Recent content by paulsco

Hi all, I had the strong smell of exhaust fumes in the cabin of my 2004 167k Accord, after reading through this thread I thought I may as well give it a shot, so I sent a very nicely worded email to Honda head office about my Accord and the issue also not wanting to scrap the old girl just yet...

Thanks for the advice folks, I can get one in a different colour (need satin silver) but the cost of respray on top of purchase price means that removal and repair of the original bumper seems like the best way to go, I contacted a local Honda healer and they quoter £420 for a new one in silver...

Jeez I got a sore hear from reading that one, so it looks like the hunt is back on for the bumper, the one I saw was a petrol and it didn't have the water jets for the headlights, and by the looks of it it will have to be from a diesel from around the same year, wish me luck, also thanks again...

Hi F6HAD, its a diesel I have but I have seen a bumper from a petrol tourer and wasn't quite sure if it would fit, I'm not quite sure that you mean by "Bumper bodykit" but the round fog lights and plastic trim that surrounds them are fine.

Hi all I have a pretty well damaged front bumper and have been looking at ebay and scrap yards for a replacement, I have been reading the forums and I am still a bit confused, are the bumpers from the diesels and petrol for this year the same? this thread confused me even more, as I'm not sure...

Yeah I thought so too, probably best to confirm the codes on the vin plate though prior to purchase?

Hi All Some lovely lady decided to change lanes on a roundabout and collided with my nearside wing and front bumper, I think the insurance will write it off ( 2004 135k) so I am thinking of a buy back and repair job, looking on ebay i see other silver models and they seem to look more blueish...

Ah well I should have looked the the pictures in more detail, one brake light switch replaced and for the life of me I cannot see the other switch?

Well I tried it and subsequently wrecked the switch!! So off to the scrappie for me!

Had my VSA light on for a while now, going to give this one a try and see what happens, cheers for the tip!

Yeah sometimes on cold frosty mornings I let the car idle to defrost and when I step into the car I can smell it a bit but when warm and running/moving I don't?

I seem to be going through more bulbs than usual and one of my headlights is a bit misty at times, can you supply a link to these silicon bags? or did you mean the Silica Gel ones you sometimes find in things you buy trainers etc like...

Forgot to mention the manifold issue, the mechanic said he could smell it a little, on visual inspection he could see no soot or anything suspicious at the back of the engine so maybe I got off lighlty with that one but I'll keep my nose on it!

Thanks guys, I'm going to try the paperclip at the weekend, worth a try and at least I will have a better idea of where to look, I also will disconnect the negative on the battery for a while and see if it will reset itself, the mechanic also advised that the vsa light was now an mot failure so...

Well just back from the garage and the mechanic could not get full access to the full abs/vsa system via his reader, this led him to suspect the module was knackered and not sending any diagnostics to the machine? He has advised that he has had the same issue with both BMW and most recently an...