"MLD" <MLD@verizon.net> wrote in message news:ZmQ2g.4048$cc.137@trndny05...
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> "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
>
>
Do you know if a compression test had been done prior to teardown and if the
rings were compression or oil control? I'd expect a dealer to do at least
one compression test (that probably came out okay enough) and swallow hard a
couple times before tearing an engine down.

Mike