Engine Oil - Page 2 - Honda Prelude Forum

BEATSBEATS!!!!! · 04-23-2002, 09:40 AM

BEATY
what year is your lude and how many miles does it have on it?
and how much oil does it burn?mine burnes about 1 quart every 1500 miles and i had the seals replaced thinking that it would stop, but i hope as the miles go on it stops.

and what dealer ship did you buy it from in Conn.?i bought mine at schaller honda in new britian

vi_ · 04-23-2002, 02:41 PM

I switch from Mobile 1 to Castrol Syntec and my oil consumption went down. i currently have 14Kmiles

beaty · 04-23-2002, 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by BEATSBEATS!!!!!
BEATY
what year is your lude and how many miles does it have on it?
and how much oil does it burn?mine burnes about 1 quart every 1500 miles and i had the seals replaced thinking that it would stop, but i hope as the miles go on it stops.

and what dealer ship did you buy it from in Conn.?i bought mine at schaller honda in new britian

Hi,

Mine is a 2001 SH. It was purchased last October at Pace Honda in New Rochelle, NY (the only dealer I could find a black SH in NE area with virtually no mileage on it). The car has only 1,600 miles as of now since I put it away during the winter. Anyway, as for the oil consumption the story goes like this: my factory-filled oil was about 1/4 inch above the maximum mark on the dipstick when I first got the car. I pampered the car for the first 1,200 miles keeping the rpm well below 4k. Hit VTEC less than 10 times after that. Lately I noticed that the oil level has dropped down to the max mark which I figured roughly 1/2 quart of oil has been consumed. No leaking observed whatsoever. I plan on pampering it for another 1,000 miles and see how it goes. I was kind of worried cos my previous 95 VTEC never burned any oil at all.......

Where in CT are you located? I'm in Waterbury here. Been to Schaller Honda few times last year and saw three silver ludes on their parking lot. Did you buy one of those?

BEATSBEATS!!!!! · 04-24-2002, 12:57 PM

BEATY
i'm from middletown but my father lives in waterbury, he lives 2 minutes from waterbury hospital

and i bought my silver base lude from schaller honda in september so i probably have one of the ludes you seen

shik0me · 04-24-2002, 01:03 PM

I am moving to Beacon Falls in July or so, that's kind of near you guys

jade97sh · 04-24-2002, 02:07 PM

I had been using mobile 1 oil for about 2 years untill recently, when I talked to a friend of mine about the oil consumption. He suggested that I switch to a non-synthetic. I did switch about 6 months ago and I am burning less oil, I don't really know why but I have had my prelude for 3 years now and it has always burned alot of oil with the mobile 1. Just a bit of info from a personal experience.

vi_ · 04-24-2002, 03:20 PM

hmm...interesting...
Jade97sh - maybe you should try Castrol Syntec like i did. Since Syntec is basically a highly process dino oil, maybe is better for our prelude. I would never go back to mobile 1 after the differece i saw with the Castrol oil.

jade97sh · 04-24-2002, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by vi_
hmm...interesting...
Jade97sh - maybe you should try Castrol Syntec like i did. Since Syntec is basically a highly process dino oil, maybe is better for our prelude. I would never go back to mobile 1 after the differece i saw with the Castrol oil.

I really think there is something to the "dino" oil as you put it, that is better for our engine. I am no expert however. I think I will try syntec and see what happens.

wgalude · 04-24-2002, 05:40 PM

I use Mobil 1 Tri-Synthetic. My car is a SportShift, has about 13k miles on it, gets VTEC'd every day, and so far has not burned a drop of oil that I could tell since I've had it, and I check it at least once a month. Who knows why some burn oil and others don't?

Ben

Ruckuz · 04-24-2002, 05:52 PM

sup fellaz, my SH 01 does not burn oil @ all.... as of right now i have about 3800 miles on her....my first oil change was @ 1000 miles to get rid of all the metal deposit from the break in period....i've change my oil @ 1000 miles w/ 5.1 quarts of regular mobil oil..., right now i'm @ 3800 miles and my oil level is between the first and second hole (i just checked yesterday), so my SH 01 is not buring any oil, and my next schedule oil change is @ 4000 miles....hope this helps...

Kool-Lude · 04-24-2002, 06:55 PM

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...my oil level is between the first and second hole (i just checked yesterday)

If its in the middle, between the top and bottom hole, then you're probably down by about 1/2 a quart...a 5.1 qt oil/filter change should put you very close to, if not exactly on the top hole.

Ruckuz · 04-25-2002, 10:43 AM

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Originally posted by Kool-Lude

If its in the middle, between the top and bottom hole, then you're probably down by about 1/2 a quart...a 5.1 qt oil/filter change should put you very close to, if not exactly on the top hole.

really??? if so, that's news to me...but thanx for the 411...even so, i guess buring 1/2 quart after almost 3000 miles is aiite...

Kool-Lude · 04-25-2002, 11:45 AM

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really??? if so, that's news to me...but thanx for the 411...even so, i guess buring 1/2 quart after almost 3000 miles is aiite...

Half a quart is GREAT...but, you may not be down at all. It really depends on the oil change. After a complete drain, I have to add 5.1+ to get to the top mark. Then I just monitor it from there.