The valves had to be adjusted so I got this shot with the cover off.
IMHO, this is not bad considering that it is the first year with GDI on the CRV, and had suffered from fuel dilution all its life. In the Oregon winter with lots of short trips it was so bad that the oil level would rise.
I never used a specific oil, and just got any 0w-20 brand name synthetic (Mobil, Valvoline, Castrol, Pennzoil) on sale at WM.
Then somewhere around 65K it started consuming oil over the 7K change interval from 1qt to 2qts eventually, even with High Mileage oils.
At 88K it had a BG EPR flush and another one at 89K. That reduced oil consumption to about 1/2 quart with 0w-20 oils.
Since the flushes I don’t go over 5K with the change interval and the oil consumption is minimal.
Around 100K we moved to Arizona and filled it with Valvoline R&P 5w-30. We need to get another 5 years out of this baby until my kid finishes college!
IMHO, this is not bad considering that it is the first year with GDI on the CRV, and had suffered from fuel dilution all its life. In the Oregon winter with lots of short trips it was so bad that the oil level would rise.
I never used a specific oil, and just got any 0w-20 brand name synthetic (Mobil, Valvoline, Castrol, Pennzoil) on sale at WM.
Then somewhere around 65K it started consuming oil over the 7K change interval from 1qt to 2qts eventually, even with High Mileage oils.
At 88K it had a BG EPR flush and another one at 89K. That reduced oil consumption to about 1/2 quart with 0w-20 oils.
Since the flushes I don’t go over 5K with the change interval and the oil consumption is minimal.
Around 100K we moved to Arizona and filled it with Valvoline R&P 5w-30. We need to get another 5 years out of this baby until my kid finishes college!