Use Of Vtec

[lukeaye]

Hey ive had my DC2R for about 1 week now....now i no that VTEC uses alot of oil, but as ive stated ive had the car for a week used VTEC a fair amount...and i checked the oil 2nite and its below the low indicator....is this normal? or is my engine burning the oil at an abnormal rate? ive checked for blue smoke and i coudlnt see any but somebody told me they thought they had seen a blue puff or two...helpppppp....im taking to the honda service center 2morrow anway just to be sure....but i need some reassurance so i can sleep 2nite

[aaronng]

When you first got the DC2R, what was the oil level?

[lukeaye]

well....i didnt check...haha but to pass road worthy it would have at least had to have been midway between the low and high mark....otherwise it as deemed as unsatisfactory for safe operation

[lukeaye]

i bought from a dealer.....and it had a service as well. so the oil was changed...i have should have checked none the less though

[DLO01]

Did you check the oil level straight after you drove it?

If you did, you need to let it stand for say 10 mins to let the oil drain back down to the sump before you check the oil level.

[shadou]

is oil levels a part of road worthy cert. now? Never seen any mech I know that even bothers checking the sticks for a RWC.

[lukeaye]

yeah i let it sit...no it must be checked...im a car salesman...and i no the mechanics check...becuase i had to go around and check all the oil levels on the cars to make sure the service centre was doing there job properly lol...

[lukeaye]

and just for the record its ****ing hard getting the dipstick back in the hole whens its dark...its near impossible..took me about 10 mins haha

[shadou]

should be fine, let the boys in black do their jobs tomorrow and you can vtec the shit out of it for another couple weeks

[aaronng]

Top it up back to MAX, drive for 1 week and then check again and let us know how much it dropped.

[lukeaye]

also ive heard that non genuine KEO honda oil isnt good for the engine? is this true? i no it has to be 10W 30

[SHIFTY]

^ what he said...

but 2 be honest... i tracked my dc2r and was revving the living **** out of it, and it didn't seem 2 drop at all that much from the full mark (maybe burnt 0.2L MAX) LOL! i was pretty surprised.. and im talking about changing gears 9k all day lol and keeping it up in high revs when down changing so i wouldn't have to brake as much!!

seems like ur burning oil 2 me, get them 2 have a look at it 4 u!

goodluck!

[lukeaye]

yeah thanks thats wat i thought

[SHIFTY]

lol... if u where constantly driving it on cam then yer maybe but ***n oath i doubt in a week of driving u could use so much oil! unless they where putting in shit oil, but its a honda dealership so i doubt that is the case!

defenetly get it checked out.

[lukeaye]

well i havent really thrashed it anyway...apparently its valve stem seals....$600 job.....thank the lord for warranty

[lukeaye]

turns out that its fine.....i shouldnt have read the oil in the dark duh

[SeverAMV]

at least it wasn't your rings. if it was then you'd kiss goodbye to vtec for quite a while.

[aaronng]

You should let the temperature needle hit the middle before giving it any full throttle. Otherwise, you'll have excessive oil consumption from blowby a year or two down the road.

[dc2r]

turns out that its fine.....its just they reckon im not giving the car long enuf to warm up....they reckon at least 5 mins for vtec.....

I don't know if that's true... because VTEC wouldn't even 'work' until your car is warm anyway... when you VTEC it on your first drive in that day, do you actually feel the VTEC surge?

[lukeaye]

thats wat im saying i have to give it 5 mins b4 VTEC will work...before the oil is hot enough and the pressure builds.....going hard like up to 9000rpm when VTEC isnt on is bad for the engine

[aaronng]

VTEC will still engage even with the needle only at 1/4. That is still not warm enough and can cause wear to your engine. Wait til the needle hits 1/2 and then wait the same amount of time again. So that's twice the amount of time it takes for the needle to hit 1/2.

[dc2r]

anyway my point is... that's not the cause of u burning oil... that's bs!