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* Fluid change necessary? - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* Catier goggle,POLICE Sunglass http://www.cntrade09.com - 1 messages, 1
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* Fuel Injection Adjustment In Trunk? - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Fluid change necessary?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.honda/t/d7ab5908150d6a91?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Aug 11 2010 3:51 am
From: Michael

I have a 2000 accord, 60K. My dealer tells me I need to flush and re-
fill brake and transmission fluid at 100 and 50 dollars. It was done
at 30K. Is this really necessary and that expensive>?
TIA.

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Aug 12 2010 3:41 am
From: "Elmo P. Shagnasty"

In article
<13719afa-505c-4fcc-a82e-186b1c3ebdb6@e15g2000yqo.googlegroups.com>,
Michael <michael.muderick@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a 2000 accord, 60K. My dealer tells me I need to flush and re-
> fill brake and transmission fluid at 100 and 50 dollars. It was done
> at 30K. Is this really necessary and that expensive>?
> TIA.

The brake fluid must be changed completely--"flushed"--every 3 years.
It's a time thing, not a miles thing.

The transmission fluid should be changed periodically, too. But ask him
what he means by "flushing" the transmission. Come back and tell us.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Aug 12 2010 3:56 pm
From: Tegger

Michael <michael.muderick@gmail.com> wrote in news:13719afa-505c-4fcc-a82e-
186b1c3ebdb6@e15g2000yqo.googlegroups.com:

What Elmo said.

Brake and tranny-fluid changes are NEVER a bad idea.

Also, have you checked your Owner's Manual? That document tells you exactly
what ought to be done, and when.

--
Tegger

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TOPIC: Catier goggle,POLICE Sunglass http://www.cntrade09.com
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.honda/t/e688de15215dea43?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Aug 12 2010 5:19 am
From: cntrade08

Sunglass:

goggle:

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TOPIC: Fuel Injection Adjustment In Trunk?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.honda/t/990abff8fde09f29?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Aug 12 2010 3:54 pm
From: Tegger

SMcK <npine1@gmail.com> wrote in news:f7ab3b87-ac81-4304-aa0a-
c226d8a3af0b@u26g2000yqu.googlegroups.com:

>
> My wife called on Sunday. She was leaving work and our '92 Accord
> would not start. It cranked fine, so battery was not a problem. A
> passer-by who identified himself as trained in Honda repairs helped
> her. After looking under the hood he said it wasn't getting gas. He
> opened the trunk and supposedly manipulated something with a
> screwdriver. Afterward the car started. He told my wife to buy fuel
> injection cleaner and add it to the gas tank. She drove home. Over a
> couple days since, I've had no problem starting the car twice. We
> haven't driven it away from home yet.
>
> My questions:
>
> 1. What is in the trunk that one might adjust that would effect the
> fuel flow to the engine?
>
> 2. Now that it has been adjusted and seems to start OK, is the problem
> fixed, i.e., can wife go back to taking this car to work without
> fearing being stranded?
>
> 3. Do the experts agree with the fuel injection cleaner suggestion?
>

He probably just gave the fuel pump a tap to shock it back into action. If
this was needed, you're on borrowed time with that pump. You can't
"adjust" the pump.

I'm not sure you can even get at this model's pump from the trunk.
IIRC, this model is one of the last that /doesn't/ have an trunk access
panel for the fuel pump.

You can determine for yourself if the fuel pump isn't working. All you need
to do is:
1) have somebody open the trunk and put an ear as close as possible to the
floor of the trunk next to the back seat (remove any cargo first!),
2) have another person sit in the driver's seat, turn the key to "II" and
leave it there.
3) The listener should hear a sudden and fairly audible whine/buzz/rattle
for two seconds, and then the noise should abruptly stop.

If there is NO new noise at all when the key hits the "II" setting, then
the pump isn't operating.

A quiet environment helps in detecting the whine/buzz/rattle.

--
Tegger

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