95 Honda Odyssey burning oil at 1 qt. /800 miles
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Great topic. I have a 95 Honda Odssey. The original engine has been replaced by the dealar because they did someting wrong for a minor recal work and broke the engine. The new one that they put on for me was 52K miles. It's been several months since the engine replaced. I found this one is still burning oil at about 1 qt/1000 miles two months ago. I did went back and asked the shop foreman. He told me for honda engines, this is normal and adviced me add a qt. of oil between each oil change (every 3000 miles) and it would be O.K. Problem is that I checked recently, it is becomeing worse, it now burning 1 qt. oil / 800 miles. The engine and work should still be in 1 year warenty. Is this a big problem? Should I ask them to have a check something like a cylindar leaking down test? Anyone heard that this kind of problem is normal for Honda--a 2.4 litter engine? Any info/advise, greatly appriciated.
Great topic. I have a 95 Honda Odssey. The original engine has been replaced by the dealar because they did someting wrong for a minor recal work and broke the engine. The new one that they put on for me was 52K miles. It's been several months since the engine replaced. I found this one is still burning oil at about 1 qt/1000 miles two months ago. I did went back and asked the shop foreman. He told me for honda engines, this is normal and adviced me add a qt. of oil between each oil change (every 3000 miles) and it would be O.K. Problem is that I checked recently, it is becomeing worse, it now burning 1 qt. oil / 800 miles. The engine and work should still be in 1 year warenty. Is this a big problem? Should I ask them to have a check something like a cylindar leaking down test? Anyone heard that this kind of problem is normal for Honda--a 2.4 litter engine? Any info/advise, greatly appriciated.
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How are you? nice to see your message again. Actually, this is the car that I posted a message this Spring of Timing belt broken because of dealer's faulty installation of the timing belt cover. At the time, the old engine was burning 1 qt./500 miles and with a low gas mileage. You suggested that if I had stated were true, they own me an engine. They did. They replaced the old engine and put on this one (suppose to be at 51000 miles). I question was intended to say, they bought this new engine from Honda and came with one year warranty. If the engine burning oil at 1 qt./800 miles, shouldn't they take it back and give me another one or at least do some kind of repair? something like cylinder ring/seal replacement? The engine that I had before the replacement did not burn any oil even I drove 7500 miles between oil change. I am bothered by this kind of sharp difference between engines. As for add 1 qt. of oil every 1000 miles, it does not bother me too much in terms of inconvenience. I always put 2 qt of oil in my trunk. Massachusetts consumer pretection law says, the shop has to do the repair till customer satisfied or in a workable condition. That is a kind of vague, isn't it. The shop's service representive is so far very nice, so I am a kind of preparing to talk with him first before I send out a letter of intend to file a court claim. Maybe I need more detailed monitoring on the engine and gether more data. Anyway, thanks for the inputs.
Thank you for the suggestions, I will follow. In your earlier message, you said regarding if it is burning 1 quart of oil per 1000 miles "is a published low normal rate of consumption", I wonder where is this source? Can I find it in a book store, library/manufacture ? I think this info will be very helpful if I need to file a claim.