Opinions on this? Good/bad? If I go the cheater bar route with crank holding tool and try to muscle it off, I'm worried I won't be able to get enough leverage since I don't have a lift and the van will be on jack stands. I'm thinking about just going right for the bump start method to remove the bolt as it seems like the best solution. Our local Pep Boys does loan out the Honda/Acura crankshaft damper holding tool, which I will pick up to tighten the crank bolt back on. I do not own an impact driver and none of the local auto parts stores rent them out. My main concern is getting the crank bolt off. I'll throw this out there for suggestions as I have never done a timing belt job, but feel comfortable tacking this. I'm going with an Aisin kit from RockAuto. I have a 2014 Odyssey with about 86,000 miles so I am at the 7 year mark anyway. I believe my hydraulic tensioner is going bad. I haven't owned a new car in over 20 years and have never had a Honda (despite always being a fan of their engineering and reputation).Ted888, hope you don't mind me piggybacking off your post as I am also looking to do a timing belt job soon. Most cars today have no dipstick or proper fill hole, so transmission service can be a pretty intensive endeavor. Even if the newer 6AT is more reliable than the past couple generations of Honda trannies, the Ody makes fluid changes so easy, it's really cheap insurance for a major component. My dealer included coupons for 2 years of oil and rotations, but once that's done and the 3/36 is through, I'm switching to Mobil1 and probably going to do a little extra tranny service with Maxlife or similar (btw, is the powertrain warranty 5/60k?). The coolant question came up from some post or info I read saying that it was typically drained and filled at the 30k service. If we make it well past that, then great! I'll have an uncool old car to give to my son, who will be 15 years old by then My experience is that age (and cycles) can be more a factor in overall wear & tear than outright mileage, so my goal is really just 10+ years and 100k+ miles. We don't drive a TON, so 100k miles will probably take 9-10 years. I keep pretty detailed Excel spreadsheets and tickler for all of this, so I was already planning to supplement the MM's recommendations. I've owned nothing but VWs (90s/00s) for a long time, so I'm no stranger to excessive maintenance - something I'm trying to get away from whenever possible. If you want it to last 250K or more you maintain it differently than if you will trade it by 150K. Looking at the dipstick and inside the valve cover the engine has cleaned up quite a bit in the 6 oil changes I have done and since I have all the records I know the PCV on it has not been changed either.īottom line on maintenance is you maintain based on your intentions for the vehicle. MM works fine, as long as you follow it, and provided you never reset the oil life monitor before reaching 15. My '07 had regular oil per the MM up to 113K and was immediately switched to full syn every 5K. BACKGROUND: Honda obviously eliminated the printed time/mileage-based maintenance schedule from the owners manual when they implemented the digital Maintenance Minder (MM) system. Because I shoot for 250K+ I run full syn oil every 5K and my '06 never needed PCV service in 166K. PCV life is highly affected by oil quality and frequency of changes. Lots of cold starts/short trips will cause a more frequent service schedule, while highway generate the opposite. Your MM will guide you based on the driving conditions. On Gen3 it was 120K, but if changing the water pump with the timing belt and spark plugs at 105K you end up draining the coolant so it is done at the same time. I knew that buying a Honda (and NEW) would mean less maintenance than I'm used to, but this is almost getting creepy.Ĭoolant at 30K is overkill. And how about any random or "unofficial" items, like PCV or other hoses, gaskets, fuel filters, and so on? Right now, I'm leaning towards a single tranny drain & fill at every other oil change, coolant at 30k intervals, plugs and timing belt (allegedly) can wait until around 100k, and brake fluid is every 3 years (the only definitive item I found in the manual). I know the oil quality sensor will tell me when I need a change, but what's the official line on the tranny refill/flush, coolant drain & fill, spark plugs, timing belt/water pump, and the rest? But even after reading the ENTIRE pdf owner's manual, the quick-start guide that came with the car, and all the other official documentation I could find, I'm left scratching my head about maintenance. I've been lurking and posting for a few weeks, reading random threads from the past decade, and generally trying to absorb as much as I can about these cars.
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