[Healeys] synthetic or oil additives

I Erbs eyera3 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 4 01:14:31 MDT 2010


VW told 1+ quart per oil change was within spec!!! On my 2001 new  
beetle. Wow never gonna buy another vw again

I Erbs
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On Aug 3, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:

> Mike,
> The oil is probably forced passed the valve guides. Have a look at the
> crank case ventilation system. It may have a blockage or  
> malfunctioning
> valve some where, causing oil consumption, although a quarter of a  
> pint
> every 1000 mls is not that bad, only 1 pint every oil change.
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
> rrengineer @dslextreme.com wrote:
>> Funny you should say that.  My 2004 Accord LX Coupe is using a  
>> quart every
>> 1000 miles.  It only has 124K miles on it, but Honda says this  
>> acceptable
>> for the VTEC engine.  Who are they kidding.  I know it is blow by  
>> because
>> you can see the black soot in the tail pipe.  They just don't want  
>> to fix it
>> because I reported it back when it was under warranty at less that  
>> 50K
>> miles. I made the last payment on it a few months ago, and yes,  
>> adding oil
>> is less expensive than a rebuild or a used low mileage Jap engine
>> replacement.  Much preferable than more payments.  BTW- I also own  
>> a 2004
>> Honda Civic EX and it does not use ANY oil between oil changes.  Go  
>> figure.
>> Mike MacLean
>> 56 BN2
>> 60 AN5
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Curt/Nancy Arndt  
>> <cnaarndt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a  
> name of coudesluijs.vcf]
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