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Richard B: Thank you. This time I left the battery disconnected to rule out any possible drainage (I use a different car daily), so it should do better when I attend the car again. Looks like I just had wrong expectations and it behaved as designed in those circumstances. Glad I didn't go for...

Got it: thank you. And thanks to that ECU or whatever for preventing the damage any of those components then. It's the first time that the battery was completely flat as I left the car unattended for longer than usual. On several occasions in the past it was barely able to crank the engine but...

Right, so with the fully charged battery the engine started and kept running fine w/o any jumpstarter and the charging voltage reading was stable at 14.5V, which I understand confirms that the alternator itself is fine (I measured it with the red probe at the alternator's positive contact and...

Will do: thank you. No it's a standalone jumpstarter here, not another car. In fact I no longer need it now that I have the battery fully charged.

A cheapo 20-year old one like this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/396128682720 - but I'd expect its DC voltage readings to be good enough?..

I already fully charged mine by now, so will try using it then. What is the lower threshold of the charging voltage below which the alternator would need replacing? Something like 14.8V, no?

Yes, but the problem is: as soon as the jumpstarter is detached the engine stalls, so nothing to measure... I doubt I'll get the right reading if I measure it with the jumpstarter still attached to keep it running, or I will?

Hi All, After jumpstarting my 2005 CL7 with a flat battery (the car has been left unattended for >3 months) the engine stalls right upon disconnecting the jumpstarter from the battery. I also tried leaving the jumpstarter connected and this way the engine stalls soon after on its own...

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...