My 2007 Accord with 666,800 miles (Valvetrain Shots)
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Snapped a picture of one of my exhaust cam lobes with my borescope. 2006 Accord K24. 281,000mi. Have used 20 grade oils the entire life of the car except for my previous OCI, I used M1 Euro 5w-30.
I'm not really worried about the wear. Car runs great. Still get >32mpg on long highway drives. UOA's are stellar.
However, since we're on BITOG....
I wonder if this is something that increasing viscosity would help. Or, if an oil with a ton of moly, boron, and/or ZDDP would help. Maybe all of the above?
I'm not really worried about the wear. Car runs great. Still get >32mpg on long highway drives. UOA's are stellar.
However, since we're on BITOG....
I wonder if this is something that increasing viscosity would help. Or, if an oil with a ton of moly, boron, and/or ZDDP would help. Maybe all of the above?
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OVERKILL
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It looks like the surface hardening is already breached, so nothing is going to really save it at this point. An oil with more AW additives (higher levels of phosphorous, like an LL-01 lube) might have been more effective at preventing the wear, but I can't say for certain.
He stated he bought it 8 years ago as a daily driver for cheap.
Triple_Se7en
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Incredible durability and cleanliness.
Remarkable.
Remarkable.
Looks good to me.
A little wear on the cam lobes? After 666K? A tribute to the engine design.
Looks really clean as well.
IIRC, you wanted a high miles K24 when you bought this car. You got one and it's still doing well for you. Good for you and Honda.
Incidentally, this Gen 7 is a really good generation of the Accord, maybe the best.
A little wear on the cam lobes? After 666K? A tribute to the engine design.
Looks really clean as well.
IIRC, you wanted a high miles K24 when you bought this car. You got one and it's still doing well for you. Good for you and Honda.
Incidentally, this Gen 7 is a really good generation of the Accord, maybe the best.
If the PO had it dealer serviced there is a good chance they had it done. I think it is in the service schedule.
Looks spotless in there!!
The car is rusting so run it until it dies or really embarrassing to drive or fails state inspection.
The seat has to be pretty worn and likely many little things are broken or don't work.
The seat has to be pretty worn and likely many little things are broken or don't work.
Thanks, I've been impressed with the car. Went and snapped these just now. I'll pull the plugs soon and get pictures of the pistons.
Do we have a thread for this kind of stuff so I don't clutter OP's thread here?
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I spoked to my regular service advisor who also serviced the car since it was new, and he mentioned that the previous owner had the valves adjusted on it regularly. It's not really in the service schedule. For these engines, Honda just says to adjust them if/when noisy.
Surprisingly, everything still works except the seat heaters. The leather is actually in quite good shape, and only recently started to tear on the left side bolster. No state inspections here. It's just my winter beater, but I hope to keep it going for as long as possible regardless. It's more comfortable on long trips than my Civic, so we do take it on vacations as well.
I thought about it, but I'd rather just replace the engine if I were going to do more to it. It has stuck rings and burns a lot of oil, and would essentially need an entire rebuild. I'll keep it going for now since it still runs fine.
In the past on my Honda I would adjust them around 100000 miles noisy or not...
The cams had an issue of delaminating in those years, I saw one with only 60k that looked almost as bad as that. If it got to almost 700k like that i'm sure it will keep on going a long while lol
I would keep the title in the glove box. If it dies on you somewhere, call the junk yard to pick it up, sign it over and walk away.
One of the greatest engines ever made IMO.
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