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There is absolutely no need to leave the oil plug out for more than a few minutes. An oil change for my civic means 3.3 lt (with filter) while after a rebuild it will need about 4 liters. There is 0.7 liters of oil inside the engine unless you shake the car and turn it upside down.

If you crash in a smart you better wear your seatbelt because they don't deform at all. Before buying a smart, drive it - they have a slow and lousy gearbox. Also their wheelbase is so small, they don't have straight line stability - not for spirited driving. Excellent mileage, comfort and...

Made a difference on my 1995 civic, that car does not have a rigid frame. Drawback is if you have a minnor accident on one side of the car, the other side will deform also.

"Pulling the center electrode from the dist makes dry crank totally painless." Pulling the center electrode to crank the engine without starting it, is a recipe for a toasted coil. Try something else, pull the fuel pump fuse.

The throttle control lever is on the front side of the transmission, behind the radiator. Remember, your throttle control cable needs minor adjustment. It's safer to be on the tight side (transmission wise). Automatics don't like slipping clutches at all. The following procedure is from...

Look at KYB GR2, good value for money, performance is similar to stock on my 95 civic.

Back in 1980 my 74 Charger would leak all ATF from the PS overnight. Never leaked a drop when I was filling the PS with cheap engine oil.

If you try different adjustments you will find out. When you loosen it up, the clunk will be gone. Loosen it up more and it will flare occasionally where it clunked before. When you take off from a standing start all adjustments will seem fine. Tighter gives you higher shift points and faster...

Your cable is too tight. Don't loosen it too much because you will get occasional flares exactly where it "clunks" now (when you take off from a standing start it will seem OK).

Check the adjustment of the throttle cable. It's better (safe side) to have higher pressures and harsh shifts than smoother shifts and occasional slipping (really bad on the clutches). Honda transmissions always have harsh shifts compared with other transmissions.

If you don't use the honda fluid expect leaks.

My father's 73 4-cyl Mercedes with 325.000 miles, no rebuilds, still running good, 4-speed auto (I believe it's made by ZF), change fluid every 25k miles (drain TQ), change filter every 100k. Tip: Reducing transmission temperature on cars with electric cooling fans without adding external oil...

I hardwire the e-fan on every car I own during the summer to keep the transmission temperature low. In city traffic with the fan cycling on/off the transmission can only cool down to 200F (the transmission temperature is probably higher than that). Old transmissions lasted a long time but they...

My friend got a job in Florida (West Palm Beach) and is afraid to take his new 530 BMW with him because "it's too hot down there". He is afraid that the sun will bake out the plasticizers from the rubber trim that is designed for colder German weather. What do you suggest?

Disconnecting the battery does clear codes, but if the sensor is bad it will set a new code. If the CEL is ON, your engine is running on LIMP mode. That is, it is injecting a predetermined amount of fuel instead of making fine mixture adjustments +/- 20% according to the O2 sensor. My friend's...

95 civic, changed the factory fill at 1500km with mobil 1 15W-50. At the time I wanted to check valve adjustment and the valve cover was covered in varnish. I didn't think much about the factory-fill because of the varnish, so I changed the oil. I use the M1 at 8-11000 km intervals and now the...

Every time I change the oil on my 95 civic the oil comes out with brown foam floating. I am using M1 at extended drain intervals (i.e. change the oil every 5k miles). I used to change it every 8k but I was alarmed with the brown foam. There is no coolant loss and the engine runs great. I have...