WTF !!!! oil change

[Civic Type R]

Ok this has me rather distressed.
last nite i drained the 'run-in' oil from my car to replace it with some Redline racing oil 10W40.
After i totally had the last drop fall into the bucket i did the usual and topped it back up again with a gallen, 3.785litres of the good stuff. (the oil filter was ok)

we checked the dipstick and it was just about right. then ...

I poured the drained oil back into the emtied gallen container and it only came up half full !! like 2 litres I was like HOLY FARK !!!!

i checked the oil last week and i didnt think it was low and im not dripping any oil anywhere

[kenshin]

hmmm weird to lose almost 2 litres in such a short period without it leaking around the engine...

[flipmods]

I wouldn't worry about it. Its run in oil. If that much comes out of your next oil change then worry. Most probably run in oil burns more cause it is a thinner oil.

[tinkerbell]

what flipmods said

[Weq]

u gotta consider how much oil the engine retains. the camshafts are in a constant oil bath, along with the entire engine still being covered in the oil, albiet small amounts along with oil still in the pan which doesnt drain. anyhoo, it all adds up.

[Civic Type R]

Yes we did take that into consideration but that doesnt answer how 2l came out and 3.8l went in.

[Weq]

just ask mrjdm, some oil usage is to be exacpted from a high-comp honda... lol

[toE]

*moved*

[m2h]

So... what if it is not the run in oil? what to worry?

[Surrufus]

what if your having bigger problems like burning oil? or would u know that

[Civic Type R]

i may be burning oil .. ?
but i will give this new redline oil a month and see how it goes.
I checked the block again last night when i jacked it up and still no oil leaks.

damn racing engines

[SINISTR]

10W40 oil is very thin oil, very thin oil!

im 100% sure u burnt the oil while driving.

whatz the oil rating on the new bottle?

Manufacturers recommend the thin stuff, like 10w/40 15w/50 for mainly the new generation engines. Once you get some serious Kms into the engine (especially in your case LOTS of Hard KMS) that oil will just burn like news paper in a fire.

I wouldnt recommend anything Lighter than 15w/50 in your engine.. maybe even 20w/50 which lets the oil stay a bit at the top of the engine, over the cams and everything. 10w oil just drains right through back to the sump, and when u start the engine you wear it out with No oil up there (new engines allow for that).

Hope this helps!