Hi Scotty!
love your videos. Best car content.
I have a 2011 Honda Pilot, 2 wheel drive, with 137,000 miles on it. The car has a few issues including, but not limited to, minor body rust, paint issues, torn front axle boot?, and a minor oil burning or consumption issue. The oil issue is concerning because when driving or stopped at a red light, there is a very strong burning oil smell. I have to add about 4 quarts of oil between oil changes (about every 5,000 miles), but it seems to keep consuming or leaking more over time (I’ve had it since about 95,000 miles). I had the valve cover gaskets and the timing belt replaced at 100,000 miles, but it didn’t seem to make a difference in the oil issue.
With the increase in used car value right now, I am being offered around $7,300 to trade it in/sell it to a dealership. I like the car a lot, but I’m afraid of something major going wrong and the value plummeting because of it. Should o go ahead and get rid of it, or just keep adding oil, have the axle replaced, and keep driving it until it dies.
Thanks for your help!
-Cody
Charlotte, NC
Sell
I would sell it.
Definitely sell.
I would sell it.
Definitely sell it.
Eject.
If it's burning that much oil between changes, something is wrong internally. We had an Accord we owned from new. The piston rings kept sticking. I would remove the spark plugs and soak tops of cylinders with marvel mystery oil. It would quit burning oil for a week or two then start over. I never bought another Honda after that. We changed the oil every 3000 miles. Been driving Toyota Lexus ever since. I drove Honda in the 1980s. Owned tons of them. They were more reliable then. Never burned oil.
Was it a turbo?