Originally Posted By: fdcg27
So you need to add a quart after 6500 miles?
That isn't much especially since the engine must be burning some at this mileage.
You might try M1 HM 50W-20 and see whether that helps in reducing the leaks. You could also go with a 10W-30 since in your climate, winter is but a mild hint of what us Yankees have to deal with.
At this point, I'd be saving my pennies for the second timing belt service that it'll need in the very near future before I'd worry about having a minor oil leak fixed.
This is an easy job with an engine sitting on a stand but is anything but with this V-6 installed in any Honda and labor is priced accordingly, unless you want to give up a weekend plus to DIY it, maybe two weekends if you've never done a timing belt since this is something you absolutely need to get right the first time with any interference engine. There are no second chances.
This sounds like a very sound old Ody. The transaxle problems were pretty well over after the 2005 MY, so this van might well have a lot of fairly trouble-free life left in it.
I did the timing belt service myself using the Aisin kit I bough off Amazon. The job wasn't too bad. I don't think I am burning oil, I think it's just leaking from the pan and valve cover, but I will have to investigate further.