93 Honda Civic Mileage gone bad

around 4500 mile oil changes, usually quite charcoal'd by then

takes about 10 months, it doesn't get the miles like it used to, recently
went from 15k yr to about 5k yr

well i already had answered his in my head as (no leak) but i checked anyway
and there was a freek'n leak coming somewhere from vicinty of valve cover
and distributor base .... I can not believe i missed this on last oil
change, it has a fine film oil all over that side if engine, wililnvestigate
further

the distributor was replaced about 3 yrs ago so something has gone wrong

I'll check those as well

just looked there, i will compare with local foreign auto parts shop for
sake of curiousity

thanks for info
robb

 

around 4500 mile oil changes, usually quite charcoal'd by then

takes about 10 months, it doesn't get the miles like it used to, recently
went from 15k yr to about 5k yr

well i already had answered his in my head as (no leak) but i checked anyway
and there was a freek'n leak coming somewhere from vicinty of valve cover
and distributor base .... I can not believe i missed this on last oil
change, it has a fine film oil all over that side if engine, wililnvestigate
further

the distributor was replaced about 3 yrs ago so something has gone wrong

I'll check those as well

just looked there, i will compare with local foreign auto parts shop for
sake of curiousity

thanks for info
robb

 

For 10 months, that sounds like a leaky gasket somewhere, as
I listed earlier.

My manual says to change the (non-synth) oil every 7500
miles or 6 months. Sometimes I hit the 6-month limit first.
I'd say half a quart was what I was going through over that
time--before I replaced certain gaskets.

I assume you're comfortable with the 10 months. If not,
consider 6 months, which I think is what your manual also
says.

has gone wrong

My distributor housing was replaced about 2.75 years ago,
and I think I'm seeing a little oil leakage down beneath the
distributor. I cleaned up there (for the first time) a month
ago, then checked again recently. I will probably replace
the distributor O-ring within the next six months. That's
not a hard job.

 

For 10 months, that sounds like a leaky gasket somewhere, as
I listed earlier.

My manual says to change the (non-synth) oil every 7500
miles or 6 months. Sometimes I hit the 6-month limit first.
I'd say half a quart was what I was going through over that
time--before I replaced certain gaskets.

I assume you're comfortable with the 10 months. If not,
consider 6 months, which I think is what your manual also
says.

has gone wrong

My distributor housing was replaced about 2.75 years ago,
and I think I'm seeing a little oil leakage down beneath the
distributor. I cleaned up there (for the first time) a month
ago, then checked again recently. I will probably replace
the distributor O-ring within the next six months. That's
not a hard job.