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Old 02-21-2017, 03:36 PM
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I have a 1988 Honda Accord dx. 66 thousand original miles. Set for many years but garage keep. Runs pretty good but I'm losing a lot of oil. No leaks I can see and just replaced valve steam seals but still losing oil. Help
 
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Old 02-21-2017, 08:05 PM
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Is it leaking out?
 
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Old 02-22-2017, 04:52 AM
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Is it leaking out?
No Shows no leaks at all.
 
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Old 02-22-2017, 08:27 AM
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Look for oil in coolant system or possibly water in oil ,which would indicate a head gasket problem.
 
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Old 02-22-2017, 11:03 AM
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Look for oil in coolant system or possibly water in oil ,which would indicate a head gasket problem.
I did and doesn't seem to be at all plus it's not smoking but when I let off gas and that's only once in a while not all the time. And it runs really good except idling, it is rough at idle.
 
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Old 02-22-2017, 02:16 PM
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I did and doesn't seem to be at all plus it's not smoking but when I let off gas and that's only once in a while not all the time. And it runs really good except idling, it is rough at idle.
Can oil get into the gas somehow? I noticed that every time I put fresh gas in , it runs a lot better for just a short time.
 
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Old 02-23-2017, 03:50 AM
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only way oil gets into gas would be at the carb with the blow by. take a compression check to see if it low, if so, the engine could be burning oil. I had a 90 accord, each 2k miles added 1 qt. ground dry, no oil dripping. compression 120+. but still pass smog. no smoke out of exhaust at any rpm driving or slowing. since brand new to 180k+
 
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Old 02-25-2017, 07:35 PM
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I did some research and it's possible to burn oil with out smoking,most often will only smoke on startup.like Acmech52 states do a compression test.
 
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