Recent content by Danh

Some oil blenders say oil is good for 5 years from production date if unopened. So there’s that.

On most cars, flooring the accelerator while cranking the engine shuts off the flow of fuel. So this would be a simpler way of circulating a bit of oil before start-up.

A puff of blue smoke at start when parked on an incline could suggest bad or inelastic valve seals. Probably not worth fixing but you could switch to a HM oil with seal conditioners. Or Liqui-Moly “Oil Saver”, which I’ve found to be a great product. Not quite understanding why the dipstick...

A problem with many CVTs (don’t know about yours) is that they aren’t really serviceable at the dealership level. Typically a problem requires a rebuilt/remanufactured/salvaged replacement. Not sure how this affects your situation but best of luck.

I have a 2015 and am not aware of any steering or CVT issues. They do have an idle vibration issue that is a minor annoyance. OTOH, Fuelly.com reports the 2015/16 models with DI and CVT are about 2 mpg more efficient that the 2014 & prior Gen 4 models.

I believe CRVs use an indirect TPMS system, so no sensors to replace. Seems like a lot for an 11 year old car. MSRP on a new one is $33k, but considerable negotiating room.

My 2017 TLX begs to differ.

I believe it’s density compared to water. How would this be useful to a BITOGer? Well, if a a type of motor oil had a density of .85 that would mean a liter of motor oil would weigh 850 grams. If you want to be very particular and get a pretty precise volume of oil you could convert quarts to...

I use the smaller tube from a Griot’s extractor I bought a number of years ago. It’s able to remove essentially all oil in the sump (I do a conventional drain every other OCI). Maybe your K24 is of a different vintage? I also have a 2025 CRV hybrid with the 2.0 engine and this tube was too...

Take a look on Miata.net. I had and MX-5 and this site had lots of useful information. In particular, the Ford fluid you mention was recommended for the 6 speed manual as a way to reduce shift notchiness when cold.

First, Honda maintenance isn’t that stringent. Coolant changes are common for all vehicles, brake fluid changes aren’t always specified but probably should be, ditto rear differential fluid. And do you really think the marques you mention would be cheaper to maintain?

Alternative spellings of same word. Both are correct.

Well, that was my point.

The 2015 has DI and the associated high pressure fuel pump does create a normal but obvious “tick”. If you want to confirm this is the source listen near the driver’s side of the camshaft, which drives the HPFP. Not sure why bubbling paint on the valve covers is a serious issue. Can’t even see...

Guess this is another reason to appreciate oil life monitors. The whole notion of “severe” service seems so open to interpretation and is compounded by OEMs having vehicle information (oil temp?) not available to owners. With an OLM equipped vehicle, follow its advice and there should be no...