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    EK Civic Oil Question

    The car does have the original engine, serial numbers confirm.. however the transmission has been replaced by a brand new Honda unit installed for $2800 (by the previous owner) at a Honda dealer. The car has a full service history, including oil changes every 4-5K (or every 8 months) done by...
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    EK Civic Oil Question

    Valves have just been done, but it's possible they were done wrong. Remember the car only has 40K easy miles on her, so it can't be that bad.
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    one tough nissan

    From the OP of the MANN filter.
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    EK Civic Oil Question

    Nobody has any ideas? I think next oil change (since I just changed my oil last Monday) I'll go with Mobile 1 EP and a K&N/Mobile Filter.
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    Toyota / Lexus Sludging - Mileage

    I'll tell you what.. my Camry has been fantastic even though the previous owner (my Sister) rarely had it serviced. I've been driving this car since 190K with no problems. But if you're that paranoid then just look into the more common 4cyl Camry's. If the car runs smoothly, has a good set of...
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    What was the first car that was your own?

    My first was a 15 year old 1995 Toyota Camry V6 Auto with 200K miles. Car ran like new, even though I beat the [censored] out of it. Current car (technically the first one I bought) is a '97 Civic with just over 40K miles on the clock. I'm just now learning that old Honda's need thicker oil.
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    EK Civic Oil Question

    I've been using Royal Purple full synthetic 5w30 oil in my 1997 Civic (D16Y7 engine) since I bought the car about 5K miles ago. I've been having a lot of valvetrain noise, so I adjusted the valves back into spec.. but it seems now I have even more noise. Even though my car only has 40,500 miles...
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