Lawsuit Filled Over Honda Oil Dilute Issue | Page 2

AllMostThere wrote: Hello. I have read all of BH’s previous posts regarding Honda engine oil dilution issues and find it inexplicable that such an established automaker cannot address an obvious design flaw like this properly. Your concerns are perfectly valid as I know that when purchasing your Honda, the expectation was for its longevity and I hope that is exactly what has transpired. Although you have yet to experience any visible problems, bearing wear is likely starting early and could fail sometime after your Honda extended warranty has lapsed, leaving you responsible for repairs with knowledge that the root cause has yet to be addressed (oil dilution). As someone with nearly 30 years of auto industry experience, I find the perception from other BH posters claiming your concerns are baseless completely befuddling. Tune this feedback out and devise a plan to exit this bag of FUDD! Unless it involves safety risks covered by regulatory authorities such as OSHA or US-EPA oversight requiring corrective actions by OEM’s it seems highly unlikely this issue would ever be corrected satisfactorily unless safety issues require corrective actions from them – I suggest selling this Honda quickly to make money before moving onto another OEM later. Good luck and all best wishes from me for future success!

I tend to agree with your view. Fuel dilution has historically been seen as very hazardous; however, its reduced viscosity actually accelerates engine wear more quickly. Normal fuel dilution would result in elevated wear metal levels like lead and copper as the bearings wear away, usually as shown on an oil analysis report. But I read through previous threads regarding this subject and no one mentioned having an oil analysis with high wear metal levels. Unusually, this indicates that the engine was intended to perform under these parameters; even though dilution can often pose problems, this engine seems capable of managing this situation well. Simply stated, unless there is any physical engine wear evidenced through regular tests that indicates this to be occurring, no engine failure should result. So while I understand OP and others’ initial worry–when this problem was first reported I would have been very alarmed–it remains puzzling why, in spite of reassuring data, they continue to fret over these engines when millions continue being produced by an OEM with an above average quality rating (although certainly not perfect – those older V6 engines with VCM had serious flaws). Also perplexing to me is why CULater (the thread starter), among others such as myself never sell their CR-Vs for any reasonable value. Instead of selling their vehicles immediately when I suggested something was amiss in their engine wear rate tests, these people opt to keep them and frequently post concerns online about them despite no evidence of engine wear issues in their cars. Even if OP had agreed with me at one point or another, for peace of mind reasons I would have sold mine long ago – no point keeping something that troubles you?