"BE" <n3wsr3ad3r_|@|_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> My 2001 Odyssey is consuming oil at what I think is an alarming rate. A
> couple months ago the oil light came on - I immediately shut the vehicle
off
> and ended up adding 3 quarts of oil. I checked it again the other day and
> had to add half a quart.
>
> This engine only has 41K miles. It does not put out blue smoke; there are
no
> oil spots in our garage. Don't tell me that this can possibly be normal
> consumption??? Where could this oil be going?
>
> Thanks,
> Be
Daughter's Civic, 55,000 miles and just out of warranty, had the same
problem--oil didn't show up on the dip stick. Filled the oil to the full
mark and within 250 mi it was below the dip stick again. Because it was so
severe an oil loss, the Dealer got Honda's OK to look for the problem with
only parts to be charged. Found some cracked carbon valve seals, replaced
them and put things back together again. Same oil loss recurred. Honda
authorized as complete an engine teardown as needed to find and resolve with
no further $$$ charged. Tore the engine down and found some bad piston
rings; replaced them all and the oil loss problem went away. So she
basically ended up with a rebuilt engine *zero timed* for very little cost
to her. Honda's response to the problem was excellent, obviously their
concern and motivation was "How many more are there out there like this, is
there something about 55,000 mi. in this engine that we've got to worry
about and if so, what. She got the car new and was putting about 400-500 mi
a week on it so it was probably one of the fleet leaders in mileage.
MLD