# Oil consumption

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-consumption/75407>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** accord, honda\
**Created:** [November 8, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-consumption/75407 "2012-11-08T05:45:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-consumption/75407/21 "2012-11-09T23:04:42Z")

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He said 1/2 a quart or less per 1000 miles.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-consumption/75407/22 "2012-11-09T23:06:17Z")

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@Jaam - what oil viscosity do you use and what does Honda recommend? It should be in your owner’s manual.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-consumption/75407/23 "2012-11-09T23:24:22Z")

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Here’s what @Jaam said:  
"It will drop 1/2 1 qt in a 1000 miles"  
So if that means 1/2 qt in a 1000 miles, no problem.  
If that means 1 1/2 qt in a 1000 miles, a bit of a problem.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-consumption/75407/24 "2012-11-09T23:49:16Z")

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I see your point.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-consumption/75407/25 "2012-11-10T01:53:39Z")

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realize that many companies say 1/2 quart every 1000 miles is fine…but only my Vega’s burned that much oil. All other vehicles used less then 1/2 quart for 5000 miles. I personally don’t think 1/2 quart every 1k miles is acceptable. My 4rnner with over 220k miles uses about 1/2 PINT every 5k miles.

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