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No it’s not. When I had my 2004 Pilot, it never consumed any oil that was even measureable. Is it leaking or being burnt?
[quote=”twiggy02919″ post=37066]No it’s not. When I had my 2004 Pilot, it never consumed any oil that was even measureable. Is it leaking or being burnt?[/quote]
It is not leaking. must be consuming.
How many miles are on the engine? Have you noticed a funny smell from the exhaust, or maybe blue-ish smoke when you excelerate or idle? When you check the oil do you see any kind of foamey residue on the dip-stick?
Contacted dealerships in my area, and no current TSB for Pilot along with the fact the consumption rate is within “industry standards” for now. However, there is a TSB for the Pilot dealing with this issue by updating software for VSM. If it gets worst, to bring it in for evaluation with possible help from Honda.
Switch to regular oil. Synthetic oil has different flow characteristics and as a result an engine can burn more oil and have more external leaks than when you run conventional oil.
Well I’m changing the oil this weekend, so I will switch to conventional. What kind of oil filter do you recommend Eric?
Found oil sitting below intake manifold puddled at very bottom (can’t see oil in pic). Can’t see where it is coming from. Anyone seen this occur before?
Did you see if your valve cover gaskets are leaking?
You could add some UV dye to your oil in aid to help locate the leak.
Keep us posted.
[quote=”dreamer2355″ post=37552]Did you see if your valve cover gaskets are leaking?
You could add some UV dye to your oil in aid to help locate the leak.
Keep us posted.[/quote]
I am planning to remove manifold soon to look down there. So far I haven’t seen evidence that the valve covers are leaking.
+1 on uv dye. Hopefully your not consuming oil. As for oil filter. I like purolator and bosch personally.
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