***burning oil, small burst of smoke on startup! Small oil leak, no overheating - Honda Prelude Forum

iidieiv619 · 06-15-2010, 08:57 PM

1992 Honda Prelude
F22
5 Speed

About every 60 miles I have to refill the oil. There is a small oil leak somewhere but NOT large enough to show on my driveway.
I noticed the car is also running rich from recent spark plugs.
At times when the car is hot or cold on startup the exhaust will expel a burst of smoke. The smoke is NOT white. Car does NOT overheat. I had the chance to smell the exhaust smoke and its obvious its the oil.

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER I LOOK AT FIRST? WHAT CAN I CHECK?
Thank You in advance!

G_Loc · 06-16-2010, 05:35 AM

How much oil are you adding every 60 miles?? If you're adding a quart every 60 miles, it is by no means a small leak

How many miles on the engine?

iidieiv619 · 06-22-2010, 08:06 PM

im adding about nearly a half quart.
the car has over 230,000 miles. The engine was replaced with another that was bought rebuilt from a local shop about beginning 2009. So the engine has about 25-50,000 miles