Automobile question

[Timebuilder]

Here is a list of Technical Service Bulletins for the V6 Honda in 1995.

Alldata Company charges about $24 a year for access to the information, including wiring diagrams, procedures, and the lot.

http://www.alldata.com/TSB/24/95240781.html

 

[Pilot124]

Thanks TB

 

[Timebuilder]

I agree with Headwind on this one. I had the same problem with the same engine, and ended up replacing the camshaft.

While nothing turned up in the TSB's for the car, your experience suggests that an oil starvation problem might happen on the Accord, just as it did on the Supra, which had a straight six instead of a V-6 when I owned one. Nice car, though.

Small oil passages. I wonder if Honda has modified that motor, or just designed a new one. It has been nine years since the car was made. Hmm.

 

[I.P. Freley]

>>>Change the oil / filter with good quality stuff every 2500 - 3000 and just drive it<<<

With all due respect...

Unless you are driving in truly harsh conditions (frequent sandstorms, drag racing, frequent heavy towing, etc.), changing your oil this often is throwing money down a hole. Just because your oil looks dirty at 2000 miles doesn't mean it isn't still good oil, it just means that the oil is doing its job.

Funny how the car manufacturers say, usually, 7500 miles... But the petroleum peddlers, the ones who want you to buy the oil, say 3000 miles. Hmmm...

Modern oils do not need to be changed this often. Ironically, the person who posted this quote has a BMW, and newer model BMW's have a computer that monitors the engine and your driving habits to tell you when to change the oil... And that interval is much closer to what most auto manufacturers suggest, sometimes over 10,000 miles. More than that, even, if you're using a straight synthetic like Mobil 1 (though other research shows that synthetic blends give you practically all the benefits of straight synthetic but at much lower cost).

For years I bought into the line "hey, every 3000 miles is cheap insurance" without question (good advertising by Jiffy Lube!). However, the difference between 33-34 oil/filter changes and 12-13 oil changes over 100,000 miles isn't very cheap at ALL. Furthermore, there's no evidence that more frequent oil changes helps anything, just that more frequent oil changes doesn't HURT anything.

I guess if you don't mind an additional 30 gallons of engine oil over a hundred thousand miles, you're not hurting anything. What you ARE doing is wasting your own money and helping out OPEC.

As for your "lifter noise"... No idea.

 

[wingnutt]

im with IP on this one...yall ever read your recommended service manuals from the car manufacturer? dunno about yours, but my 93 ford truck recommends 7,500 miles.

who cares what the suppliers say. hell, if you followed them thered be some filter/sensor/doo-dad to change every other week...

ive never changed mine less than 5,000 miles. and i dare say if i wasnt such a cheap bastard, and bought the synthetics, id probably run em right up to the recommended 10,000 miles

 

[Timebuilder]

IP Freely-

That avatar creeps me out, man.

 

[I.P. Freley]

Why thank you, sir.

 

[Chas]

RE: oil change frequency

we are talking about a car with valve train noise so changing the oil with good quality oil and filter at 2500-3000 is a very reasonable suggestion .
BTW do you not recycle your oil after draining it . ?? Its not like its being dumped into the sewer and for the $15.00( done at home ) its cheap insurance .
This is coming from someone who still drives a 30 year old car with the original engine . Chas

 

[Timebuilder]

Why thank you, sir.

I don't know. There's something reeally twisted about that picture. Where did it come from?

 

[414Flyer]

What should I do? Is an an immediate problem that needs attention. It does go away when it warms up.

No, it does not need immediate attention, as long as you have adequate oil and a good filter.

That is not uncommon in Honda and Acuras. I had an 91 Acura Intergra 98-99 that did that same exact thing. My friend who owns it is a mechanic too. I had asked him while I still owned it if it was anything bad and he said no. Obviously he thought it was not bad, since he later bought the car from me.

5 years later, he still has it and it is still making the same sound at startup, and has not had anything go wrong with it at all.

 

[Pilot124]

Thanks everyone for their advice....I.P. Freley I have that picture saved in my computer and E-mailed it to my girlfriend and she freaked out. She refuses to open that E-mail up again. That is the funniest pic I have ever seen. To this day it still makes me laugh. If anyone wants it PM me with your address and I will send it to you.

 

[Pilot124]

I was going to you that as my aviator a while back but was afraid it would scare people.....