2016 Pioneer 700 worn out at 4300 miles??

[Montecresto]

Another comment was "these are nothing more than lawn mower engines and you guys expect to get 100,000 miles out of them."

I’m sure not buying that…..

 

[Admin]

 

[Mnjr]

What kind of oil? You'll go through some using synthetic but even then that's an excessive amount.

Nothing but Honda oil EVER!

 

[Russ989]

2 qts of oil in 600 miles on a single cylinder engine it should be puking oil out of exhaust and smoking bad thats alot of oil. makes no sense at all if exhaust is dry and it's not smoking where is all the oil going. I call bs u might wanna read your owners manual And make sure your cking it right

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There is a procedure for checking the oil on the 700.

 

[hondabob]

If it runs good, idles good and not smoking you have an big oil leak. If the air filter is maintained properly the engine should go at least 20,000 to 30,000 miles.

 

[Backwoods]

I'm not a mechanic but I've saw clogged air filters make lawnmowers use oil.

 

[ScottG]

My thoughts are, that youve been a member on here since Christ was a corporal, 2 post and never any pics to see this machine u speak of! Nice to see you back on btw.

PICS OR IT DIDNT HAPPEN!

Take it to another dealer for a second opinion and another if you have too! You bought the ext warranty!

Great point!!!

 

[bs4u00]

I have 4300 miles on my 2016 1000-5 and it does not use oil at all. That is unacceptable in my opinion. I would bring it back to that shop or find a different honda dealer not too far away, within those 20 days. They should cover it. Also call honda support and report it there. That way they have more of a trail of it within your warranty period. What good is the extended warranty if they won't cover the engine???!! That's too big a price tag to fix it, when it should be covered.
Let us know what happens.

 

[70Bones]

You might want to check your front and rear output shafts from the transmission, as the oil seals will sometimes leak and there will be oil on the skid plate. And check the oil filter cover, it might be leaking also.

 

[Santa]

I have had the same oil consumption problem with my 2017 Pioneer 500. Bought it used with 820 miles on it. Now have 7600 miles. It has used a quart of oil about every 150 miles. No smoke, no leaks and air filter is regularly cleaned. I use only Honda GN 10w40 oil. This is the only Honda product that I have owned (and I have owned many) that used oil. I love the machine and just keep adding a quart of oil regularly. I wish I had an answer to the problem. All I get from the dealer(s) is the old "dirty air filter" refrain. My thought is that it must be an oil ring problem.

 

[Jerryg]

I have had the same oil consumption problem with my 2017 Pioneer 500. Bought it used with 820 miles on it. Now have 7600 miles. It has used a quart of oil about every 150 miles. No smoke, no leaks and air filter is regularly cleaned. I use only Honda GN 10w40 oil. This is the only Honda product that I have owned (and I have owned many) that used oil. I love the machine and just keep adding a quart of oil regularly. I wish I had an answer to the problem. All I get from the dealer(s) is the old "dirty air filter" refrain. My thought is that it must be an oil ring problem.

You can do a leak down test to see if it is the piston rings. Or if you can get a peek at the cylinder walls that might help also.

 

[Farmer]

Any update from @Mnjr ???

 

[Farmer]

Man, without an update or ANY OTHER FORUM POSTS, it makes me wonder if this guy was checking his oil wrong. The scary part is that the dealer was willing to do a rebuild. Hopefully I'm wrong.

 

[Mnjr]

Ok everyone. Over 300 miles so far since I changed the oil again and haven't used a drop. I'm going to assume they never topped it off when they worked on it.