how in the hell are you guys burning so much oil? what are your mods? how many miles are on your cars?

 

from what I have read in the past two years most ITRs will burn a quart within the 3000 mile period before the oil change. The exception is the R that don't burn oil or less oil.

I have burned a quart of oil on most of my past cars with in the 3000 miles before the oil change and thats a wide range- 93 thunderbird SC, 94 Explorer, 97 G.cherokke, 85 RX7, 86 AE86 and many more...

Go figure :roll:

 

I don't use a synthetic; just change it often ie 3k miles or 90 days, whichever comes first. I must be one of the lucky ones; my '98 doesn't use up any oil between changes - have never had to add in its 42,000 miles. I don't race it, tho, but do drive briskly as often as possible

 

I was alarmed at first but later was told that is was completely normal.

I have no mods at all and have 70000km. I do extensive track days (24 this year) and the car consumes 1 litre per track day or every 5000km street .
It doesn't puff blue or black and the plugs are perfect....so were does the oil go.?... beats me.

P.S. While we are on the subject I recommend that you set your oil level 1/2 between the marks...never full up...it will consume less at this level.

 

I think any major brand name is OK...I haven't really noticed a difference in using different oils. Penzoil, Mobil, Castrol...etc.

 

I use Redline 10W30. It seems to work well, especially for boosted applications. I consume a little oil my self.

 

I do consume oil. I thought about changing to something like redline oil. Right now i use mobil 1 syn. 5w 30. The price doesnt bother me cause i only want the best for my r. Plus its not like i have to change my oil every week. just about once a month.

 

every integra I have owned burned mobil 1 worse than others. Try a different brand and keep us posted.

 

Since day 1 I have used Mobil 1 5-30 synthetic only. It is very expensive compared to all the other brands but is the most efficient, and that is what Honda recommends.... and who am I to question Honda?? Integra Type R's are designed to use 5-30, and if your using anything else your not treating your Type R the way you should be. However my car does burn alot of this stuff between oil changes... at least 1 quart and a half. This is normal with most B-series motors with significant mileage on them. But most of us who burn alot of oil have our motors modified and are running a little bit hotter, so this is typical. I myself am running very rich at this point in time and once I get the problem fixed I'm sure it won't be as bad a problem once I get the VAFC.

 

I run AMSoil also.