Saturday, December 13, 2014

2000 Honda Accord burning a lot of oil on the highway but not in town?

I have about 212k miles on it. It runs great. I did have some problems with the VTEC oil sensor but I think it was due to low oil to begin with.
The thing is, driving around town for the last 2-3 months, about 200 miles worth, no oil consumption hardly at all. But once I hop on the highway and go 70 miles its almost a quart and a half low? I don't see any smoke and there doesn't appear to be a leak. A little leakage around distributor but not a quarts worth I don't think.

My real question would be whether the VTEC sensor being stuck is actually causing it to burn more on the highway or something like that? Any input would be appreciated!

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