More than $1000 for a 07 Jazz 80000 km service?

[BBHEnZ]

Can anyone recommend an independent mechanic that specialise in Honda vehicles in Melbourne (preferably eastern suburb) ?

Thanks

stndrd from this forum! Quality work, treats customer cars as his own. Fair pricing on labour. Has his own project k20 eg(? or ek i forgot lol) civic.
Only thing is he's south eastern suburbs.
I suggest you PM him
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/member.php?22313-stndrd

[pacogun]

Pm me, I know a realiable Honda specialist. His workshop is in Richmond, behind Ikea.

[ouch]

defs go around to private workshops and see what prices you can get. but either for dealership prices - thats expensive!

[threesix]

Let me tell you this. It's because they have to do the valve clearances, and it's a cow of a job, as the manifold etc all have to come off to get to the valve cover/valves. Not a hard job if you have good tools and some mechanical ability, I did it myself recently. If your engine is smooth and quiet, without tappet noise, I wouldn't worry about it.
Same with the in tank filter. I've heard of Jazzes doing many more KM's than the stated 80K km's on the original filter. Just sold my GD Jazz with 100K km's, no fuel filter change, and was still running as new. A blocked fuel filter will let you know, ie, rough running.
Honda designed the Jazz too well, and because there is no timing belt, they needed to "devise" some other tricks to milk money out of people come servicing time.

If you must get these two things done, I can't see anybody doing it much cheaper than say $800. Good luck.

I also hear than E10 fuel keeps fuel filters/injectors very clean, because of the ethanol, which acts as a detergent..

isnt e10 bad for your car though? i hear people saying never use e10. hmmmm

[fundies]

E10 is no problem. Octane rating is around 94, proven cleaning effect, why would it be a problem ?

Unless you run it in your unmodded EH Holden, then you may have a problem.

[curtis265]

bad for dem rubber fuel lines

[threesix]

so if i put one run of e10 (i normally use 95) and give it a blast it might clean my fuel filter/etc out? (not that i think its dirty but..)

[fundies]

If you've been running 95 for a while, the first tank of E10 may cause your car to run a little rough/sluggish. I found this out in my GD when I put my first tank of E10 in. What was happening, was the gums and residues that regular fuel leaves in the tank, fuel filter, fuel lines and injectors, was being disolved by the ethanol. After a few tanks, happy days, and I find that both the GD and my new GE run fine on E10 ( well, they are designed to use it ).

[fundies]

@ Curtis265


Not when your car is designed to use E10 ( like the Jazz ), as the rubber wont be effected by E10.

You do know that fuel lines are steel from the tank, up until the last small distance to the intake ?

[threesix]

well looks like a tank of e10 for my civic coming up. then back to 95.

cheers guys. very help full for this permo noob lol

[threesix]

not wrong about it feeling harsh using e10!

[fundies]

not wrong about it feeling harsh using e10!

Give it a few tanks, it'll come good. Jazz's also have a learnable ecu, so it takes a little time to adjust to different fuel as well.

Oops, you have a Civic!! Probabably a similar ecu.