Quote Originally Posted by repeated_love View Post
So by "burning up" your saying the poorer health engine used up the oil quickly and had to be changed more regularly.
Yes. The engine in my old DA1 Integra was not well cared for by the previous owners. I had two choices: rebuild the engine, or run thicker engine oil to limit the piston blow by (i.e. essentially means that the piston rings weren't sealing well in the cylinder anymore).