Accord valves 140K miles - PICTURES

[JOD]

Originally Posted By: k24a4


What is your ambient temperature operating range in Vancouver? I grew up in Upstate New York, near Watertown, so I know how cold it can get up there. Do you have a block heater, garage, or does the car sit outside?



Block heater?? That's funny!

Don't let the longitude fool you, they have roughly the same weather as Seattle, which is to say "mild".

Looks like the "what's on sale" plan has certainly kept that engine clean.

 

[bigmike]

Good stuff!

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: sky7
Don't forget that timing belt


It's a chain.

 

[sr17]

Originally Posted By: lexus114
WOW,that looks GREAT!! Conventional oil huh?

But why do you say "regular oil and filters" and in your sig.you have Ultra?


Seems that the dino did not hurt at least.

Ultra is in there now - will be replaced with SynPower and M1 filter this weekend.


Originally Posted By: k24a4
Pristine. Beautiful. I have an '04 with the I4 engine, 5-manual as well, and it is a great combo, imo. Needless to say I was excited to view your pictures. Honda did an outstanding job with the 7th generation accord.

It is nice to see pictures of the valvetrain. I can see a bit of mine through the oil fill hole using a flexible led flashlight and it looks similar.

What is your ambient temperature operating range in Vancouver? I grew up in Upstate New York, near Watertown, so I know how cold it can get up there. Do you have a block heater, garage, or does the car sit outside?

Did your mechanic check the timing chain tensioner? If so, what is the verdict?

I have had the new formula honda mtf in the case for 10,000+ miles and the transmission shifts beautifully.

Lastly, do you ever get a "clacking" noise from the engine when cold starting?

Thanks again for posting and feel free to pm me if you want to talk about the k24a4.


Cool that you have the exact same car - I find that the 5 speed is very rare around here. It is entertaining to drive, compared to many other cars in its class.

We don't get very cold weather around here, no snow tires, definitely no block heater needed. Car is parked in a garage at night.

Timing chain is tight and looks good.

The engine has developed a bit of clacking, particularly since I switched to Ultra - can't wait to dump that stuff.

Originally Posted By: JOD




Looks like the "what's on sale" plan has certainly kept that engine clean. [/quote]

Pretty happy with that approach, keeps things interesting. Only oil I have not been happy with so far, is the Ultra.

I am toying with the idea to try a wider viscosity range - not sure what it will be...still have a fill of M1 5W20 and SynPower 5W20 on hand.

 

[goodtimes]

Once this far in, it is very easy to adjust/check the valves yourself, as you probably know. Especially with the MT can just bump the cams by pushing on the car in gear.

It also shows when cars are driven more, sometimes it is better, 140k in 5yrs is quite a bit.

 

[sr17]

Originally Posted By: goodtimes
Once this far in, it is very easy to adjust/check the valves yourself, as you probably know. Especially with the MT can just bump the cams by pushing on the car in gear.

It also shows when cars are driven more, sometimes it is better, 140k in 5yrs is quite a bit.


Wish I had the guts to approach the task myself, but I think I need something with a single cam and non vtec to practice on.

 

[goodtimes]

Pretty much all that is needed to do is use a feeler gauge on the valve when it's cam lobe points about up, and know the clearances, hot or cold. A box wrench and good fitting screwdriver are the tools needed, with a little practice too. Looks like that to me, I used to adjust my 83's. Don't think VVT has any bearing on this adjustment.

 

[sw99]

Nice!

 

[Boss302fan]

Very easy to adjust valves on Honda 4 cylinders and you can find links online that show you step by step how its done... Even I did it once on my daughters 2001 Honda CRV and it still runs great. LOL.

 

[Scienceman]

Looks great!

 

[rationull]

Originally Posted By: sr17
Originally Posted By: goodtimes
Once this far in, it is very easy to adjust/check the valves yourself, as you probably know. Especially with the MT can just bump the cams by pushing on the car in gear.

Wish I had the guts to approach the task myself, but I think I need something with a single cam and non vtec to practice on.



On the Honda setup at least SOHC/DOHC doesn't actually make much difference, and I doubt VTEC makes much difference either. See the pictures under the valve cover of my SOHC (but with VTEC) Civic here -- the adjusters are in basically the same spot as they are on your K24.

It does help to have somebody who's done it before help you the first time around though. In the absence of that, ericthecarguy.com has a good video on it.

Helpful stuff and a satisfying and fairly easy (if tedious) job if you're interested and have a little bit of mechanical skill, attention to detail, and an afternoon to kill.

 

[infecto]

Originally Posted By: sr17

Seems that the dino did not hurt at least.


There is no way that dino would hurt that engine at 4-6k OCI.

 

[sr17]

After driving the car a couple of hundred miles since adjusting the valves, I have unfortunately realized that the clacking noise I was attempting to address, is still there

I was wondering if different oil would make any difference and started a new thread here

 

[Boss302fan]

I would try Edge 5W30 oil and a half a bottle of MOS2.... I did this in my wifes 03 Acura MDX(130K miles) and it is quieter and runs very smooth. She used to have a lower engine noise that finally quieted down...

 

[Schmoe]

I've run nothing but M1 EP 5W-30 with PureOne filters in both my Accords at about a 12-13K OCI. Couldn't be happier. Engine looks absolutely great. I think Honda engines are well designed and well thought out.