[CU2] Excessive oil consumption

[curtis265]

I'm not taking the reading, Honda are. They basically top it up and measure how much goes in as far as I can tell. So the car is warm when they do it.

Oh i see. well as long as they've seen the 1l themselves then that's the main thing

Congrats on a new engine!



Is there any known cause of this consumption yet?

[bugeater]

Unsurprisingly, after a very long period of time, the response from Honda Australia has been that the level of consumption is "acceptable". They have the consumption at 0.49 litres per 1000 km, which is just the average over the whole test period. To say I am angry is an understatement. I now need to consider my next move.

[Jasemas]

To fair trade/aca/today tonight

[curtis265]

Unsurprisingly, after a very long period of time, the response from Honda Australia has been that the level of consumption is "acceptable". They have the consumption at 0.49 litres per 1000 km, which is just the average over the whole test period. To say I am angry is an understatement. I now need to consider my next move.

what the **** x 100^100

that's bullshit

[sensei_]

i have a feeling honda is becoming like apple in the car industry. their dealers are only keen to sell/service the cars but not provide any after sales support.

in singapore i remember browsing with a relative. when i asked for a brochure/catalogue they outright told me that "honda cars dont need catalogues to sell". their sales staff are also less than acceptable.

i come to australia and the experiences whilst not as bad as back in singapore isnt much better.

[dougie_504]

Beat the living crap out of your engine and get a new one under warranty. That oil consumption is nowhere near acceptable IMO and you might need to force Honda's hand on this one.

And next time you get a brand new engine make sure you break it in properly.

[bugeater]

I greatly doubt the break in is responsible. It might make a difference on the margin, but the reality is that these high oil consuming Euros have some sort of defect in construction.

[I CU2]

That's normal for a VW but maybe not so much for a Honda...

[BigBen]

So where is the oil going? Is it going pass the rings or just flashing?

[curtis265]

So where is the oil going? Is it going pass the rings or just flashing?

Air/fuel Blowby is going past the rings into the crank case. Since it's very hot it's exceeding the flash point of the oil, evaporating some of it and pressurising the crank case

whic goes out the pcv

then into the intake

then through the combustion

[Fredoops]

In otherwords:

Shit, ****, shit, shit, ****.

[bugeater]

Air/fuel Blowby is going past the rings into the crank case. Since it's very hot it's exceeding the flash point of the oil, evaporating some of it and pressurising the crank case

whic goes out the pcv

then into the intake

then through the combustion

So can this actually damage anything over time?