RJA,

Right!
What BS, Honda know full well that 1qt/1000miles is a lot of oil &
represents the extreme, which most would expect only after 150,000 miles of
"hard driving" which in my experience these cars rarely see due to modern
traffic congestion & other driving constraints.

An endoscope can be used to examine cylinder wear & your valve seals could
be worn but I'll bet you just have general advanced engine wear.
I think I would sell the car.

Pete
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"RJA" <rja@cinci.rr.comm> wrote in message
news:WCLJa.1868$ND.1171@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Looks like these Preludes are not fit for tons of highway driving. My
1999
> Prelude is burning oil at alarming rates (about a qt. a week) after a few
> years of highway driving at 80mph and about 84 miles per day. At least
> that's what the mechanic says. Honda says that a high performance sports
> car like mine can burn 1qt of oil per 1000 miles and that's not unusual.
> Wasn't happening before though. Anyone else having this issue? It's only
> got 72K on it.
>
>