Dan Martin

Well, I'm up to burning 5 litres of oil between changes now, and the dealer stumped of what could be causing it. They think it could be related to the PCV, but there aren't any codes being thrown, so it's unlikely. I'm probably going to replace it myself this week just to see if it does anything. I don't exactly have high hopes at this point though...

If you're over in Ramblings, cast your vote to see whose car dies first: my TSX or Street Spirit's '99 TL that takes 5 seconds to shift into reverse
https://acurazine.com/forums/car-talk-5/whose-car-will-bite-dust-first-383237/

It's the Acura death pool!

LuvMyTSX

Jesus Dan, that sucks!

Time for new cars

Simba91102

Wow! That really sucks. I've read here the (seems to me anyway) odd differences in experience with oil usage in the TSX. My 05 with 65K miles (105K KM) hasn't used a drop oil between changes since new. I sure wish someone would come up with a reason why some of these cars tend to use oil (some more than others).

jmathew34

jeez, i'm at 110,500 miles ~ 177,800km and i do burn some oil but just a tad...

oh and '04 tsx here as well, we're a dying breed i tell ya, Dan you can't get a new car, just overhaul the motor, i don't want to be the last '04 tsx standing round here...i fear the newbs

evil_acura

still a living 70k 04 here muahahhahaha n i will mod it to hell at that!

Dan Martin

I'm going to do a leak-down test this weekend to see if I can get any more info. I'm also going to install a new PCV since it's so cheap.

LuvMyTSX

I got your back :wink:

Monk302

43.5K miles on my '04 and still going strong. Just changed mine with some synthetic this weekend and it appears that mine is not burning any oil. Dan, if your car dies and it is a Carbon Grey can we trade bumpers. Someone tagged mine this weekend.

dom

I don't

LukeaTron

I'd find a mechanic with a bore scope and take a peek at the cylinder walls. Unless you're leaking somewhere the only way I can imagine you'd loose that much oil is the rings being shot. Are you getting a lot smoke from the exhaust?

jlukja

+1

At 34Kmi. I'll be here a while.

CCColtsicehockey

dont worry you wont be the only one I will probably always be here rocking my 04 haha. I only have 45,000 miles on it right now.

CCColtsicehockey

damn and I thought I had one of tsx's with the least miles. you really got me beat.

Fox137

I plan to be here for a while too... my '04 just hit 75k (though I put on 30k this year)

LuvMyTSX

I have the same miles. I just got an oil change last weekend at 45k.

gavinn58

04 here as well, just ticked over 50k.

CCColtsicehockey

I only put 5-6k on it a year at most cause it just gets driven on the weekend and dry days in the winter while I am home on brake. Only 2 oil changes a year for me.

occdoc

I have an 04 with just over 40K miles on it. Hoping to keep it as long as I can, but I'm putting about 15K miles on it/year currently. No major problems -- keeping my fingers crossed.

TinkySD

Oy! I was lucky with my tsx, at 85k miles I still wan't burning any oil -- though I had been using synthetic for 50k miles.

I've also been lucky with my Audi so far. A lot of people have issues with the 2.0t burning oil but I haven't lost any yet at 2500 miles.

So when is the "what new car should I get?" poll coming online?

TWONZ

04 with 47K..... I'll be here for a while

nbtx

5 liters between changes doesn't tell me the oil burn rate. If it's a liter every 1000 miles, you're still within normal limits and above the new engine rebuild limit according to Acura. Is there any visible smoke at the tailpipe and/or oil fill cap? It sounds like your dealer is not very competent if he can't run some basic tests.

wickedk24

04 with 80K, driving this car to its grave

TSX 3Pedal

I have an '04 with 125,000 miles on it, doesn't burn any oil at all

I've been using Mobil 1 synthetic since the first oil change and by no means do I baby the motor

TSXinTN

'04 with 97,xxx miles. Plan to keep her at least until next spring possibly til 2010.
Putting approximately 28K per year on her.

1beastnstl

04's rule!! we have one and "wifey" will drive it till the wheels fall off!! (62k and very strong)

moda_way

Yeah, don't forget about me!!! getting ready to hit 80k miles shortly and I'm using a quart every 3000 miles.

Oh, let's not forget about the toys on board either
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Tsx536

Another Old school 04 owner in the house

Sorry to hear about your problems Dan. I hope you get your problem figured out. Good luck with that compression test. My car doesn't seem to burn very much oil, I guess that I've been fortunate. I'm almost at 90K miles on the odometer. My TSX is still running great!

Dan Martin

I'm betting it's the PCV, so I'm swapping it out this weekend. I'll update this thread in a few thousand clicks once I see if it's still burning oil.

HDNBenjamin

i have an 04 and im at 70k. runs good so far.

Miamicarfan

Dan, I have a couple of questions for you:

1) Did you get your car new or used?

2) If you did get your car new, how did you drive it when you first bought it? Specifically, during the first 1000 miles, did you do a lot of stop and go city driving or did you do a lot of highway miles?

Dan Martin

My car was new and it was broken in gently. Almost all of my driving is highway miles.

ck123

i think there was a series of bad blocks in the 04 tsx, i cant confirm this as i read it somewhere here. i think i got it from curls thread about his burning a lot of oil too. acura rebuilt it and it stilled burned, then they gave him an 06 block and hasnt burned any yet.

^breaking it in hard in the beginning is better from what i hear....thats what i did and the car runs real well and doesnt burn any oil

ck123

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...hlight=burning
im not sure if he is correct or not but check it out. his post is a little above 1/2 way down the page.

curls

Hey Dan (and ck123)...

I'd be highly suspect of the block. If you have a low VIN# (last 5 digits), espscially so. I'm guessing that my problem was something along the lines of warping of the block (cylinders becoming oval-ish?), causing the oil to blow past the rings and into the combustion chanber and out the exhaust.

Do you have lots of soot in the tailpipes and/or on the bumper near the exhaust? If you shift at high RPM / full throttle, do you get a puff of blueish-grey smoke out of the exhaust?

A leakdown test would be my FIRST recommendation (before the PCV). A malfunctioning PCV would not likely cause that much oil loss... because 5L in say 8000km is realy high for a PCV-gone-wrong.

Although as mentioned before, 5L between oil changes is still technically below the 1L/1000km threshold that invokes warranty work, so it's still technically within 'spec'.

A Leakdown test is in order -- keep us updated!

curls

By the way, follow my thread (that ck123 linked to) and use some of that as ammunition with the dealership, maybe to get some goodwill warranty work done if it comes to that.

Meinbeast

Very pleased with my 04 MR at almost 97,000 miles....my previous car (Dodge Intrepid) all but fell apart at this mileage. Mostly highway miles now and taking it to redline has been a thing of the past. I will drive it into the ground.

Mokos23

9 more miles until my 04 TSX hits 54,000 miles. Still going, however the heater is odd cause sometimes in the early morning when it was really cold around 20F the heater heated the car at 62-63 degrees. But, then when I drove home it was 44 outside and the the TSX didn't blow hot air out until I set it at 70 degrees, why? Is this normal?

ck123

hey curls, how is your engine coming along? no more oil consumption right?

curls

Since the replacement, it's been 100% fine with only minimal oil burning (maybe 1/4 litre in 12,000km). That's attributed to me driving it to redline on occasion, and the engine itself is really, really strong. No complaints whatsoever!

thunder04

iTrader: (1)

I have an '04 with 86k miles on it and still going strong. I'm not going to say I don't burn any oil...as all engines do to an extent...but my engine oil dipstick has never indicated that I've needed to add oil between changes. So, I say that's good. Also, my car gets the standard 5w-30 from the dealer.