Daughter is heading off to grad school in her 2007 1.8 L Honda Civic with 87,000 miles. She will be about 4 - 5 hour drive away so I will only be able to do maintenance on the car when she is home on breaks. Should I just change out the PCV valve as preventative maintenance? Any other maintenance items I should take care of now. I've changed all the fluids already. Thanks for your help.
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Originally Posted By: greasegunn
Daughter is heading off to grad school in her 2007 1.8 L Honda Civic with 87,000 miles. She will be about 4 - 5 hour drive away so I will only be able to do maintenance on the car when she is home on breaks. Should I just change out the PCV valve as preventative maintenance? Any other maintenance items I should take care of now. I've changed all the fluids already. Thanks for your help.
When was the PCV valve last replaced? I really wouldn't get hung up on changing it unless it's never been changed before. I would clean the throttle body as well as clean the battery terminals and put some dielectric grease on the terminals. If the battery is low maintenance then I would also top up the water with distilled water.
Regards, JC.
Daughter is heading off to grad school in her 2007 1.8 L Honda Civic with 87,000 miles. She will be about 4 - 5 hour drive away so I will only be able to do maintenance on the car when she is home on breaks. Should I just change out the PCV valve as preventative maintenance? Any other maintenance items I should take care of now. I've changed all the fluids already. Thanks for your help.
When was the PCV valve last replaced? I really wouldn't get hung up on changing it unless it's never been changed before. I would clean the throttle body as well as clean the battery terminals and put some dielectric grease on the terminals. If the battery is low maintenance then I would also top up the water with distilled water.
Regards, JC.
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Maybe get the battery tested.
Inspect the tires and rotate if necessary.
Grease any hinges.
Check the suspension.
When she's back and visiting, you'll want to spend time with her, not her car!
If the car consumes oil, make sure she has oil and checks it or overfill it a little.
Inspect the tires and rotate if necessary.
Grease any hinges.
Check the suspension.
When she's back and visiting, you'll want to spend time with her, not her car!
If the car consumes oil, make sure she has oil and checks it or overfill it a little.
I am preparing my son's vehicle for the same reason. I am checking the brakes, changing the coolant and maybe upper hose, changing the oil and oil and air filters, load testing the battery, checking the belts, replacing the wipers. Tires are good, and spark plugs were recently changed. I have no worries, as his car has been reliable.
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Originally Posted By: greasegunn
Daughter is heading off to grad school in her 2007 1.8 L Honda Civic with 87,000 miles. She will be about 4 - 5 hour drive away so I will only be able to do maintenance on the car when she is home on breaks. Should I just change out the PCV valve as preventative maintenance? Any other maintenance items I should take care of now. I've changed all the fluids already. Thanks for your help.
Yes...one er uh ten tips.
Find which is closest Autozone or AAP to where she will be living and go get the gold top battery with the 3 year replacement warranty. Also get her a decent set of jumper cables and a gas can. Then she can get the battery replaced locally when it croaks from her leaving the lights on. Also, increase you liability insurance limits to at least $1MM if the car is in your name. Also, find the nearest Honda dealer now. Print out the address and put that in the glove-box. A roadside assistance membership won't hurt either. Don't forget the spare tire. I got my kid a full size spare tire.
Daughter is heading off to grad school in her 2007 1.8 L Honda Civic with 87,000 miles. She will be about 4 - 5 hour drive away so I will only be able to do maintenance on the car when she is home on breaks. Should I just change out the PCV valve as preventative maintenance? Any other maintenance items I should take care of now. I've changed all the fluids already. Thanks for your help.
Yes...one er uh ten tips.
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If you are going to replace all the above mentioned items, you might as well replace the transaxle, manifold and timing belt too. Geez.
Update - On the other hand just replace the whole car, it's faster.
Update - On the other hand just replace the whole car, it's faster.
Originally Posted By: FZ1
Yes. Go the Honda dealer and get an Honda pcv valve AND a new rubber gromment.
No rubber grommet on this one. The PCV valve screws into the head on the front (timing chain end) firewall side of the engine. There may be a crush washer though.
Yes. Go the Honda dealer and get an Honda pcv valve AND a new rubber gromment.
No rubber grommet on this one. The PCV valve screws into the head on the front (timing chain end) firewall side of the engine. There may be a crush washer though.
Originally Posted By: GSCJR
Update - On the other hand just replace the whole car, it's faster.
Best idea yet..
..........LOL. I have already sent 2 daughters off to college. The biggest things are tires, brakes, battery. Unless you want to be driving 4-5 hours to do a repair in Winter. In my experience Autozone tested and charged the battery twice and the full size spare was used once. Saved me a 10 hour driving trip.
Unless you have been there this is one experience you don't want to have. " Hey Dad the car won't start"
Update - On the other hand just replace the whole car, it's faster.
Best idea yet..
Unless you have been there this is one experience you don't want to have. " Hey Dad the car won't start"
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Originally Posted By: FZ1
I see. Grommet attachment on the valve cover of my Accord.
Would've been nice if it were that way on this car. It's tucked a bit under the cowl. I ended up taking the cowl cover off on mine to get access.
I see. Grommet attachment on the valve cover of my Accord.
Would've been nice if it were that way on this car. It's tucked a bit under the cowl. I ended up taking the cowl cover off on mine to get access.
you just need to spray some brake cleaner in the pcv valve and it's better than new...
Thanks everyone. Gonna throw in new plugs too.
Originally Posted By: garlicbreadman
you just need to spray some brake cleaner in the pcv valve and it's better than new...
No.
The spring inside the PCV valve develops metal fatigue, causing it to open and close at the wrong times.
you just need to spray some brake cleaner in the pcv valve and it's better than new...
No.
The spring inside the PCV valve develops metal fatigue, causing it to open and close at the wrong times.
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