Aceofspades
New Member
Its time for an oil change, i have been using mobil 10-30 conventional oil because the car like to smoke on start up. it has gotten alot better after adding oil additives.
some history of the car: Bought the car from the original owner (1 owner car) he did the regular maintenence but nothing more. sold the car because one of the number 2 valves had a huge hole in it. spent 700$ having a very good honda tech replace the valve. he also informed me that the valves were way to tight and could have be the cause of the number 2 valve going bad, returned the valves to spec and changed the oil with mobil 1 5:30 when he droped it off, imdiatly notice a better running engine but once it sat and i started it , it smoked , really badly. I changed the oil to mobil conventional 10:30 to help with the (what i assumed was) oil seeping into the combustion chamber. it still smoked. after further research i found that the valve seals could have been the root cause of the smoke during first startup soo i added an oil additive that was to help with oil seals leaking ( car leaked/used about 1.5 quarts a week till i added this now its down to about 1 or less quarts a week) car still smokes just not as bad. I would like to prolong the life of this engine as long as possible and if possible get rid of the smoke on start up.
Question: should i go back to synthetic mobil 1 5:30 or stay with conventional mobil 10:30 , also if i should stay with conventional 10:30 i assume there are probably better brands then mobil to help adress the issue with seeping oil into the combustion chamber if soo, some tips would be apreciated. Lastly I have looked up many oil additives to help with oil leaking and burning issues, one name pops up alot for good results "blue devil oil additive" anyone with experiance with this additive can give me their opions would be apreciated, thank you .
some history of the car: Bought the car from the original owner (1 owner car) he did the regular maintenence but nothing more. sold the car because one of the number 2 valves had a huge hole in it. spent 700$ having a very good honda tech replace the valve. he also informed me that the valves were way to tight and could have be the cause of the number 2 valve going bad, returned the valves to spec and changed the oil with mobil 1 5:30 when he droped it off, imdiatly notice a better running engine but once it sat and i started it , it smoked , really badly. I changed the oil to mobil conventional 10:30 to help with the (what i assumed was) oil seeping into the combustion chamber. it still smoked. after further research i found that the valve seals could have been the root cause of the smoke during first startup soo i added an oil additive that was to help with oil seals leaking ( car leaked/used about 1.5 quarts a week till i added this now its down to about 1 or less quarts a week) car still smokes just not as bad. I would like to prolong the life of this engine as long as possible and if possible get rid of the smoke on start up.
Question: should i go back to synthetic mobil 1 5:30 or stay with conventional mobil 10:30 , also if i should stay with conventional 10:30 i assume there are probably better brands then mobil to help adress the issue with seeping oil into the combustion chamber if soo, some tips would be apreciated. Lastly I have looked up many oil additives to help with oil leaking and burning issues, one name pops up alot for good results "blue devil oil additive" anyone with experiance with this additive can give me their opions would be apreciated, thank you .