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    Synthetic Castrol Magnatec 5W-30 into F20B6 engine

    Hi All, Is synthetic Castrol Magnatec 5W-30 a safe choice for a 1999 Honda Accord engine F20B6 reaching 180k miles? Been using part synthetic Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 for about 15 years on all my cars so far (2x Toyota Avensis and now this Honda Accord) thinking it's a better all-year-round oil...
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    1999 Honda Accord 2.0i 16V VTEC (F20B6) diagnostics interface

    freddofrog: That's exactly where it is in my 1999 one. Still it's not OBD2, at least that's what my USB scanner that can talk to it returns. Meanwhile my Bluetooth scanner has no problems talking to a proper OBD2 car (just tested on a 2007 BMW 318i), so it's clearly not a faulty one, probably...
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    1999 Honda Accord 2.0i 16V VTEC (F20B6) diagnostics interface

    I suppose OBD2 support is year dependent in our Accords. Just trying to find a wireless scanner that would work. The USB one that does looks exactly like this, it was just an earlier version back then (V1.3 or V1.4): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181648381328 So I was hoping that V1.5 (unlike...
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    1999 Honda Accord 2.0i 16V VTEC (F20B6) diagnostics interface

    Hi All, My 5-year old ELM 327 USB scanner has no problems talking to my 1999 Honda Acccord 2.0i 16V VTEC (engine F20B6) ECU even though it displays something like "non-OBDII compatible, while exactly same looking Bluetooth scanner I've just bought at Ebay is unable to, reporting something like...
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    P1491 fault code - 1999 Honda Accord 2.0i - F20B6

    Hi All, Could anyone please confirm if fault code P1491 is "EGR Valve Lift Insufficient Detected" indeed for a 1999 Honda Accord 2.0i engine F20B6? I first had it logged back in April 2013 w/o any symptoms whatsoever. It has just been logged again, and when I stopped at a traffic light in about...
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