problem.. but you might want to try it anywayz. Peace
#3
"Burning oil"
What are the symptoms? Smoke out the tailpipe?
Oil Consumption? This is tricky to correctly diagnose because you might be checking it 10 minutes after shut down one time and over night the next. Check it consistently and scribe a line on the dipstick after 3 consistent readings.
If it is smoking, the valve seals might be leaking. Or other more severe problems.
Some shadetree mechanics will pour 1/2 bottle of brake fluid in the oil to swell the valve seals.
If you are interested in "flushing the engine", I have used Marvel Mystery Oil and still do. You need to substitute a quart or 3/4 of a quart of this for engine oil. Run this about 500-1000 miles and change it again. Go another 1500-2000 miles and change it again.
Should see a marked difference in oil color after that. Should also see 2+ MPG increase.
But...an engine flush is probably not gonna cure a oil burning problem or smoking problem. It doesn't hurt to try.
What is the maintenance history?
What are the symptoms? Smoke out the tailpipe?
Oil Consumption? This is tricky to correctly diagnose because you might be checking it 10 minutes after shut down one time and over night the next. Check it consistently and scribe a line on the dipstick after 3 consistent readings.
If it is smoking, the valve seals might be leaking. Or other more severe problems.
Some shadetree mechanics will pour 1/2 bottle of brake fluid in the oil to swell the valve seals.
If you are interested in "flushing the engine", I have used Marvel Mystery Oil and still do. You need to substitute a quart or 3/4 of a quart of this for engine oil. Run this about 500-1000 miles and change it again. Go another 1500-2000 miles and change it again.
Should see a marked difference in oil color after that. Should also see 2+ MPG increase.
But...an engine flush is probably not gonna cure a oil burning problem or smoking problem. It doesn't hurt to try.
What is the maintenance history?
#4
no smoke, but this morning my oil light started to blink. I put in a quart and it stopped blinking. But i have noticed that it does lose oil. I checked a month after geting an oil change adn it was down a quart.
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My 2000 Honda Accord LX still has 1000 miles to reach its 3000 miles oil change limit, but when I check my oil dip stick it now only has 2mm above the lower mark. Am I burning too much oil? Is this normal? Thanks guys.
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Originally Posted by humblehyper
My 2000 Honda Accord LX still has 1000 miles to reach its 3000 miles oil change limit, but when I check my oil dip stick it now only has 2mm above the lower mark. Am I burning too much oil? Is this normal? Thanks guys.
And you're wasting money changing your oil every 3k miles.
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Originally Posted by 98CoupeV6
It depends on too many variables to be normal or not normal. It's just the way your engine is, either due to not being taken care of very well, from being improperly broken in, or just from improper manufacturing tolerances. If you want to burn less, switch to a higher viscosity oil or same viscosity synthetic oil.
And you're wasting money changing your oil every 3k miles.
And you're wasting money changing your oil every 3k miles.