wheres my oil going???

[dmbrisket 51]

ok, blue smoke means im burning oil, not doing that (i am but verry little and its because its burn off from the sea foam i use to clean it out) no oil on the drive way, and i painted the tapper cover florecent pink (only to check for oil nothen fagish) and ive got some commen out of the back, maby a drip or two, like i said not enough to have any on the driveway and its commen out on the intake side... any ideas and help are greatly apreciated, thanks

[CBURKE]

man i am haveing the same prob. i do my oil change and like a mo later there is almost no oil left. everyone said, do a comp test and make sure your timing is on point. othere than that i don't know.

[2ndb18]

How much oil are u losing. And u are probably burning it. Everytime u take it to high rpm's it will burn more.

[dmbrisket 51]

dont have the money for a compresion test, and timeing is on, while im at it, how much would a refurbished tranny cost me and how hard is the drop and re install (98 crx dx 5 speed manual) my centro assembly is shot and it grinds bad going from first to second and when i put it in reverse, yes the peddle is to the floor and its disengauged all the way

[dmbrisket 51]

ive lost a qrt a week, well i placed 2 qrts in it 3 weeks ago, and today it was bone dry, it had enough in it it only needed 2 to fill it up, and its bone dry now, and why only high rpm's?

[CBURKE]

Originally Posted by 2ndb18

How much oil are u losing. And u are probably burning it. Everytime u take it to high rpm's it will burn more.

thank you!!! someone tells me that. i drive hard all the time. but i am lossing about 2 to 3 courts a mo ruffly. as for a comp tester they are $30.00 from you auto parts store.

[dmbrisket 51]

i gues i can swing that, im looken 1250 for a new tranny unless i do it myselfe

[2ndb18]

Ya, u have bad rings or something like that. That is alot of oil. At school there is a maxima that is doing the same thing. Its rings were shot.

Its not that hard to put in a new tranny. 1250$ is very high. U could put a new a6 and si tranny in yor car for that. lol

[dmbrisket 51]

and thats if i let the dealer have his way with me

[88CiViC_D-15]

do u have an exaust on your car?? i knew my car was burning oil, but soon as i put a exaust on my car, i could really tell how bad it was. thats how i could tell where all of my oil went to

[1PhatCX]

could also have bad valve seals, i just re-build my ZC, didnt bother to put new valve seals in and i'm kicking myself right now because of it, i drive my car hard and loose a fair bit of oil, it sucks too because i'm running mobil 1 synthetic which isnt cheap

[dmbrisket 51]

Originally Posted by 1PhatCX

1 synthetic which isnt cheap

no, no its not... as for an exhaust, it goes from an exhaust manifold, to pipeing, to an exhaust tip, are you sayen i need a muffler and cat to see blue smoke????

[88CiViC_D-15]

no, when i upgraded my exaust to a 2.75 inch tubing, it made a hella of a diffrence of the smoke i could see, it poored out like i was using more oil than gas, i knew a few other people who had the same prob. when i had the stock exaust on it, didnt see the blue smoke as much comparted to when i put the new exaust on.

[big bad mohawk guy]

rings my is doing the same thing. they are $66 for stock and $77 for top of the line.

[4-Door Flunky]

When I was commuting over 500 miles per week at 85 MPH and up (I'd crank it up to 95 MPH before this really long, steep hill called La Bajada on I-25), burning 2 quarts per month was normal.
If you crank it up to the high rpms every shift and drive over 80 mph, you car will burn more oil, no matter how good your rings are.
Drop your highway speed to a little bit under 80, and that'll stop. Try it for a week, if you have the discipline to stay off the pedal, and you prove it to yourself.
Flunky