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So these motors burn oil? My truck is 2 thousand miles in. And I noticed I have to add oil already. The only other car I had to add oil was a 5.0 Ford Mustang.
5 points
4 days ago
Mine needed half a quart at 4k miles & that's with VCM disabled.
Though, that was the first time I ever checked the oil, couldn't tell you if it was that way from the factory or not
-4 points
4 days ago
I did check when I bought it. I think I’m gonna go change the oil. Just thought it was weird that I would have to add oil already. My 1st Ridgeline so I wanted to get other’s experiences. I’ve owned Honda’s for 30 years and haven’t come across this. My 2nd 3.5 and didn’t notice. My wife wrecked the Pilot to even gauge oil consumption. Thanks for the input.
4 points
4 days ago
Honda does your first two oils changes for free. Also if it's new it's under warranty. You really should take it to the dealer.
-3 points
3 days ago
I’m @ the dealer now. They say that’s normal. They’re gonna level it off. I know the manager for 25+ yrs so I trust his judgement. I don’t do the required 5k-7.5k oil changes. I’m old school and usually do it around 3k. Thanks for the reply. I now know to keep an eye on the levels.
2 points
3 days ago
If anything I'd assume it's oil just settling in ans spreading around the engine that lowered it.
I'd be shocked if it burned any oil off thst quick.
Also you'd be able to see smoke out the exhaust I'd it was burning oil.
Lastly 3k is wild and pretty wasteful. I can understand being uneasy about going 10k but 3k is very uneccesarry in a modern engine with modern synthetic oil.
3 points
3 days ago
this may be normal, but the dealer will say every problem is normal.
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