Ok, my buddies 93 SI with 190,000 miles has been burning about a quart and half of oil a week. We just did a compression check and it ran 210 all the way across, any suggestions as to what could be wrong with this thing?
My 90 Accord had a serious oil problem as well. It turned out to have a 2" crack in the oil pan. It wouldn't drip until enough pressure was built-up in the pan to actually open the crack.
That's probably not an issue w/ your friend's car, but I thought it would be worth mentioning.
this happend to my friend civic he blew a head gasket
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If you have bad valve seals, the car will usually only smoke immediately upon startup after it has been sitting a while (at least a couple hours). It will usually blow bluish smoke for a minute or two, then quit. If it smokes more than that or after it's been running a while, it's probably something else.
I vote valve seals. If theyre bad enough itll smoke the whole time. Wont show up on a compression test either. Highly doubt its a single bad ring after 190k miles. A leakdown test will tell you if you have a bad ring tho.
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