Oil Level - Page 2 - Honda Prelude Forum

KraserK · 05-07-2010, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by pIERCE

Yeah. If it goes a little(which is relative) over or under, you are not in "the red zone"...so don't panic. Just try to keep it between or on the dots.

Oh i see thank you pIERCE!

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I read in a muscle car magazine a few years ago the some racers would intentionally dump out a quart of oil(so it'd be at the "add" line) when they get to "the track"....and that it theoretically added somewhere around 10 hp to some motors. But these were guys with 4-500+hp V-8's. So how much truth of that goes for our puny little H22's is another story of debate.

That is good to know and f yeah possibly doesn't have the same effect for our little 2.15 litre engine

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Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa......are you saying that your plug holes are naturally filling with oil?

Or are you sayin that you accidentally spill some in there when you fill your oil?

If it the latter.....get a ****ing funnel.

If it's the first issue, you need to replace 4 tiny round gaskets that go between the head and the valve cover. Very easy.

Hahaha

Umm yeah it was the rubber gaskets I replaced them and the problem has gone lol! Wohoo! Lmao I always use a funnel too lmao helpful they are!

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You don't burn any oil if you don't engage vtec? Lucky bastard.

5W-60? Never heard of that.....

Yeah, thinner oils are better for fuel economy/power, but unfortunately, they don't lube well under as much load as heavier weight oils. So for high performance or heavy duty applications, they are sort of frowned upon.

Yeap no oil burning at all nothing unless I vtec the crap out of my car which never happens anymore. Lol oh 5w-60 was just an example too lol. I see I better not thrash my car then

Cheers

petern101 · 05-07-2010, 07:24 AM

5w-60 is specifically for E46 M3's or cars equipped with the s54 motor.

BMW made a deal with valvoline to make this weight. No other car should run it unless you really know what you're doing.

pIERCE · 05-07-2010, 10:38 AM

^^VERY interesting. Must be a hell of a motor(they have like 400hp and redline at 8k, no?)

petern101 · 05-07-2010, 10:52 AM

BMW World - BMW S54 Engine

BMW S54B32 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The S54B32 was a high-performance engine used in BMW M vehicles. The block was made from grey cast iron rather than aluminum to achieve greater rigidity from the same dimensions. It is a 3.2 L (3246 cc) engine; bore is 87 mm (3.4 in) and stroke is 91 mm (3.6 in). It has reinforced forged steel conrods, graphite coated cast aluminum pistons and a forged steel crankshaft.

The S54 is the final, most powerful evolution of the M50 engine line, incorporating individual throttle bodies, drive-by-wire throttle control, and variable valve timing (VANOS) for both intake and exhaust camshafts.

At launch the non-US versions fitted to the E46 M3 produced 343 hp (256 kW) at 7900 rpm, with 269 ft·lb (365 Nm) of torque at 4900 rpm and a 8000 rpm redline. The US version required some modifications to meet US emissions standards (such as close-coupled catalytic converters closer to the engine exhaust ports) and thus produced slightly less power in each application. In addition, air intake and exhaust differences, as well as a lower RPM limit, resulted in different performance figures for the Z3 M Roadster and Z3 M Coupé.

BMW also produced an even more powerful version of the S54B32, for the limited edition E46 M3 CSL. This engine lacked a conventional mass airflow meter, and BMW installed modified intake and exhaust camshafts, as well as a more efficient air intake system. This version yielded 360 hp (270 kW) at 7900 rpm with 273 ft·lbf (370 N·m) of torque at 4300 rpm.

The S54 won the International Engine of the Year award overall for 2001, and also claimed the "Best New Engine" that year as well as won the 3-4 L category for six straight years in a row from 2001 through 2006. The S54 was also on the Ward's 10 Best Engines list for 2001 through 2004.

Despite its great success and critical acclaim, the S54 was plagued with rod bearing failures in early production. BMW attempted to blame vehicle owners for the failures early on but eventually started replacing rod bearings, oil pumps, and whole engines under warranty. This fault was attributed to a problem with the connecting rod bottom-end bearing shells that were supplied to BMW by a third party that did not meet BMW's specifications. This problem was fully corrected by BMW on engines produced after 06/2003. A recall was issued to retrofit all M3 cars with affected engines to swap to the proper bearing shells. The recall did not include M Roadster or M Coupe cars with affected S54 engines due to the lower RPM limit.

BMW has since retired the S54 engine, but it is still used by Wiesmann for their MF3 Roadster.

KraserK · 05-08-2010, 06:44 AM

Petern since you are the bmw man! What engine is this? I can't find any information on it. I never trust youtube comments as well usually they are all full of ****

YouTube - Georg Plasa BMW Judd

petern101 · 05-09-2010, 05:33 PM

^don't know. Could be modified s52 or something else. Doesn't sound like a straight piped s52 though.