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What causes white spots observed on cylinder wall

The car is 2013 Civic EX with 110k miles. Using a borescope, I observed the presence of a few white spots on cylinder 4. What are those?


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Re: What causes white spots observed on cylinder wall

My guess would be light reflections. It's really difficult to tell.
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Re: What causes white spots observed on cylinder wall

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My guess would be light reflections. It's really difficult to tell.
Definitely not light reflection. I rotate the borescope camera around and those spots stay absolutely stationary.
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Re: What causes white spots observed on cylinder wall

Is the engine burning oil?
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Re: What causes white spots observed on cylinder wall

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Is the engine burning oil?
I haven't had it long enough to know whether it burns oil. The previous owner told me it burns approx 1/2 qt of oil in between oil changes (however many actual miles that may have been in between oil changes is anyone's guess at this point).
So far I have inspected 3 out of 4 cylinders and have not observed any bare spots along the cylinder wall, but my thoroughness is questionable because the position of the pistons may be only half way down the cylinder bore, and the cylinders themselves are angled in such a way that the cameras on the borescope cannot thoroughly capture every exposed surface--it's like the side towards the front just cannot be captured in focus by the scope due to some kind of angle issue.
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Re: What causes white spots observed on cylinder wall

As long as the engine runs well and doesn't burn excessive amounts of oil I wouldn't worry about it.
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