Hi, I just joined.
My car is a '91 Acura Integra with 263,000 miles on it. Owned since new. Oil has always been Castrol GTX 5W-30, filters always OEM Honda. Both oil and filter are changed every 1.5 months or 2,500 miles. I upped that from 2 months/3K a few years ago.
Over the past year I've done careful measuring of the car's oil consumption and have discovered it to be consistently about 2,200 miles per US quart.
I thought that was good, but I've since had people telling me that's NOT good, that I should bee seeing consumption quite a bit lower than that. I'm a bit disturbed to think I've been doing something wrong all these years.
Opinions?
So I ask the experts here: Considering the car's history, should I be experiencing much better oil usage than I'm seeing? The car's never had a UOA.
My car is a '91 Acura Integra with 263,000 miles on it. Owned since new. Oil has always been Castrol GTX 5W-30, filters always OEM Honda. Both oil and filter are changed every 1.5 months or 2,500 miles. I upped that from 2 months/3K a few years ago.
Over the past year I've done careful measuring of the car's oil consumption and have discovered it to be consistently about 2,200 miles per US quart.
I thought that was good, but I've since had people telling me that's NOT good, that I should bee seeing consumption quite a bit lower than that. I'm a bit disturbed to think I've been doing something wrong all these years.
Opinions?
So I ask the experts here: Considering the car's history, should I be experiencing much better oil usage than I'm seeing? The car's never had a UOA.