Recent content by drowned12

Any idea what oil filter they were using? On mine it had some generic workshop filter ("mighty something" brand) so maybe stretching intervals combined with a filter that doesn't filter well enough can do this. That could explain "how did it happen even with Amsoil". It'd be funny if it was...

Just popping in here that I saw the same thing on a (not my) 2009 Accord V6 with 180K miles. Camshafts seized up, broke the timing belt, crashed the valves into the pistons. Completely trashed the cylinder head as well since the head itself is the bearing surfaces. Had to use a slide hammer...

Blackstone says that 12 months is a made up number and it's really mileage based. There's probably some upper time limit where the oil settles out or maybe enough ambient temperature cycling can let water condensate in, but I wouldn't worry much pushing to 3 year intervals. Most important...

Dropping in here: adjustable vcm deletes are outdated and were always overpriced half solutions. vcm tuner, vcm muzzler, etc. If it has a knob or resistors then don't buy it. They're doing basic offsets of the coolant temperature which will either go too far and pull timing (which starts <...

Here from the future: the 2008-2012 Accord uses a different mount for the auto dimming mirror than the regular day/night mirror. Autodimming slides on and has a set screw, the normal mirror has some sort of stud and no set screw. They're not compatible / swappable. The base is glued to the...

Valid, but the 5spd is 3.5qt fill and it's close enough on the dipstick to not worry me (this was at ~165F tranny temp): Although possible the 6spd is way more sensitive about the level, I haven't noticed anything abnormal with the 5spd ever. Besides it taking forever to get up to full...

2012 Accord V6 (think all the Honda V6 transmissions are similar) shifts perfectly normal with HPL Green vs. DW-1. No jerkiness or hesitation at all. Also conveniently 1 gallon is what I always dump in anyways instead of bothering to check the level. (I used to but it was near enough 4 quarts...

Thanks all for the suggestions! While browsing around I found that McMaster has really good CAD models of their sockets so I modified this one to go from 2" length (default "Deep") to 4" length (extra extra deep). It'll get printed out of glass reinforced resin for a few bucks. I also made a...

Alright tool nerds, I've got a situation here and when I can't find a product I usually figure I'm doing something wrong: I have an 80mm M4 stud that I'm using an electric screwdriver to spin down a nut on. As you can imagine even at "high speed" it takes several seconds to do that many turns...

Maybe my brain got unplugged but it felt like a 30 minute video that didn't really say anything useful. 5 year old oil: is it good to go. YES OR NO?! etc for 10 year, 15 year. He went straight to 20+ year old oil where there is no "virgin" oil analysis on it to compare against and concluded...

Always calls for a lubricated bolt, because it gives a more consistent clamping force. Torque measurements are an assumption that the friction on the threads is achieving the clamping force which is why angle measurements are way more accurate, because then you know the amount of bolt stretch...

I got a different number than OP did. I was maxing out a 250ft-lbs torque wrench and still not at 60 degrees with a new bolt and properly oil-lubricated threads and top surface of the washer. I don't have the exact number because I couldn't measure that high but I'd say it was closer to 280...

Always possible. It's a legit tender though: Noco Genius10 that I did put on the AGM setting. Right now it's "full" and holding 13.9V which should be on the money for AGM float voltage.

Bumping this thread up: had an 24F AGM battery fail on me after about 10 months (01/23 sticker on it). Kinda crazy especially when I never did anything weird to it and had my car on a tender whenever it was in the garage so I never had to jumpstart with it. I just felt it was cranking a little...

I never got a reply emailing HPL (c'mon guys you can't take $1 out of the huge price tag to pay someone to reply to email?) so guess I'll try here: is running this cleaner time based or mileage based? It'll take me 6 months to reach 2000 miles so should I drain it after a couple months when most...