[CU2] Excessive oil consumption

[Fredoops]

Lol my k24 is 10 years old this year, still don't consume a single drop

[Luppifs]

Jesus your engine died
And they didn't replace the 'whole' thing
just the block? how ****ing cheap are they...
At least it got sorted
So moral of the story... you need to go back to Honda and explain to them about the oil control rings in the pistons

I argued this exact point of not replacing the 'whole' thing with Honda Australia (amongst other points), but they wouldn't budge at all. They kept re-iterating that the fault was only in the short block, so that's all they were offering to replace.
They told me that if i believed the issue was also related to the head (top) of the motor, i was welcome to pay for this part of the engine out of my own pocket.

I was pushing for my cat converter and sensor to be replaced, as it would surely be contaminated and its overall lifespan impacted due to the more than 5.5 litres of oil being burnt through it in less than 8,000km of travel, but as Andrew O'Keefe says on the show.... "NO DEAL !!" . They didn't want to know about it.

Something that i didn't mention was that Honda Service Dept had to send my existing engine head to a local head specialist, who had to check and refit the valve stems with a micrometer device. I believe the cost of this whole exercise would have been less on their part if they had just supplied a new block. Yep, it was alot of labour hours that went into this job, and alot of hours of missed sleep that i won't get back.....

[Fredoops]

Honda might've started to import engine blocks from their Thailand operations lol

[Jasemas]

Do we link these kinda pages to Honda Australia's facebook page?
And make some sort of ruckus and get everyone here to like the post and comment about it - thus Honda Au coming clean

[sensei_]

more like you link the page to honda au FB page, and then the owner of the site gets a "cease letter" claiming some sort of rubbish laws. of course, the big boys have money for lawyers and plenty of time, im guessing the owners of the site do it out of passion, and would fold like a deck of cards. sad but true.

[bugeater]

So the threashold is 1litre plus?????

Some tolerance level

Yeah and the guy I spoke to at Honda was saying how they are have very high tolerances... yeah right. High tolerances for consumer complaints perhaps. I can't believe oil consumption multiple orders of magnitude higher than average is still considered "within specification". Mind you, they weren't willing to discuss average consumption of Accord Euros with me because "we are talking about your vehicle".

Isn't it funny that you trust that a warranty will mean when you purchase something very expensive, if it doesn't work properly, then things will be made good. But if a company wants to make things difficult and apparently don't care about the bad reputation it will get, it will just redefine what is a "problem" to evade its responsibilities.

Filthy, filthy behaviour and exactly what consumers should and do punish.

[Jasemas]

Hmmm i thought that in some cases Honda bought back the cars?

[philipminge]

yeh 2L is not normal regardless what anyone says.

i drive my CL9 euro hard as... its has 165xxxkms and in 5xxxkms it might consume 2-300ml.

maybe try a thicker oil. do they use like a 5W30... maybe try 10W40.

strange.... if that was my new car from factory.... i would be demanding a new one.... not an engine swap.... coz some apprentice will be pulling it apart and putting it back together..... hell no!

if they dont solve it, man take it further.

my uncle bought a brand new DC5 type r... one of the last ones... the glovebox didnt close properly... they said it cant be fixed.... after threatening to drive it through the show room window at 100 clicks, they magically fixed it!

some apprentice couldnt fix it....

different issue but im just saying dont let them say its normal.... 2L is huge. even though its new it might use a bit but not that much.

my s2000 does not burn that much oil.... not even close... and they burn oil - nature of high comp... same as a C63 amg... they burn oil. not 2L though.

i'd be using thicker oil- if it still does it.... go to honda n tell them its bs and u want a new one. lol

[curtis265]

more like you link the page to honda au FB page, and then the owner of the site gets a "cease letter" claiming some sort of rubbish laws. of course, the big boys have money for lawyers and plenty of time, im guessing the owners of the site do it out of passion, and would fold like a deck of cards. sad but true.

yes, defmation time.

[sensei_]

Isn't it funny that you trust that a warranty will mean when you purchase something very expensive, if it doesn't work properly, then things will be made good. But if a company wants to make things difficult and apparently don't care about the bad reputation it will get, it will just redefine what is a "problem" to evade its responsibilities.

Filthy, filthy behaviour and exactly what consumers should and do punish.

Looks like exactly what apple did. Look where it got them

the one where more people could relate to was the iphone 4 = operator holding it wrong

there are others out there that mac users will be familiar with

[kjs]

I'm checking my oil levels tomorrow! 2012 manual.

[tron07]

yes, defmation time.

if you are not defaming them, then they cant send you a cease letter.... its a fine line, you can say how bad your car is, but not honda cars and never say that they are incompetent or not doing their job.