[Spridgets] Where's my Oil? No LBC, but auto related

brian S bugeye15 at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 11 09:18:19 MST 2008


Hi Mike,

Actually quart very 2 thousand miles is not that unusual.
If you changed it at 3000 mile intervals, would you be concerned
if it was down only about a quart?
GM's Northstar motors are notorious oil burners, tho not noticeable by the
tailpipe.
800-1000 miles per quart is not at all unusual and in fact considered"normal"
by service writers.


Brian S.
Bugeyeracer under resto

> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:06:03 -0700
> From: rrengineer at dslextreme.com
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Spridgets] Where's my Oil?  No LBC, but auto related
>
>      I have a 2004 Honda Accord Coupe, 5 speed, 4 cylinder.  About 4 days
> ago I was comong home from work (63 miles) and 5 miles from home my
> oil light started blinking.  I pulled into a convenience store
> parking lot and found no oil on the dipstick.  It took 3 quarts to
> fill it back up!  I had to put in the wrong wt oil because the
> convenience store did not have 5W-20.  So, I immediately went to the
> Honda dealer near me and had the oil changed.  When it was on the
> lift I looked under the car.  It was bone dry under there.  No leaks
> from the drain plug or filter.  I had not changed the oil in about
> 7000 miles because I work 7 days a week and did not have a chance to.
>  Or, maybe I forgot.  Anyway even if you go 7000 miles on a car that
> has 72000 miles on it, the oil should be dark, not missing.  So now I
> have gone 3 round trips to work after the oil cjange and I am down
> more than half a quart!  Where could the oil be going?!?  It is not
> in the antifreeze or leaking and there is no blue smoke out the back.
>  I'm ready to do another oil change and sell it or trade it in.
>
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 56 BN2

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