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Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite How do the cams measure? - stunning cleanliness means little. The EX will have recessed as the clearance tappet/rocker increases so they are "self adjusting" The Intakes should be ~ 0.002 out /loose As mentioned in OP, all valve clearances were in spec at...

Took off the valve cover to do the 100k valve adjustment and replacement of the valve cover/spark plug tube gaskets. Here's the view under the valve cover: Oil changes per OLM (typically 7.5-10k intervals). Mostly run on synthetic blends up until about 60k miles, then switched over to Mobil 1...

Is that really a special oil that's different from their standard 0W-20, or is all that moly from the assembly grease used during production?

Originally Posted By: Ethan1 Originally Posted By: AccordK24 Originally Posted By: UrS4 Why even waste your time if you are going to post a response like that? Here, this will be more helpful than that Did you even look at the results before you posted your condescending response? The...

Originally Posted By: UrS4 Why even waste your time if you are going to post a response like that?

Doing a brake job soon. I picked up some Sil-Glyde from NAPA the other day after seeing great reviews on Amazon. Turns out, it's apparently only got a very low silicone content? Thinking about returning it and getting something else, such as this Ford XG-3-A silicone brake caliper grease...

Originally Posted By: Built_Well Originally Posted By: Pablo ....and pay the $25 for the UOA. Please pay $42 total so you can get a TBN and TAN, too. You're driving lots of miles, really testing the oil. $42 buys 5 quarts of M1 EP, a nice oil filter, and you still have $5 left in your...

Considering AMSoil prominently advertises 25k mile OCIs on their website, this looks shockingly bad, even more so considering it was 90% highway mileage. IMO the Motorcraft Synblend run for 17.7k miles on the Ford Ranger also posted in this forum looked way better...

Originally Posted By: dmiko Changing M1EP so early is sacrilege! I go to 0% MM with PP in this engine (also 2014 Accord 4 cyl), which works out to about 9K. Once out of Honda warranty will try M1EP to 15K. It is less than 1 year for me and Mobil has a warranty for EP if you go 15K/1year. Who...

Originally Posted By: cb450sc I have a 2011 Kia Optima. The O.E.M. Nexens will need to be replaced within the next 5000 km or so. I will be changing over to my winter tires in another month and a half, so the replacements for the Nexens need only be a summer tire. I have got it down to Michelin...

Originally Posted By: spasm3 Does the accord really get 50mpg once you use the battery, say on a road trip? What mileage does the accord get on engine only. The Accord is EPA rated for 50 mpg city and 45 mpg highway.

What exactly is the point of this car when something like a Honda Accord Hybrid accelerates faster (7.2 sec 0-60 for the Accord) and gets significantly better MPG (50/45 for the Accord vs 28/43 for the Focus Diesel)??? Not to mention that Diesel costs more in many parts of the US... I could...

Originally Posted By: berniedd I get my Honda oil filters from the dealer. What they always give me is their Thailand-made blue 15400-RAF-T01. Anybody know if this is equivalent to the 15400-PLM-A01? It my be "equivalent" but that does not mean it's the same filter. The 15400-PLM-A01 is made...

Here's the post which talks about Honda's findings from their own internal testing of oil filters. Again, I personally wouldn't run a single oil filter longer than 10k miles, but will it be harmful to do so? Most likely not. Originally Posted By: threeputtpar I mentioned in another Honda oil...

Before Honda switched over to the maintenance minder system, their official recommendation on their 4-cylinder cars was to change the oil filter every other OCI. Back then, they spec'd 10,000 mile OCIs for their 4-cylinder engines, so that means the oil filter would be in operation for 20k...