Oil Level Accord 2.4L
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Are you sure it isnt 4.4qt sump capacity, and then say somewhere to add 0.25 or 0.4 or 0.5 qt if filter is also changed?
My GF's integra and my BMW are both listed that way. The BMW its pretty clearly stated, the integra states 3.7 qts everywhere, and then in one small line in the manual says to add more if the filter is also changed.
Remember, Honda is one of the only companies that lets you change your oil and NOT the filter.
JMH
My GF's integra and my BMW are both listed that way. The BMW its pretty clearly stated, the integra states 3.7 qts everywhere, and then in one small line in the manual says to add more if the filter is also changed.
Remember, Honda is one of the only companies that lets you change your oil and NOT the filter.
JMH
My Lasaber is like that but their is a TSB for my Lasaber. It appears that GM could not even manage to put the right dipstick on the car! Seeing how GM would charge me to change it out since car is out of warranty I just remarked my dipstick.
Toyota no longer recomends the ever other oil change filter replacement but they used to. To this day the owners manual still list the oil capacity with and without filter change!
Buster, are you sure that the oil is just not so clean that you can not see it on the dipstick? Some companys put knurling on the dipstick for this very reason! I have in the past taken a paper towel and gently worked it down from the top of the dipstick to the full mark to detect the oil because I could not see it in the light!
Toyota no longer recomends the ever other oil change filter replacement but they used to. To this day the owners manual still list the oil capacity with and without filter change!
Buster, are you sure that the oil is just not so clean that you can not see it on the dipstick? Some companys put knurling on the dipstick for this very reason! I have in the past taken a paper towel and gently worked it down from the top of the dipstick to the full mark to detect the oil because I could not see it in the light!
When did you check the oil? After you change it or the next morning when it was cold.
My stepfather's '90 Accord says that it takes 3.7 quarts. Well, he did an oil change, and it took 4 1/2 quarts to bring it up to the full mark. I wouldn't think the small oil filter would hold that much oil.
Buster,
What filter did you use? People on the Acurazine board seem to fill theirs up to the full mark with the 4.4 quarts.
Michael
Buster,
On the Acurazine forum that I attend, all 3G TLs and the TSX take 4.4-4.5 quarts to fill up. I've not heard of anyone complaining that 4.4 quarts does not fill the engine up to the full mark.
Was your oil filter an oversized version?
Michael
On the Acurazine forum that I attend, all 3G TLs and the TSX take 4.4-4.5 quarts to fill up. I've not heard of anyone complaining that 4.4 quarts does not fill the engine up to the full mark.
Was your oil filter an oversized version?
Michael
M.Wan, I don't have an Acura. Same engine though. From what I've read it's very normal.
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My son has the Accura 2.4 and it takes almost 5 quarts to get it all of the way up. He tells me that it common kknowledge on tha Acura forums (requires more than manusl says) Take 'er up to the full mark
On my Qr25de in my Nissan X-trail I have to be overfilled 3/8 inch up to the "U" bend above the full mark. I had a 03 Altima with same engine, the reading at full mark on it was right, not the X-Trail.
I know the frustration your dealing with on underfill according to manual Buster, I was actually underfilled when I drained the factory oil down to full mark in panic when I checked the oil after bringing it home brand new.
Engineers can be "dipsticks" IMO.
Good luck,
Cyprs
I just looked at my manual. It states that the oil level should be between the add and full mark, or 1/2 way in other words. It's possible that Honda made it this way bc it's quite common for IffyLube to over fill cars. Happens all the time.
Dealers too, apparently. I don't believe we will ever use the local Honda dealer anymore as they routinely overfilled her Civic by 1/2"+ over the top line on the dipstick; although I suppose this could have been another case of the dipstick itself being wrong
When I owned my 1996 Honda Accord I would get an odd OCI done at the Honda shop so they could give good inspection of undercarriage on car.
Every time they were 1/4 inch overfill, I would bring it home and drain out the extra cup oil. I confronted them before and after every OCI to put 3.5 litres in as required specifically by my manual, they insisted on 3.75 litres with 1/4" overfill. I stopped going there too, had to loosen drain plug each time, might as well do it myself.
1986 Accord, great car, no garbage on it, inline 4 cylinder, 1 barrel carb, no computer ----, dream car for home matainance or fixing, (seldom needed a wrench to it anyway other than OC.
Cyprs
Every time they were 1/4 inch overfill, I would bring it home and drain out the extra cup oil. I confronted them before and after every OCI to put 3.5 litres in as required specifically by my manual, they insisted on 3.75 litres with 1/4" overfill. I stopped going there too, had to loosen drain plug each time, might as well do it myself.
1986 Accord, great car, no garbage on it, inline 4 cylinder, 1 barrel carb, no computer ----, dream car for home matainance or fixing, (seldom needed a wrench to it anyway other than OC.
Cyprs
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