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Really, it’s unbelievable how much oil it’s using, and suddenly. I mean I would think the oil rings would have to be missing to burn that much oil. I’ll check the compression, and inspect the plugs again.

Sorry, I meant 15,000 miles, but I don’t know exactly, because I change the oil every 7,500.

150,000 miles. Before the valve repair, it was using less than a quart every 1,500 miles. It's mysterious, and maddening. It's obviously burning oil. There's soot in the tailpipe, but no smoke whatsoever after the first 1/4 mile, and about half the drives, no smoke at all. The oil viscosity...

I WILL check the compression, but the guy who did the original head gasket did, and the compression was fine. It could be just the oil rings, but burning that much oil you would think the compression rings would have to be shot too.

Well that's pretty obvious.

No a qualified mechanic did the head gasket work. And it was sent out to a qualified shop to be machined. The mechanic was as mystified as I was because the compression was still good, and there is no reason to believe anything would have changed with the cylinders, or rings.

If I was dumping a ton of fuel in the oil, the level would be rising, it only takes a little to lower oil viscosity.

Will oil dilution cause rapid oil consumption in a gasoline engine? I have a 2001 Honda CRV. After a head gasket and valve replacement it started using oil FAST, like a quart every 50 miles. The car also smelled strongly of gasoline. It was not using oil or before this head gasket replacement...