Recent content by grantk

I found a bottle of Redline SI-1 at a local parts place, so I got the PCV and plugs swapped, fuel system cleaner in, and new oil and filter. All of the old spark plugs looked normal, other than too much gap. The engine idles much nicer now with the new plugs Now I just have to wait for the...

Originally Posted By: gpshumway I second the diagnosis of a leaky fuel injector. There was another R18 Civic with the same issue here a while back. His UOA should be still around. I can't remember the username, it might have been Artem. IIRC a bottle of injector cleaner solved his problem...

Tonight I'm going to change out the plugs, put in a new PCV, new oil and filter, and see what happens on the next UOA. It doesn't look like too big a job to lift the fuel rail and injectors, so I may do that just to make there's no leaks. About a month ago I couldn't get it started one morning...

I made a typo up top, oil is in fact ALM 5w20.

Accidentally posted this to the general section before: I had a UOA done today that returned 6.5% fuel content in the oil. This is after 11,500km (7200 miles) running Amsoil ASM 5w20 w/ an Amsoil filter. Used Castrol Edge w/ Wix filters previous to this oil change. The engine was hot when the...