What the engine calls for - 5W-20
Not only, but that's one of the places it's happened repeatedly.
What brand and weight of oil are you using?
Some oils run on the thin side and some thicker.
The oil level warning only comes on when your car is at a 30 degree angle?
Maybe for American and German autos. But a 2010 4 cyl tsx should not be burning 1qt every 3k.
Maybe for American and German autos. But a 2010 4 cyl tsx should not be burning 1qt every 3k.
His problem is he does not have the balls to escalate and is letting the dealership take him for a ride.
What the engine calls for - 5W-20
Not only, but that's one of the places it's happened repeatedly.
The manual seems to say the light and the message come on related to oil pressure, not oil level.
It tells you to check the level because that's the most likely reason for low oil pressure.
But it's certainly confusing and it probably works for both pressure and level. So when you get at those angles, it thinks you are low on oil.
You could get a Scangauge and maybe watch the actual oil pressure reading...?
What brand? Mobil runs a little thin while Castrol is on the very thick side of the scale just as an example.
Try some 5w30.
Sure - this thread is two issues I guess. There is oil burn (verified from the dip stick and Acura checking my car every 500 miles) and I get a oil warning light.
Well, if you are repeatedly losing oil pressure, that will be followed by oil burning, and then by rattling noises, and then by silence.
One quart to 1K miles is not that bad, normal no, but the motor is a machine. I have had new engines in boats that used one quart in 10 running hours and that was not bad enough to have warranty repairs.
Oil is cheap engines are not.
If it bugs you that much....TRADE IT!!!
If there is oil on the dipstick at all, it is highly unlikely that your oil pressure light will come on, assuming everything else is normal. The full mark on your dipstick is where it should be after draining and refilling to spec. Should be 4.5 quarts or so on the 4cyl; not sure of the exact number on that. Some manufacturers will state that the car should sit for an arbitrary amount of time before the oil will actually hit the full mark, but I've never known Honda to be like that.
Bottom line is one quart low. Below that, there is absolutely no standard for graduation. If there is one inch between the 'full' and 'quart low' marks, you can't simply say that two inches will equal two quarts.
Beyond that, though, Hondas typically don't even have much below the quart low line. At 1.5 quarts low, the dipstick probably has no oil on it.
A quart low on an engine with a 4.5qt capacity should NOT cause an oil pressure light. Ever. Something is wrong, and it should concern you far more than what sounds like fairly minimal oil loss. Either that, or (no offense) you are not reading the stick correctly, and you are actually losing a ton of oil. I.e. you're getting an oil change, seeing an oil pressure light (let's call it the 'functional main/rod bearings are overrated' light) 3k later, and adding a quart of oil when you are actually, in fact, multiple quarts low.
Are you hearing anything strange? A legit low oil pressure light will often go hand in hand with valvetrain clatter. The pressure sensor is most always towards the bottom of the engine, so if you have pressure low enough to trip the switch there, you generally have something close to total oil starvation at the top.
If nothing seems strange except for the light switching on, I would guess the oil level is a red herring here. Turning the car off and adding oil may fix it, but it might simply be the 'turning the car off' part that is ridding you of the light.
Can you get a mechanic to ride with you and show him? Is it predictable enough to do that?
your dealer sucks.. you need a new dealer.
1. Talk to acura concierge, write a letter too explaining that this is a problem.
2. Get the dealer to do a boroscope check
3. If under warranty they should cover it. My dealer has been nothing but good to me.
question: how many miles on that engine. I have 113K on my 2009 TSX. I havent had much of a oil burn issue but i had brake issues and blow speaker issues.
i had the back brakes wearing too fast on my accord. i just ended up getting a pair of akebonos and not going to use oem pads for this car. Also, my car started burning about a quart every oil change at around 70k miles. honda (or any other mfr) is not going to do anything about it and unfortunately we're going to have to just live with it. even though it burns oil the engine is still butter smooth.
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