dmkAlex <dmkfoto@gmail.com> wrote in news:0221ed47-e531-4e12-a2ed-
7087743afdd5@a7g2000yqk.googlegroups.com:

> I have a 98 CRV with 130,000 miles. I don't drive this car too
> frequently (about 100 miles one day a week). Took the car in for oil
> change and the guy told me that it had lost 2 qt of oil since the the
> last oil change (3,000 miles ago).
>
> I have noticed that there was some black smoke coming out of the tail
> pipe when I started my car in my every other week drive to my office.
> I though that it was from the infrequent usage and the car was blowing
> off the carbon.
>
> I don't sense any lost of power of this 10 year old car.
>
> What could go wrong and how do I do the diagnose? What is the cost of
> respective repair?
>
> I'd just like to educate myself before taking the car in.
>
>



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