We did routine oil changes between 5-6k miles until it started burning oil. I assure you, that was not the issue. We spent a while trying to figure it out before saying fuck it because it never gave us issues.
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aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 5 days agoThis kind of neglect of proper maintenance is why it started burning oil at 100k.
If you want your engine to last, you change the oil every 5000 to 7500 miles.
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OneStepAhead@lemmynsfw.com 5 days ago
Lol. Old Honda engines are known for essentially not needing oil. I have a B18 that refuses to die. It’s leaked so much oil before that I got barely a quart and a half out once. I try to top it up every once in a while but with 267k and just about everything else falling on the car, I’m about to stop bothering with oil on it all together so I can justify a new (to me) car.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Being able to take a beating and “not needing oil” are 2 wildly different situations lmao.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 days ago
My old jeep with the 4.0 was like that. I just kept adding oil every week or two when it got down past the safe zone, not doing any oil changes for about 60k. That thing had about 260k on it when the transmission blew up and I didn’t have the time or money to keep going with it. My 2010 is damn near the same at 180k (the pos 3.8), but that motor is due to be swapped soon due to loss of compression.