eldude

okay, new to the website, but i have some problems with my prelude that i wish i could fix. Okay, well, first, i have a problem with the oil, it used to leak, so i replaced the oil pan gasket because it was leaking from there, so the leaking stopped, but i was driving one time and the oil light came on, i stopped immediately stopped and checked the dipstick, the oil was dangerously low, so i bought some in the gas station and filled it up. I changed the oil not too much after that and kept checking the level and it seemed fine for a while so i thought it was just that instance, but then a while after that same thing happen, i did the same thing. I had people check my car while i was driving to see if it was burning oil, you know white smoke coming out of the pipe, well, no visible smoke whatsoever was coming out.

Anyways, so this last time that it happened i didn't wait till the light came on i just changed the oil and i've been checking it ever since then, the level hasn't come down and it's been a month since then. One thing that was really weird when i was changing it, i took out the intake pipe cuz i was curious and to clean the air filter, and saw that at the end of the pipe there was oil on the elbow that holds it, not too much, as if a little was sprayed on there, whata hell??!! i don't know what it is and i can't do anything since it's not doing, i don't want it to, but i can't think what it is, anyways, any help would be great

lovemylude95

Could be a rear main seal now. It won't burn oil and it won't leak when it's sitting but when it's driving it'll spray like crazy and could explain why you're losing oil (or were)

93H22ALude

If it only does it while its driving wouldnt it do it while you rev it sitting there?

eldude

the oil that accumulates on the elbow of the intake pipe is not that much, about 2 to 3 spoons (can't think of another way of explaining it) and there's no oil in the rest of the intake pipe, i don't know when this happens, i'm assuming of course when it's running, but come to think of it, it's happened a couple of times, i didn't use my car for a week or so and then when i used it the oil light came on, that's how it happened this last time at least...i don't know, i'm confused

G_Loc

Oil in the intake is somewhat normal due to the PCV system. Is there any oil anywhere else on the engine? Check the exhaust pipe in front of the oxygen sensor and see if there's any burnt oil caked on.

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