Car Using too much Oil?

[Ice_Fishin07]

I use full synthetic oil in my Honda Accord 2003. I change oil every 6000 miles. But lately car has been using too much oil ( thats what I think), I have to add oil to car after about 3000 miles I have to add oil to car. Is this normal? Or there could be any issue? I don't see any oil leak anywhere.

Thanks!

[Jeremy airjer W]

How many miles?

When was the last time you replaced the PCV valve?

What does the air filter look like.

1 qt every 3,000 isn't bad.

[pureinsanity]

I say if it isn't leaking just keep adding oil. All vehicles will use some oil. Some way more, some way less.

[Scott K]

Like Jer said, PCV? A few basics, other then that, 1 qt per 1000 miles isnt nothing to worry about, and is cheap, compared to pulling, and rebuilding the motor.

[Jeremy airjer W]

That reminds me, I need to check the oil in the Saturn!

[pureinsanity]

That reminds me, I need to check the oil in the Saturn!

you are supposed to check your oil? Whoops

[Jeremy airjer W]

The funny thing, or the sad thing, is the Saturn is the only car I ever have to check oil in.

Older Hondas like to start burning oil and its not uncommon to pull a drain plug and get a shot glass worth of oil out of the pan. New filter, fill em back up and there good for another 3-5k miles. We are convinced that customers seem to think the "low oil pressure light" is the "change oil soon" light!

[Ice_Fishin07]

How many miles?

When was the last time you replaced the PCV valve?

What does the air filter look like.

1 qt every 3,000 isn't bad.

It has 144K miles. Most of highway miles due to work. I changed air filter last summer. Never replaced PCV valve. How often do you supposed to change PCV?

[MJ1657]

Check your air filter even if you changed it last summer. Mice love to get into air filters and set up shop.

[pureinsanity]

The funny thing, or the sad thing, is the Saturn is the only car I ever have to check oil in.

Older Hondas like to start burning oil and its not uncommon to pull a drain plug and get a shot glass worth of oil out of the pan. New filter, fill em back up and there good for another 3-5k miles. We are convinced that customers seem to think the "low oil pressure light" is the "change oil soon" light!

I had a code on a VW once that was saying a Injector Circuit Cylinder 1 Short To Ground. Couldn't figure out what it was. Cleared it, drove it and it came back. Decided to just look under the hood. checked the oil, low, really low. topped off with oil, code has not come back.

no oil pressure light or nothing

[Jeremy airjer W]

How often do you supposed to change PCV?

To be honest I'm not sure if there on a maintenance schedule or not. The only time I recommend them is if there is an oil consumption issue, a driveability issue (you think a bad PCV valve won't make an older honda run funky, your wrong) or if I replace a valve cover gasket, oil pan gasket, or seal.

[Ice_Fishin07]

I suppose, I'll change the PCV valve then, it looks like easy job to me.

[Jeremy airjer W]

It's as good a start as any. If it helps its money well spent. If it doesn't you didn't spend that much and at least illuminated one possibility.

[Ice_Fishin07]

I found some PCV valves at Orielly's web. few different makes? Any one better than other? Beck/arnley vs BWD or any?

[1968]

I would visit the dealer for an OE valve.

[MNice]

We are convinced that customers seem to think the "low oil pressure light" is the "change oil soon" light!

Reminds me of an old winter beater I had years ago. 64 impala, 283 & 3 on the tree. Burned oil so bad it was like mosquito fogging when you tromped on it. Literally it would burn a quart in about 3-400 miles. My cure was to wait till the oil light came on, then add a gallon of used oil. That little 283 simply would not die. Sold it to a junk yard after the tranny rod that controls 1st & reverse snapped.

[pureinsanity]

My dad told me a story about one of his cars that leaked oil so badly when ever he parked he would throw an oil pan under it to catch it all and reuse it. if its true who knows but knowing him it probably was.

[BobT]

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Reminds me of an old winter beater I had years ago. 64 impala, 283 & 3 on the tree. Burned oil so bad it was like mosquito fogging when you tromped on it. Literally it would burn a quart in about 3-400 miles. My cure was to wait till the oil light came on, then add a gallon of used oil. That little 283 simply would not die. Sold it to a junk yard after the tranny rod that controls 1st & reverse snapped.

I had a 66 impala with 283 that got to the point it was using oil like that too. I pretty much ran it the same way. Always kept a jug of oil in the car in case I needed to add some otherwise I added a quart on every fueling.

[Scott K]

I had an old 1.9 Escort, the headgasket leaked coolant in to the oil, I would add water every day to it, then I would just loosen the drain plug to drain out the water before I drove it in the morning. After about 15,000 miles of this, I just stopped putting water in it, and never bothered doing anything with the oil, I got about another 10,000 out of it, then I junked it. It still ran, but it knocked like crazy

I put about 40,000 a year on a vehicle back then.