Extended OCI on Oil Burner - how far can you go?

[The Critic]

03 Accord 2.4L
Consumes 1-qt every 2-2.5K

It currently has HPL 10W20 in the sump. The oil has 5500 miles on it and I just completed the first filter change. Including filter change, total top-up is 3 quarts.

How far can I go? I’m thinking 15K, minimum.

 

[Leo99]

The engine is on its last legs. What's the worse that would happen if you never changed the oil again and just topped it off? When my old RAV4 was consuming a lot of oil, I still changed it about every 5000 miles but realistically, I don't know if I accomplished anything.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I would run 5w30 whatever syn for 5K services. Swap filter every 2nd or even 3rd service.
Maybe even 10w30?

 

[The Critic]

The engine is on its last legs.

It isn’t. It is very common for K24 engines from that era to consume this amount of oil and still live for hundreds of thousands of miles.

 

[The Critic]

I would run 5w30 whatever syn for 5K services. Swap filter every 2nd or even 3rd service.
Maybe even 10w30?

That isn’t an extended service interval.

 

[supton]

My unscientific opinion: I’d add two quarts, and when it is ready for a third quart at 6k, do a full change. Yes new fluid is continually going in, but a fair amount of old is still around. I’m thinking, this gets to around normal oci, and wastes least amount of oil.

Problem is, ‘tis nothing for me to do an oil change. If this is your customer they might not catch on properly and might drive until the low oil light comes on. Not sure what to advise there.

 

[The Critic]

Problem is, ‘tis nothing for to do an oil change. If this is your customer they might not catch on properly and might drive until the low oil light comes on. Not sure what to advise there.

The car belongs to my cousin. It comes by 1-2 times per month.

 

[gman2304]

Add a qt of Supertech 10w30 every 2,500 miles, change filter every 10,000 miles…forever!

 

[TCL]

Until it stops smoking!

 

[Al]

Go with 10/15W40 oil

 

[Elkins45]

Based on my amazing experience with my oil burning Scion I would give it a Berryman’s piston soak and see if I could stop the oil burning altogether.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

You can probably go 15k, but I'd still do it at 10 anyway

a quart every 2k isn't too too bad. Honda says anything better than a quart every 1k is acceptable

 

[jetman]

03 Accord 2.4L
Consumes 1-qt every 2-2.5K

It currently has HPL 10W20 in the sump. The oil has 5500 miles on it and I just completed the first filter change. Including filter change, total top-up is 3 quarts.

How far can I go? I’m thinking 15K, minimum.

Our just add oil as needed and change filter every 5k or more.

 

[VolkswagenFox21]

My Jetta consumes 1L of oil every 1000 to 2000 KILOMETRES since new! The engine is the only thing that still works properly on that thing. I’m sure your engine still has lots of life left. I would try a thicker oil and see if that works if I was in your position.

 

[Lubener]

03 Accord 2.4L
Consumes 1-qt every 2-2.5K

It currently has HPL 10W20 in the sump. The oil has 5500 miles on it and I just completed the first filter change. Including filter change, total top-up is 3 quarts.

How far can I go? I’m thinking 15K, minimum.

That consumption is not disasterous. I ran a Dodge 2.5 that consumed a quart of cheap oil every 750 miles. I changed oil every 7500 miles and the engine was running good when it was hit two years later.

Change it every 7500 miles and you will be surprised how far that engine will go. Take it beyond 10k and I doubt it.

I would make sure your PCV and breather systems are in working order.

 

[cptbarkey]

How good of a filter? Maybe a nice 20k filter. Then keep topping off what burns out and dont even bother changing the filter until its due?

 

[cheesepuffs2]

The engine is on its last legs. What's the worse that would happen if you never changed the oil again and just topped it off? When my old RAV4 was consuming a lot of oil, I still changed it about every 5000 miles but realistically, I don't know if I accomplished anything.

That is far from "on it's last legs"...

 

[Leo99]

That is far from "on it's last legs"...

If it's consuming two quarts in 5000 miles, how much worse can it get? You can nurse it for a long time. I know that. My RAV4 limped along for thousands of miles while I dealt with its oil consumption problems.

 

[The Critic]

If it's consuming two quarts in 5000 miles, how much worse can it get? You can nurse it for a long time. I know that. My RAV4 limped along for thousands of miles while I dealt with its oil consumption problems.

A lot worse. I’ve seen some that drink a quart every 1000.

 

[Oliveoil2]

How many miles on this engine?