Awhile ago i asked you guys for help on why my civic was burning oil using mobil 1 5w20, I got reasons like mobil 1 was *cleaning deposits from when i used regular oil* well i used it for at least 15,000 miles (i changed it 3 times) well i recently tried castrol syntec 5w20 and bam! now more burning oil!its great i no longer have to worry why its buring oil. i have 2 thousand miles on this change and not a drop has burnt! im not knocking mobil 1 cause i use it in my gf's 08 altima 2.5 and it does not burn in her car.
I fixed the burning oil problem on my civic
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its a mobil 1 thing to burn in some certain engines.
Interesting, anyone have the NOACKs for these two.
Every now and then over the years I would try Mobil 1 because I always felt that it was better than the other synthetic oils. And every time I tried it my vehicles would use more oil than whatever else I had been using. I no longer use it and just stick with Castrol Syntec which never seems to disappear.
Originally Posted By: defektes
Some motors dont like certain oils.
Some motors dont like certain oils.
Originally Posted By: donny939
...well i recently tried castrol syntec 5w20 and bam! now more burning oil!...
That's because Castrol SYNTEC isn't a real synthetic and doesn't slip through the cracks in your engine...
((((JUST KIDDING!!))))
...well i recently tried castrol syntec 5w20 and bam! now more burning oil!...
That's because Castrol SYNTEC isn't a real synthetic and doesn't slip through the cracks in your engine...
((((JUST KIDDING!!))))
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
Originally Posted By: donny939
...well i recently tried castrol syntec 5w20 and bam! now more burning oil!...
That's because Castrol SYNTEC isn't a real synthetic and doesn't slip through the cracks in your engine...
((((JUST KIDDING!!))))
Originally Posted By: donny939
...well i recently tried castrol syntec 5w20 and bam! now more burning oil!...
That's because Castrol SYNTEC isn't a real synthetic and doesn't slip through the cracks in your engine...
((((JUST KIDDING!!))))
Originally Posted By: lexus114
Originally Posted By: defektes
Some motors dont like certain oils.
And +2! This can apply to any motor oil, not just M1 or synthetics. If you discover your engine burns a certain oil, try to find another. When you discover your engine *Doesn't* burn any of a certain oil, I say stick with it- you've found a winner for *your* car or truck.
Originally Posted By: defektes
Some motors dont like certain oils.
And +2! This can apply to any motor oil, not just M1 or synthetics. If you discover your engine burns a certain oil, try to find another. When you discover your engine *Doesn't* burn any of a certain oil, I say stick with it- you've found a winner for *your* car or truck.
Originally Posted By: lexus114
Originally Posted By: defektes
Some motors dont like certain oils.
+3
Originally Posted By: defektes
Some motors dont like certain oils.
+3
Would anybody with a SOHC Honda 4 cylinder like to chime in with their experience? I'm burning a quart in under 2000 km with Synpower right now and I'm not too happy about that. M1 is sitting on my shelf waiting for next fill, but I might just leave it there at this point. I've burned a lot with Castrol GTX or the Syntec Blend in the past so I'd never tried their full synthetic either.
I have a 2008 Civic LX sedan with the 1.8L SOHC. On my last oil change I went 8K (10% on OLM) on M1 5W20 without adding any oil. I now have M1 5W20 EP in there, which has about 2500 on it and it still shows full. I use a M1 filter. The car has about 23k on it.
I previously had a 2008 Civic LX Sedan that I traded in last month. I used MC Semi Syn 5W20 for the first several oil changes at 5000 miles and it did not use any and then the last time I used PYB and ended up going 5808 miles and it used about half a quart. Not the first time a car of mine has used oil when PYB was in it. Total miles was just under 40,000 when I traded it in.
When it got into the teens in winter I would get engine noise at start up with the MC and PYB and PureOne and factory filter. Once it got above the teens I would not get any start up noise. I just got a 2010 same car because I got a fantastic deal I could not pass up. Don!t know what I will use yet when the first change comes up. Im not sure synthetic would provide any benefit.
When it got into the teens in winter I would get engine noise at start up with the MC and PYB and PureOne and factory filter. Once it got above the teens I would not get any start up noise. I just got a 2010 same car because I got a fantastic deal I could not pass up. Don!t know what I will use yet when the first change comes up. Im not sure synthetic would provide any benefit.
Well I have a 2010 civic now, but traded in an 08 civic for this one (same car I know, but traded the coupe for sedan).
My FF I changed out at 2400miles with 40% OLM, put in regular honda oil. then @ 5000 miles with 40% I put in Mobil 1 Synthetic 5w20. from 5k to 22k miles (when I traded her up) the dipstick never read low, not even close to it. I did however baby the car for the first 5000 miles, and I mean baby. never brought the rpms over 3k if that makes any difference.
Oh and my 2010 doesnt ever show low on the dipstick either, Im on my third batch of oil now which is MC 5w20 synth blend. Same oil I used last fill too.
My FF I changed out at 2400miles with 40% OLM, put in regular honda oil. then @ 5000 miles with 40% I put in Mobil 1 Synthetic 5w20. from 5k to 22k miles (when I traded her up) the dipstick never read low, not even close to it. I did however baby the car for the first 5000 miles, and I mean baby. never brought the rpms over 3k if that makes any difference.
Oh and my 2010 doesnt ever show low on the dipstick either, Im on my third batch of oil now which is MC 5w20 synth blend. Same oil I used last fill too.
Originally Posted By: dan3952
Would anybody with a SOHC Honda 4 cylinder like to chime in with their experience? I'm burning a quart in under 2000 km with Synpower right now and I'm not too happy about that. M1 is sitting on my shelf waiting for next fill, but I might just leave it there at this point. I've burned a lot with Castrol GTX or the Syntec Blend in the past so I'd never tried their full synthetic either.
I have a 2007 Civic with the 1.8 and 5 speed MT. It's consumed oil since new, whatever I ran, to differing amounts. I've run Motorcraft, GTX, Exxon SuperFlo, PYB, Chevron Supreme. I've never run synthetic in it. This current OCI with Supreme it's burned more than it ever has before -- I've added 2 full quarts. Changing that out today for one more interval of the same stuff and we'll see if it improves. Previous fills I've calculated that it tends to burn about a quart per 4-5k miles "normally". By the OLM I do 6-7k mile OCIs.
Mine gets a fair amount of high RPM and high vacuum driving which I thought might explain some of it, but then my wife's Mazda3 with the 2.3 and 5 speed MT gets the same driving patterns and does not seem to burn oil very much at all.
Would anybody with a SOHC Honda 4 cylinder like to chime in with their experience? I'm burning a quart in under 2000 km with Synpower right now and I'm not too happy about that. M1 is sitting on my shelf waiting for next fill, but I might just leave it there at this point. I've burned a lot with Castrol GTX or the Syntec Blend in the past so I'd never tried their full synthetic either.
I have a 2007 Civic with the 1.8 and 5 speed MT. It's consumed oil since new, whatever I ran, to differing amounts. I've run Motorcraft, GTX, Exxon SuperFlo, PYB, Chevron Supreme. I've never run synthetic in it. This current OCI with Supreme it's burned more than it ever has before -- I've added 2 full quarts. Changing that out today for one more interval of the same stuff and we'll see if it improves. Previous fills I've calculated that it tends to burn about a quart per 4-5k miles "normally". By the OLM I do 6-7k mile OCIs.
Mine gets a fair amount of high RPM and high vacuum driving which I thought might explain some of it, but then my wife's Mazda3 with the 2.3 and 5 speed MT gets the same driving patterns and does not seem to burn oil very much at all.
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I have a hard time figuring that this isn't a PCV engineering issue. There's really no other place for it to go. I don't care of it's VTECH or whatever. The conditions present must make normal crankcase emissions an "oil mist" that has no opportunity to fall out of suspension due to the velocity of the vapor stream. I see no accompanying complaints of oil soaked throttle bodies; indicating that crankcase emissions are being handled in terms of volume. This points to crankcase emission content being the consumption component.
I redlined my coupe at least 10 times a day, never had to top off. im not disputing your claim, just saying how not every r18 motor consumes noticable oil
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Nope never any burning problem with M1, using PP currently.
Originally Posted By: StrateLOSS
I redlined my coupe at least 10 times a day, never had to top off. im not disputing your claim, just saying how not every r18 motor consumes noticable oil
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Never said it was ubiquitous or even common.
I redlined my coupe at least 10 times a day, never had to top off. im not disputing your claim, just saying how not every r18 motor consumes noticable oil
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Never said it was ubiquitous or even common.
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