Recent content by dandreye

Hi All, Which grease can be used in tie rod end ball joints (and likely also in suspension ball joints) of our Accord Gen 7? Any particular one(s) recommended by Honda or otherwise known as good? I suppose they're all lithium based NLGI2 ones, something like Castrol 1503AD High Temperature...

Hi @ally, Thanks for your reply. Good to hear it's working well. Here's a direct link to your reply there. My experience with mine so far is: - the pointer that initially was right in the middle of that rectangle has moved to the edge of it, so the belt clearly gave a few mm - there's a slight...

Hi All, By now I'm well aware of several threads on (electric power steering) CL7 models' drive belts being shorter (1690mm) than 1760mm listed all over the place but only fitting hydraulic power steering CL7 models. That finally (after 5yrs of ownership!) made me realise why there's one less...

@ally: Many thanks for the details above. I've just hit this issue myself with Dayco 7PK1759. Just wondering how your Gates 7PK1685 has done so far?

@SayamaAccord: Thanks for your reply. I saw that Exol oil referred (positively) from a number of threads here, so it must also be good. Just trying to work out the answers re Castrol meanwhile. Update: Been reading about excessive camshaft wear issue on K20/K24 engines with oils above "-30"...

Hi All, Based on F6HAD's advice above in this almost 5-year old thread I've used up almost all my Castrol Magnatec 5W-30 A5 by now, and have had no obvious issues except modest oil burn. Just back from Tesco where there's a deal on it these days - with the following question to be sure: is A5...

Mine was also showing green :-) Meanwhile I think I know what caused flat battery in my case: mostly very short trips averaging just 1 mile over the last 2 years, so it hardly ever got a chance to fully charge as I never cared to take it home for a proper charge until now. Besides that, being a...

Thanks for the hints: I'll have to check all of those. The ~30mA draw didn't look abnormal to me while the car was locked, so I didn't check for leaks any further so far. Right upon locking it the draw spikes to ~1-2A for 10-15s and then returns to 30mA and settles there, oscillating around...

I thought Yuasa batteries never die :) No stock BT handsfree in mine. I've just also measured the current when the car is locked and unlocked and got ~30mA in both cases to my surprise. Wondering what else besides the stereo might be contributing to that 30mA draw while it's unlocked although...

Thanks for the confirmation! Meanwhile I've just measured it at 1k and 2k rpm and got 14.36V in both cases.

Hi All, Could anyone please share the right procedure to measure the charging voltage generated by the alternator of a 2005 Honda Accord Gen7 type CG7 (2L petrol manual) and what that voltage should measure? Mine measures just under 14.1V when idling, wondering if it's high enough - but perhaps...

Hi All, The parts catalogue tells me the key for my 2005 Honda Accord CL7 is part # 35111-SEA-305 (no separate part # for the immobilizer chip). There are keys on the market that look exactly like mine (e.g. this one) but some of them come with ID46 chip while the others with ID48 chip. Is...

Hi All, I have a set of 4 barely used leftover NGK ZFR6F-11 spark plugs for my previous Accord with F20B6. Are they safe for use in K20A6 too by chance? It's NGK ZFR6K-11 designed for K20A6, so the only difference is in the letter after "6", which refers to "Firing end construction" as can be...

Hi All, I have this standard stereo model 2J20 (would be great to know its make) in my Accord 7. Looks like there are several popular solutions to feed music via its AUX. While weighing them all I've found the following one for Accord 8: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263185448679 I suppose there...

Ah that one I saw mentioned here: http://typeaccord.co.uk/forum/topic/15376-get-your-own-hds-tool/ I may never need its full functionality though: was thinking of a tool just for the things like clearing that Service Required LED (the one alerting to the time of oil change etc. ***uming it's...