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Honda Paul

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  1. Wow, some prety good cars in this month, guna be a hard one for me!
  2. Oh, and if you can afford to chip it, she'll be faster the Type-R
  3. Your bang on with your theory Krzys. That is exactly how they work, however the few Hondas that have been problematic with me are the ones that travel down the motorway!! This shouldn't be the case but it has been for some reason?? Honda haven't explained to me why
  4. It's allways best to get them removed to be honest but that could cost you £500-£1000! I've had a few issues at work with the early accords but not enough to say that it's a common fault on them! Most are fixed with a simple DPF regen which costs a couple of hours labour. I can count on one hand how many we've actually had to replace. Apart from that they are good cars. Don't let the oil level go below minimum cuz your stretch the timing chain and keep to the Honda dealer service schedule and you'll be fine brakes are 270 for disc and pads and same for rear ( that's dealer price) exhaust will last forever tyres are pricier cuz you'll be on 17/18's more than likely. Just don't expect parts to be cheap.
  5. Lmao!! I did think it was a typo! But I'm loving the saying though - smiles per gallon brilliant
  6. I see, sorry dude! It was the title of this post that confused me,all the new shape accord 09-onwards are I-DTEC engines. Not CDTi if u Wana know anything then give me a shout
  7. My civic currently averages at 45.3 over 2000 miles. I know customers at work who regularly get 50-52. I-DTEC engine will do 55 all day long
  8. Only the 09 new shape onwards have DPF filters, they are the I-DTEC engines. All CTDI engine are non DPF
  9. Mine and my miss's car is the civic 2.2 ctdi.... Hondas Diesel engines are superb if looked after. Yes they have timing chain issues but these are only ever caused by allowing the oil level to drop below minimum. They also do suffer with fuel pressure issues but again this is only ever caused by the car being misfueld in its life. The only genuine fault in Hondas design was with the exhaust manifolds which tend to crack at around 100k. Bout a £600 job (from dealer) to fix but Honda did brng out a bulletin which would cover some models up to 7 years old with milages up to 120k if they have full dealer service history .... Any info u want to know on them let me know
  10. I was completely torn between yours or Ollie's, I thought you deserved a shout out because I did like yours just as much
  11. Ive never had one that wouldn't come out with a little grease and a big pair of grips you can clean the slider up on a wire wheel,re grease it and put it back in. Any Honda with rear discs from 95-2000 will have same sliders if you need a replacement
  12. IAC valve is on back of the throttle body bolted to the inlet manifold,has 2 coolant pipes going to it from underneath. You can remove them and clean them with brake cleaner. The valve it's self has a filter in it that can get sooted up so try cleaning before you buy a new one
  13. It does sound like a IAC valve fault but you'd need a code reader that displays a data list to confirm. The only other thing I could suggest would be re-setting the idle learn value. To do this, get the car warm (radiator fans cut in) turn it off, disconnect the battery for 10 mins. Then reconnect the battery,restart the car and let it idle for 10 mins without touching the throttle at all and ensuring everything is off. This will relearn your base idle It's a long shot and prob won't work but its something you can try that won't cost you anything
  14. We speak the truth give me a shout if you need any more advice!
  15. Yeh I may put the kit on, but then I think the wheels would look silly, and if that's the case then I may aswell fit my spare VTI hubs front and rear so I can put the vti rims on it (see how it soon spirals out of control and I end up building a whole car again lol) we'll see Sounds like a good idea with the concerto though, I've seen a few that have been tidyed up and slammed to the floor on 17/18's. proper sleeper look as Tom suggested,however he is also right about the handling and the brakes - shocking! Don't expect anything good from the car but it would look good As for the engine - all the Honda concerto's had the Honda engine, it was on the Rover 214 and 216's that they had either a Rover K series or the Honda Engine. Obviously stay away from any vehicle that has the K series !!!!!
  16. 2 that I can remember,one was because a nut that got caught behind the cam belt cover and the other was a failed belt (it shredded itself to bits) possibly a non gen belt. As a dealer don't forget we don't see many of the older cars nowadays but I know alot of people in the trade and I've never heard story's of it happening. Hell I've owned 9 Hondas with either D series or B series engines and I've never had a problem there bullet proof if looked after. I'm pretty sure still to this day Honda claim that they've never had a vtec engine go bang or blow up for any reason if the service schedule is adhered too.......
  17. I'd love to Tom! Specially if I could do a replica of my 5 door one have 2 white vti-s both looking identical but one - 5 door. one -aerodeck! Sweet
  18. Yes I am for now, I do have 2 spare b18c4 engines,1 gearbox,a full vti-s body kit, vti interior plus many many more parts and I was so tempted to rebuild that one too but I just can't commit to a project that big again at the mo Concerto's are ok,Handle like a dog but if you get the carburettor one then very tuneable did u intend on that being your daily?
  19. I've worked for honda as a tech for 12 years now and have changed 100's of belts, many on the D series and B series engines,I can count on one hand how many have needed water pumps or have had failed water pumps on a d series and also the same goes for the tensioner. Yes they are a interference engine unfortunately and the belt should be changed every 75k or 7 years. Hope this helps Also the crank bolt is normaly around 180nm, a realy good snap on gun will get them off but make sure there done back up just as tight. We have a special tool at work which is a massive hexagonal tool that fits inside the crank pulley it's self ( if you look at it it'll have a hexagonal shape in the middle) thats what holds the pulley in place so you can undo the bolt......I'm sure the tool must be available by now to buy good luck!
  20. The bonnet shape I wasn't too keen on either, it doesn't show much in the pics but it was 100% carbon fibre.
  21. Cheers guys, my passion back then for cars was slightly different to what it is now.Think maybe watching too much of Fast and Furious had alittle to do with it
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