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I purchased a set of Nokian WRG3 tires to replace the OEM tires on my Honda Civic. This was in the Spring of 2014. No problems so far and I am extremely happy with the tires. Winter is just 'starting' here, so not a lot of snow comments to provide. Cheers!

In my opinion, it does not really matter and I would leave it alone. This assumes that the ground strap is properly connected at both ends. I used to work in military electronics manufacturing and we used a term called 'gas tight connections'. This applied to crimps, old fashioned wire wraps...

2010 Honda Civic Sedan DX-G. Approx. 30K miles. 2 Drains and fills with Honda ATF DW-1. 5 litres added in total. New crush washer. Added 6 oz. LubeGard Red. Running smooth!

We keep our "concrete cold" in Winnipeg. We find that it doesn't spoil and lasts longer. SF area, eh? Just too beautiful and I once had a fantastic business trip there. Cable car ride, Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge, Winchester House, vineyard tour, Silicon Valley and tour of Apple manufacturing...

This is such a wonderful site for great information and much needed help. I just turned 60 and this is the first time I have done a drain and fill on an automatic transmission. The information and advice I found here was dead on. Work was done on my Honda Civic 2010, 1.8 lt, ~30k miles. No...

Follow-up from Original Poster: Used two cans of engine degreaser on the engine and focused on the belt and pulleys. Engine looks brand new. ha,ha. Faint squeal did not go away. Still there on cold mornings and would disappear after two blocks of driving and "warm-up". Went to Honda dealership...

Thanks everyone! I took off one front wheel to check a front disk as the alloy wheels blocked too much of the view. I have about 1/8 inch of pad left, so I think the brakes are not squealing. I am going to use the engine degreaser (Gunk) to clean and wash the belts. I think I got something on...

No ... the pitch stayed the same with changing RPM. Only recent service was that I did several radiator drains and fills with new Honda Type 2 coolant. Thanks!

Honda Civic 2010 with about 30K miles on it. Recently started to hear a very faint scraping/squeal sound from the front-end. I usually hear it when it is cold in the morning and I first start driving (around 32 deg. F. in Winnipeg). I was driving straight (no turning) and no application of the...

Update from the original poster. I did some research on 2-EHA and I was not pleased with what I found. I have decided to flush the Prestone AMAM and I have bought jugs of the Honda Type 2 from the dealership. Lesson learned but this extra cost is worth the peace of mind as well as avoiding...

Thanks to all for your replies. I appreciate all the information and advice!

Hope you can help out and reassure a relative newbie to the site. I decided to do some of my own pre-winter maintenance on my vehicle. It is a 2010 Honda Civic with about 30,000 miles. For the radiator and coolant, I did not do an elaborate flush. Instead, I drained the radiator (and...

There is a sale in Canada at NAPA stores. PU is going for $28.99 for a 5 litre jug (top line synthetics can go for $45 to 53 per jug up here). So I went to a local NAPA store to check it out. The sales rep opened a carton of 5W20 right in front of me and took out jug. I read some info on the...

First off, let me state that I think this is an excellent idea. A lot of people would follow and read the results/anlaysis provided by the engineers. However, there are going to be significant limits of what those engineers could do. For example, in their teardown they would come across a lot...

In my early electronics manufacturing career (1980's) we used 50 gallon barrels of various types of freon to degrease and clean printed circuit boards. All made by Dupont. We were a drop in the bucket compared to world-wide manufacturing. Dupont charged a fortune for those fluorocarbons and the...

I am really impressed by the Castrol Edge with Titanium. About one year ago, I picked up a BMW booklet at a dealership (mainly to drool over as I cannot afford a BMW). However, on the back of the booklet it stated on the bottom "BMW recommends Castrol Edge". It started me thinking that if it is...

You are referring to the fill code and not the barcode. The letter "A" is the code of the manufacturing plant. The next 5 digits are the most important. The first 2 are the last two digits of the year the container was filled. Both of your examples were filled in 2013. The next 3 digits are the...

Thanks cat843! That was my biggest worry! Do you have any advice on adding strengthening brackets to my motor? I would cry if it fell out. I am going to Home Depot to get some metal angle brackets to stop the fall. Any advice on how to mount them? Thanks

Hi, Excuse this question as I am a newbie. I have a 2010 Honda Civic that is running perfectly. It is at 40,000 km and I have done synthetic oil changes (various brands) since the factory fill. I do oil and filter changes every 7,000 km. I decided to see how the overhead cam looked and removed...