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As if jinx'ed, the water pump was mentioned and so the weep hole started to rather liberally drip coolant this last Sunday. Oil in the mechanicals appears to be uncontaminated, with no 'milk-shake' to be seen yet. Reservoir dropped only about 1in below MAX, but remained well above MIN fill. Also...

Turned out the RMS was not the culprit, rather the plate into which the RMS is seated. It appears that the gasket / hondaseal used at the mating surface had degraded and was allowing oil seepage through. All in all, $1025 for the job. While unit was being serviced RMS, o-ring and aforementioned...

2002 Accord V6 (currently 85k miles), developed a RMS leak about 4 years ago (about 65k miles, at that time). Used Mobil 1 (Original at first, EP since ~2005 and HM 5W-20 since 2014). Add Bars RMS Stop Leak and good to go (leak is small, but annoying nonetheless). Recently saw some posts on...

For anyone interested, here is the 'mostly' full service history on this vehicle: August 07, 2017 78895 Miles Oil Changed, Filter Changed. Drain and refill cooling system July 29, 2017 78484 Miles Brake booster replaced October 29, 2016 74598 Miles Brake fluid replaced and bled Drain and...

Have had this vehicle since 2003, purchased from CarMax with 246 miles (first car after college), so someone else took the hit on the initial depreciation. Learned early on, post purchase, of 'issues' with this particular platform. As such, consulted with a Chrysler fleet mechanic friend who...