knight Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I fitted hamper filter on mine. Obviously don't really notice much difference. I have to top up about half lyre of oil between 3k oil changes. Think its normal to loose a bit between services especially when tecin all over the shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastgtir Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 2 litres seems high, check or oily residue on idle.get someone to follow you and vtec it.. either suggests worn engine parts, either valve stems(smokey idle)? or piston rings (vtec)?..also check the quality of oil, another key thing is a leaky cam end seal/vtec spool valve filter.. check for any leaks. Also the Rocker cover gaskets and the O-rings around the spark plug area!!! another way it can lose oil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerjoe Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Next time you change oil use engine flush idle at 2-2500 rpm for 5 mins flush it out then use good quality 10 40w oil with oil treatment thickens the oil to stop it burning away depending on mileage and service history (or Lack of) the piston rings may be slightly worn if it was really bad it would smoke like a beagle!my old mc2 was a 1998 bought it with sod all service history on 85000 as soon as i got it flushed it banged good 10 40w in never used a drop of oil really i sold it at 120 i bought her back at 145 was still solid as a rock, i broke the car up for parts and engine for rebuild its sat in my shed great engines.i now have a 2000 mc2 same goes for that but this one had more service history and honda stamps so i know it was serviced with shell oil from honda most its life, sound like your lack of history is due to it not really being maintaned when it needed to and the engine needs your TLC i have owned plenty of hondas and not one has been bad on oil but then ive always used good oil and flushed regular.if we was talking vauxhall twin cam then i wouldnt be suprised 1 bit they a gutter!oh yeah HAMP filters as a rule keep the oil pressure consistant i never use anything else there awsome.What engine flush should i use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leejt1979 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Wynns is as good as anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKH25 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Don't use engine flush, not good, just drain old oil add a couple of litres of cheaper oil, drain and fill with good quality 10w40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilp99 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 usually changing valve guide seals helps, but its only temporary. the guides/valves are prolly beyond limits. or just leave it alone and keep adding oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgor Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 got castrol magetec in mine (10/40), 4k's after changing the oil, not used a bit and it's now on 144k's. it does have blood goood servce history... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwal4152 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I'm currently running 5w/30 which is proving to be really bad, i've used 3L in the last 3k, it will be getting changed next week as i'm sick of having to check it's topped up all the bloody time, things is tho it uses all this oil yet there's no problem engine wise, no smoke on vtec what so ever, mo smoke on acxelerate or de accelerate, am gonna have a compression test done just to be on the safe side but nout else seems to be wronf but i wi admit the MC2 spends most of her life in vtec cause it's so fun I'm sat at 134,6XX miles with loads of service history & it seems to be running pretty smooth other than this little hiccup.Only thing i noticed a few weeks ago were a few spots of oil been chucked out the exhaust when she was cold but had nothing since, beginning to believe it may well be stem seals or something like it may of been on my EK but will have a more in depth check next week :/Fingers crossed she's fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTEye Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 5w/30 is too thin, 5w/40 or 10w/40 are best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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