I think what Jim Beam indicated is most likely closer to the truth.
Here in Michigan one can buy a product called "CD-2 Helps Stop Oil
Burning" - available in any supermarket for $3 or so. You put a bottle
of that (if I recall, about 6 oz) with the oil change, and any oil
burning stops ..... until the next oil change. Dishonest folks who
want to dump/sell an old car with a worn engine will use this product,
and the prospective buyer will never know it unless one is really
careful about examining the car. Happened to me many years ago when I
bought my first car as an unsuspecting (and naive) student (a used 83
Civic 1300SE). The car ran fine until the first oil change ... then,
the same symptoms....
After learning from a sympathetic "Pro" as to what could have
happened, I had to start using this CD-2 stuff with every oil change,
and the car ran fine for about 40,000 miles until the blow-by became
too much to handle (and one piston blew anyway). I was using 10W-30
dyno oil (Quaker State) with CD-2 and the CD-2 did its job almost to
the very end.....

If this may be the case, you can try some of this additive and see
what happens ... you may be able to get a bunch of miles out of the
car as I did......

Good luck!

On Sep 11, 11:11*pm, Elle <honda.lion...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 11, 8:41*pm, jim beam <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > here's something to consider - an old "trick of the trade" is to use
> > some of that crappy "stop oil consumption" additive when a dealer sells
> > a known dud car. *it works fine for a while, then, once a few months
> > have gone by and it's no longer a quick come-back, it breaks down and
> > oil consumption rises again. *
>
> I was not aware that such additives existed but I can certainly
> believe this is what happened and I got sold a car with a way worn
> engine. This may be a lesson of used car buying, even with a clean
> title and second owner status. Worst case I guess I may live with the
> oil consumption and then at some point chase down an engine to swap
> in.
>
> I will keep this thread updated.