Oil Light?

I disagree with you on that statement. I've owned 10 Honda/Acura vehicles and none of them burned/used a noticeable amount between 5k oil changes.

 

stewie: yup thats why i said it doesnt exactly mean low oil. She best check the dipstick about 5-10 times while the car is on a flat surface.

allfiredup: Yeah could be the seals and rings are worn too eating up oil.

Usually clear white smoke is water leaking in from a bad head gasket. Antifreeze in to the chamber... out comes awesome white smoke

Black/bluish smoke is oil, you can notice the smell of burnt oil too.

Grey is lean and black is rich

 

I never noticed a smell or much smoke coming from the exhaust pipe. But I never pay attention to that stuff, so who knows.

 

It depends what you mean by "a noticeable amount". I used to run them on tracks, and everyone knows Honda/Acura burns more oil than other manufacturers. To us, even a little it's noticeable, especially when you compare to other engines. So yes, my statement still stands, 90% of Honda engines burn oil.

 

Stewie lives by the philosophy "technically correct is the best kind of correct."

 

The dipstick never showed even half a quart low at 5k miles...but I've always used synthetic, too...

Now my Mazda3 used at least 1-2quarts every 5k for the first 49k miles....then it got a new engine (warranty) that doesn't use any between changes!

 

w00t! soot FTW!

 

any word on the car?

 

I totally meant to check it this morning, but I stayed up too late on NBR and overslept and was late for work, so I didn't have time!

I'll get around to it... so busy.

 

don't be surprised to see another hateful message from Travis then lol