OIL CONSUMPTION

MYHONDA2BAD

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2002 HONDA ACCORD
4 CYL
FWD
MANUAL
133,000 MILES

I have a 2002 accord coupe ex with the Vtec engine that is consuming 1 quart of oil every 800 miles. I have seen many online forums with the same complaint. The car does not smoke. You can smell the oil burn smell when you get out of the car. There are no leaks. The PVC valve has been changed no help. Is there a cause and fix for this?

Friday, February 11th, 2011 AT 2:03 AM

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RASMATAZ

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If there's no external leak anywhere -check engine compression could be valves/rings/cylinder wear

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Friday, February 11th, 2011 AT 2:06 AM

DAN1107

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Check the oil cooler seal. Mine had similar problem. Could smell oil, never leaked on the ground, used about a quart every 1,000 miles. Ended up being the oil cooler O ring. A $5 dealer part and about 25 min job. Oil was leaking from the oil cooler and dropping down on the exhaust and burning, making the smell and burning up so it never leaked on the ground. Jack it up, start it and see if i's leaking at the oil cooler. Oil cooler is between the engine block and the oil filter. If that's it. Take filter off. Put socket on nut on the tube that the filter screws onto and remove it. I didn't have to remove the coolant hoses. Just pulled it away far enough to get the old o ring out and put the new one in. Hope this is your problem. Let me know how it goes.

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Thursday, February 17th, 2011 AT 11:58 PM