My daughter bought a Civic RS Turbo sedan late last year. I have driven it a few times and am impressed with the way it drives. Handles like our MY 12 Accord Euro, has better all round vision and has...
Probably because of longevity and reliability issues.
If the electric motor packs up, goodbye engine. At least with a belt driven pump you get longevity.
Mind you, many early cars, right up to...
Lots of interesting theories here. Many moons ago I once ran an XYGT I owned, without a thermostat and it made no real difference except for a very long warm up on cold mornings.
But those cars had...
The Thermostat is only there for engine warm up. Once the engine is at operating temperature it will be fully open, so there would be no difference once the engine is hot if a thermostat is present,...
My 2012 CU2 Euro is only approaching 50K Kms.
My gut feeling was to change it at 5 years, irrespective of K's traveled, but I wanted to get other opinions first.
I fitted Osram Night Breakers in the Toyota Corolla that we traded in for our Accord Euro Lux, and they are very good. Philips recently released the X-Treme bulb that is also on par with the Night...
There are some AM manufacturers that use better grade alloys in their products than the OEM unit. Nissens and Fenix are 2 brands that come to mind (in both cases of those names, the end product comes...
Certainly changing the fluid more frequently will definitely prolong the life of any mechanical equipment. My work background was in the Oil Industry and the company I worked for had a strict...
One other point that I forgot to mention. Remember that when doing a 3 x 3 change, you have to drive the car for a few kms, or at least start the engine when the car is on the hoist and operate the...
Remember that air gets in every time the transmission dip stick is checked and it is through the dipstick tube that air will be vented, so not necessary to do the hose to radiator disconnection bit....
O.K. I'll see if. I can find out which of the 2 hoses is supply and return, so that the fluid goes from the radiator to the external cooler and then returns to the transmission.
Oh yes. About 10 Km round trip between each drop and refill, getting up to 80 km/h to ensure that all 5 gears came into play. Then I switched it into "S" mode and used the paddle shift to go through...
Just did the 3 x 3 again. (11 months and 14,500kms on from the previous time.) Used Valvoline Maxlife Synthetic ATF again.
What came out on the 1st drop was reddish brown but the next 2 drops were...
Well after leaving the car sitting in the garage for a few hours, everything came good and the outside air temp reading was accurate again.
BUT.......The Hands Free Phone system had wiped itself...
