honda accord burning oil/leaking

[chuksw9ve 10+ year member]

Hondas seem pretty reliable.I have a 20 year old Honda bike that still runs like a top.Only thing besides reguler maintanace was a new alternator.

 

[xluben 10+ year member]

well, now it's consuming nearly a quart every 100 miles!

could this be a timing belt issue?

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

sounds like bad valve guides and seals or worn rings. get the head off and get it machined. get new guides and seals. do a compression check too.

100 miles to a quart has to be that.

Timing belt issure would be something along the lines of car running like shit and when valve meets piston.

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

DO NOT let a leaky head gasket go for too long.Have a 97 F 150 that leaked,and filled one of the cylinders.Went to start it,and totally wrecked it.Bent the connecting rod to the piston.Made a horrible noise,but I could still drive it to the fix-it shop.But what ws a simple head job became a new engine in about 5 seconds.

That is called hydo-lock and it SUCKS:greedy:

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

**** i wish i got 3-400 miles on each tank. How much oil does your car hold

 

[xluben 10+ year member]

sounds like bad valve guides and seals or worn rings. get the head off and get it machined. get new guides and seals. do a compression check too.
100 miles to a quart has to be that.

Timing belt issure would be something along the lines of car running like shit and when valve meets piston.

and i'm guessing all of this costs a lot (?)

**** i wish i got 3-400 miles on each tank. How much oil does your car hold

gas tank = 17gal

oil = 4.6 quart (i think)

before the plug change i was getting 28-30mpg, since then 20-23mpg.

 

[xluben 10+ year member]

well, i decided to try auto-rx. i'm about 650 miles into my first cleaning phase.

also, i got a socket set for christmas, so i took out my spark plugs and gapped them.

they ALL were gapped too big, and one of them was way off.

also, they all had a bit of buildup, but one of them had a TON of stuff on it, and it's only been 6 months since i had them changed.

i hope gapping the plugs will help my gas mileage:

was 27-30 mpg

got my spark plugs changed

dropped to 20-23 mpg (hasn't been above 23 since i got them changed)

hopefully now it will go back up.

i'm going to continue the auto-rx plan and hopefully my oil consumption will go down.