H22A burning oil. Common places?

[iblizzard]

I just noticed today that my H22A is burning a bit of oil. It's by no stretch a large amount, but I saw a tiny puff of blue smoke when I pushed the car up through vtec in 1st gear. Just wondering if there are any really common seals which might deteriorate more than others in the H22A's.

[NAiL05]

It burns oil sometimes. Mine did it for a while after i broke the motor in then it went away.

[strongpants]

some burning of oil is common, however, it can also be from the piston rings if they were changed and after market ones were used.

[cats_on_ice]

Accords often burn a little oil, and the piston rings are usually to blame.

Try keeping an eye on your oil levels to see how much you're actually burning.

[Accord13&BA4]

Check your bumper, license plate and muffler tips for black soot aka carbon buildup.

Blue smoke is a no-no...that is a sure sign you are burning oil.

If you are puffing smoke when at stop and go...your valves are not seated properly, needing a valve adjustment...if it's blue, then your piston rings and/or your sleeve walls are chewed a bit...

it's common among h22a's...so dont feel singled out...

also -- see what color your oil becomes after a fresh oil change...it should tend to be amberish to brown. If it becomes really black within say, 1-2 weeks...you have blowby, meaning your rings are bad.

[NAiL05]

You will blow out blue smoke from time to time and i replaced all my seals and such. After i cracked open the throttle after i drove around thats when blue smoke started to come out whenever VTEC engaged. But after like about 4 or so times it stopped doing that and i got black smoke (my tune is pretty rich). But yea its normal as long as its not excessive.

[iblizzard]

Awesome. Thanks everyone.

I wasn't too worried about it, since I know it's not burning a lot at all, just wanted to find out where it normally comes from.

I'm getting a valve adjustment tomorrow morning, since that needs to be done anyways.