# '88 Accord Coupe LXi/Oil Burn "Burst"

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/88-accord-coupe-lxi-oil-burn-burst/24522>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** accord, oil\
**Created:** [January 7, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/88-accord-coupe-lxi-oil-burn-burst/24522 "2009-01-07T04:19:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RAYThOM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/raythom/32/45_2.png) [@RAYThOM](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RAYThOM)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/88-accord-coupe-lxi-oil-burn-burst/24522/1 "2009-01-07T04:19:42Z")

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This car has 320K+ miles. Still runs and looks good. Well maintained. OK, running at high speed, 65mph (+/-) and then a quick deceleration followed by a pick up in speed I get a “machine gun” engine rattle and a cloud of smoke. Driving locally… no visible burn, no problem. I replaced the oil seals about 100K ago but it never corrected the problem. I’m on SSD, a newer car is not in my financial future. Any tips? Thanks, Ray.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/88-accord-coupe-lxi-oil-burn-burst/24522/2 "2009-01-07T04:43:38Z")

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Does it seem to bog down at all during the “machine gun” rattle? Can you get a good enough look at the smoke to determine the color?

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**Author:** ![RAYThOM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/raythom/32/45_2.png) [@RAYThOM](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RAYThOM)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/88-accord-coupe-lxi-oil-burn-burst/24522/3 "2009-01-07T05:36:43Z")

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Hi GJ,  
No bogging down – it drives “normally” and the way I know I’m laying down a cloud of smoke – it’s a blueish/oil burn – is by #1: hearing the rattle, and #2: checking my rear view mirror and watching cars around me try to avoid it. Speed fluctuations are never a part of it. THX