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I've used it. It doesn't do much if the engine is high mileage already. Also be careful that you don't hydrolock it, or you'll hurt the motor.

Can extemely damp (foggy weather) exacerbate this grounding scenario or the short to power that your talking about? I notice this happened during that weather. Do note that the car was on jackstands for 60 days or more, with 1/4 tank of gas in it, that I didn't treat with Sta-bil, and after my...

Would a bad ground migrate into the system and cause other anomilies like the fuel pump fuse to blow? And the light to flicker?

I replaced the fuel filter and fuse with new, and for some reason the problem hasn't happened again. I drove it around tonight. I do notice one thing, The front driver side headlight, periodically turns off then on while the car is on. It doesn't happen that often, but it's been doing this for...

Kenwin what ever happened to that Honda of yours in that long thread when you thought you moved the rotor or something. What fixed the problem?

Steve, you are saying disconnect the fuel injection hose clamp and hose at the pump (there's 2 send and receive hose)? Or disconnect the electrical harness connector at the pump then do your procedure. The electrical harness connector for the pump is under the back seat - not too hard to...

OK I'll try that. But I just drove the car around the block then parked it in the driveway quickly just in case it dies again, so I don't need to push it in. I have a new Baldwin fuel filter, so I'll swap that in just to confirm it's not the fuel filter. I spoke to a friend of mine and he...

Update. I went back in the car after it was sitting for 40 min. Put key to START state, no fuel pump noise. Took a 3rd fuse from the cig lighter position (also 15A) and inserted it into the fuel pump position. Car started and I immediately reved to 3000RPm and it idled, so I quickly turned it...

That's good to know. I'll do the diagnostics in the service manual. Is there some manual way to absolutely rule out that the fuel pump is defective? Someone told me to hook up a 12V battery to it then see if gas starts shooting out the hose. Couldn't I just disconnect the send hose into the...

I did. The filter was changed 3 thousand KM after fuel pump was changed. As far as I know the Bosch one was the OEM replacement. Is it really possible they die that quick though? Also, the car sat on jackstands for 4 months over the summer, but this wouldn't break the fuel pump right? The car...

Here's the scenario guys. Fuel pump was installed (New Bosch) FEB 2008. I've put 16,590 KM on the pump only since. Started the car up to warm it up. Walked back outside and heard it stalling, and it turned off. Started the car up again and it started stalling out like when we remove the fuse...

Post more pictures but those pictures are horrible. Blurry i can't see anything.

It could be a dead or dying fuel injector (depending on how the shaking is of course..how intense). Check ohms.

If a 2X4 (or anything for that matter) splits could the car slip off the jackstand and crush me? Maybe it would be better to find some scrap metal?

In the serviice manual they show those side floor/pinch weld parts that you can see the metal sticking out. Civic was on a 2-pole lift earlier and worked fine, as the lift had a flat foot on all 4, and they have 4 plates sticking out the pinch weld. My jackstands are the 6 ton type but have...

I'll try that gomes. Kestas and JH, that's 120 X 2 per yr forever. Once a yr is not enough in Toronto. It's needs to be done twice a yr. Once in the spring. Once in the fall. And once I started Krown, I couldn't stop, or there's no point in starting it in the first place. Plus I have two cars...

Originally Posted By: stang5 Originally Posted By: Popinski Stang5: why didn't you just get a rebuilt motor? Anyway, as for me: I bought a $500 car and spent $1,200 on repairs: Clutch, struts, wheel bearings, brakes, rotors, replaced all fluids and lubes etc etc.. I've never done an engine...

Originally Posted By: Popinski Stang5: why didn't you just get a rebuilt motor? Anyway, as for me: I bought a $500 car and spent $1,200 on repairs: Clutch, struts, wheel bearings, brakes, rotors, replaced all fluids and lubes etc etc.. Because that won't solve the injector problem. The...

I called Mr. Lube and it appears that they fill all Honda Civics of this age with regular Dexron III ATF. Service manual says to use ONLY Honda ATF (Z-1). Is this nonsense in the manual? How could such a big chain like Mr. Lube risk it if it was dangerous.

Your smart to do the work in advance BEFORE it blows up. Every yr may be a bit overkill, but if it's not costly who cares. The worst thing is when you don't do preventative maintenance and stuff breaks when you least expect it and you aren't ready for it because your doing other things in your...