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Footnote, the dealer has told her now that the car was missing 3.1 litres of oil.
They have been unable to determine where the oil went. Leak, burn, or never had.
They have done a compression test (so what in my eyes) and have told her that everything is ok and to take the car as is with 3.1 litres of new oil added to the crank case.
Period.
I have given up on her stupidity. I have told her what to do, i.e. document everything in letters to the dealer and Honda Canada.
She has not listened to what i have told her to do so i don't give a fuck anymore. I have better things to do with my time.
By and by, i have been laying under cars since i was 8 years old. I have done frame off restorations, and rebuilt 5 different engines in my time. I am not a mechanic, just love cars.
I don't check my oil every time i fill up.
Oil should not be consumed by an engine that is running properly. It is not reasonable to expect a brand new engine in a brand new car to "lose" 3.1 litres of oil.
Something is wrong and that wrong is on Honda's end of things.
I keep telling her that if any damage occured to the engine, it will have occured at the big end connecting rod bearings, or possibly the lifters. In either case unless they send the oil out for metals analysis by an independent lab, they don't know squat, nor do they care.
But she just doesn't listen. I have even offered to go up there and talk to the dealer with her provided she sits down at the key board and writes a detailed letter to honda canada and one to the dealer. Unless this is documented, it's all just hot air at this point. I have written it off as "not my problem" now.
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