Recent content by delbert

I had the manifold replaced under warranty about 40,000 miles ago and all has been pleasantly diesel fume free....until, sadly, over the last couple of months the fumes have returned. Last night I disconnected the heat shield to have a look for the tell-tale black marks, apart from not being...

Hi, Just a quick update, I successfully completed the steering rack replacement (yay! Go me!). Thanks to everyone for your help, it was all useful stuff to digest before I started. Apart from some very difficult to access bolts (well, difficult when you're trying to get a long bar on there to...

I've done my own inspection and the evidence is fairly conclusive that it's the rack....but I will double check before I start so thanks for the suggestion. I'm not a fan of these miracle cure type fluids, if they can seal a hole in a seal then what else are they gumming up (technical term!) in...

These things are sent to try us aren't they! My Accord's just recovered from having it's oil pump chain replaced (and is thankfully is running just fine after the experience!) and then I notice a weird feeling as I'm turning around in a car park. On investigation I spotted the power steering...

I think the first thing to do is determine if it's wind noise or mechanical noise, try driving in different gears at the same speed and see if it occurs or just dip the clutch and let the revs drop for second. If it turns out to be wind noise then I had something similar recently, it came down...

Thought I'd give a final update on this just in case anyone else suffers a similar problem. I spoke to a number of ECU repairers but none were able to deal with the Bosch unit fitted to the diesel Accords. Eventually I purchased a new ECU direct from Honda (ouch!) after a failed attempt using...

Many thanks everyone for the advice. I will certainly give the ECU doctor a call. In the mean time does anyone have any input on the part number problem? It seems that all the ECUs I've been offered differ in the last part of both the numbers I quoted in my earlier post, I'm starting to guess...

I think I've now explored every possible option on this, my last steps were to get a Honda technician to run some diagnostics (which just showed that there's an immobiliser problem (no sh...!)) and I've tried an alternative induction loop (the loop around the key) but with no luck. I'm starting...

ECU replacement?! I can see my bank balance trembling at the thought! We have two diesel Accords in the family so is there anything I could temporarily switch from the other car to test this? I'm guessing that's probably a silly question as I expect you need all sorts of programming tools etc...

I think the ignition barrel idea is an interesting one, I'll have a look. I've tried both keys, it's the same with both. It still seem strange that giving the car some time fixes the issue though.

I've recently been experiencing a rather weird problem with my CTDi. When I first get in the car all is well, the car starts, drives and is otherwise a perfect Honda. However when I stop for a few minutes and then go to re-start the car the green key light on the dash flashes continuously, the...

I can't remember where I read it but it's a well known trick of the car manufacturers. Apparently when fuel gauges were first put in cars they were designed to be accurate, however owners soon complained that as soon as they'd filled their cars up they be on their way to being empty. So the...

All of this reliability talk is a matter of perspective, does anyone remember when Lucas supplied components for British Leyland? It's no wonder there's nothing left of the British car industry, I used to spend many a happy hour looking over corroded bullet connectors working out why the car...

Ok, thanks John, hopefully it's the lack of use. I've found an alternative solution for now, I washed the car a couple of weeks ago and hid it away in the garage, it won't come out until all this snow's disappeared!

The switch is at the top of the clutch arm (in the driver's footwell). Yes, it is adjustable but as to what the correct spacing should be I'll have to leave that to someone else.