@FusZ, does that mean your going to have to break in the engine all over again, and do the whole 1200 mile break-in process?

Lol, My Civic with 215k miles, doesnt burn any oil, (Try that on for size) except for a rear main seal leak, which i plan on fixing along with a timing belt change.

Jeez, you guys are making it sound like I don't take care of my vehicles and just drive them...

Not the case. I just never *had* to check the oil between changes, because I knew the engine was built well enough to not leak or burn oil.

I've done my own brakes, wheel bearings (even overtightened one and had it bust up a bearing), plug changes, and I'm about to replace the fuel filler neck on my truck, along with the injectors, fuel filter, and coil packs - tire rotations, etc...

But, like I said, I've never had to check the oil between changes because the engines were tight enough to not burn oil. This car costs 3x what I paid for our civic new off the lot. I expected better...that is my point, and I think the point of others that have issue with this.

Yes. Fun Fun... I believe that my engine was burning oil , but just bad seals.
PLEASE PLEASE...
http://images21.fotki.com/v848/photo...27/STOP-vi.jpg

Talk to the cops, they'll tell you that a cover is far more effective than an alarm system. Research shows that thieves want to get in and out as fast as possible (most thieves don't look at how valuable something is, but how easy it would be to get away with), and a custom car cover can't just be ripped off, as they fit like a glove. Even knowing that it would only take them 15-20 seconds to get it off is a MAJOR turn-off to them.

Also, keep in mind that car alarms were great back when nobody had them, but nowadays they are virtually useless in crowded areas. Sure, if you live out in the middle of nowhere, you'll notice your car alarm going off in the middle of the night. But nobody pays any attention to a car alarm going off in a parking lot because they know that, 99.9% of the time, it got set off by someone with heavy feet walking by. I know that at our building, car alarms are routinely ignored unless they don't shut down after a minute or so (at which point everyone hates whomever the owner is for an hour).

So you say that any engine which goes through a little oil is not built well?

This thread made go and look at my oil level and it is as it was when the oil was last changed (I always change the oil and filter on all my new cars and did so at 985 miles on the 370Z using the Nissan ester oil). I check my oil at every fill up, last thing I do after filling up and cleaning the windshield and rear window, it is not 15 minutes but a good 8-10 minutes.

As a past owner of a 2004 Vette I can say that mine did not burn any oil. Although I never reached triple digit high speeds I loved to accelerate fast out of every stop signal. ;)

if i had a lift i would do everything my self. Right now i am currently looking at the cost of a cheap lift that wont fall down on my head but so far its looking expensive.

I am lost, I read the whole thing and I still dont understand how a new engine, with just over 3000miles will break the whole engine. Did you have any mods out of the extraordinary that may caused the problem. Cause it doesnt make sense to me

have you seen these?
www.superlifts.com/fourpostlifts/sj7000.html

I hear they are great for small garages.

You don't need a lift. All you need is a good jack and 4 jack stands for anything you may want to tackle.

From what I can tell there has been three or so on the forum with engines that failed so lets say 10 out of 10,000 with failed engines? That's incredible (as in good)! All of which were under warranty as far as I can tell.

.1% failure rate

true, thats how I roll. But you really can get a lift on the cheap.

I've had my Bend-pak MD6-XP for 7 years now. You canstill buy these new/delivered for in the $1600 range...

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Parts fail. It's not a perfect world..

I'm saying that an engine shouldn't burn oil, otherwise it's not built well.

It might be well engineered, but, it shouldn't burn oil.

Wrong. Ask any Ferrari owner

Really, how so?

Are you talking about the microscopic film left in the cylinders? Sure, that can burn - that won't put much of a dent in a quart over 3000 miles.

I'm not speaking in terms of absolutes. On the microscopic level, all cars burn oil. I didn't think I'd need to clarify my point to that extent...

No you don't. You've made an incredibly big deal about this in numerous threads, yet you haven't demonstrated that your car even burns oil...Heck, by your own admission you never even check it so how would you know? Your expectation that everything should be perfect is unrealistic. Especially when you're as casual about common sense basic maintenance as you seem to be.

Ever heard the expression "Sh!t happens."? ;)

Sorry that you're taking my posts from a strong literal perspective.

Do you think it's OK for a 40,000 car to burn 1qt of oil per 1,000 miles?

What about 3/4, 1/2...at what point do you find it acceptable?

Now, contrast that with a Honda Civic, that has a 6000 mile oil change interval, and the engine holds 3 quarts of oil. What would happen if that engine burned oil like what some have posted here with their Z? After the first oil change, I've never checked it between changes. I do check it the day of, and after I'm done...but between; nope - I don't need to. I do 15K oil changes now...still not a problem. 15K on a Z, that eats a 1/2 quart every 3K would likely blow up.

As for my Z - I checked it a few weeks ago. However, at the time I didn't have a baseline because I never checked it before then. Since then, I've changed the oil and have a new baseline. Time will tell if mine has a leak problem or not. To be honest, I'm debating on running the old oil through a coffee filter to see what turns up.


Anyhow...blame me for the Z burning oil - I don't care. All I can say is Nissan better hope it DOESN'T happen to me.

So you'e just doing this for attention? Your posts make less and less sense as time goes on.

Unbelievable..:shakes head:

How many people actually drive a Ferrari as much as people on here drive a Z?

No....:icon14:

You also ignored my question...what's acceptable to you?

You really need to check your oil on some kind of a regular basis!

I've responded to plenty of posts on this. Key word: Break-in. Live with it

Also you might want to check that dipstick on your Honda. I've hd several (about 30 actually) and they take more than 3 quarts.

screw it, I'm done. Agree to disagree...

2005 CivicLX, 3 quarts. 5w20 oil

This is what i can find quickly...
2005 Honda Civic Coupe Specifications - Honda - Press Releases - Selected Story

Good

not to hijack this thread more than its already going but...

Can any one point me to some jacks that can fit under the car it self and let me lift it for jack stands?

^Sears.com but it's expensive!


http://www.sears.com/shc/s/search_10...ord=floor+jack

This thread went to shat

^But it was entertaining!


http://www.smartsynthetics.com/pdf/T...-0403-2004.pdf

I have these:
RallySportDirect.com - Takata LDS Ramps

Keep your current jack.

Ture!

But, we had foreplay, climax and resolution :tup:

All this thread needs now is spam.

Actually. Our cars have a new problem *sigh*

They burn gas. I just checked my gas level and I burned about 4 quarts on my commute today :(

I think you need to start a new thread and poll everyone else about the gas consumption issue. I see a recall in the cards. ;)

Yep, my car also burns rubber :tiphat:

The only good thing from this thread was that Bendpak lift>

+1 Who started this worthless thread anyway:ughdance: