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Brake master cylinder would be my next guess but be careful of throwing money at guesses. A master cylinders usual failure mode is leaking seals causing spongy brakes but swollen seals or stuck pistons can cause binding too. Not sure if this guide applies to our Accords exactly. The incorrect...

How much worse is your MPG? Have you checked your tyre pressures? I'd still check the brakes as our diesels have enough the power to pull through brake issues. A quick test is to compare brake disc heat, the hotter one has brake issues! Funnily enough, I've also just stripped and painted my...

No roof rails and there are no stains or damp patches on the interior trim that I've seen for others with roof rails leaks. Unfortunately the shop manual CD doesn't cover drain holes so not sure where to start looking for those that might come from down the side of light cluster?

Need some help finding a leak that's making my tourers spare wheel well fill with significant amounts of water. :( I don't commute by car so it's been parked on the road at various cambers in the rain without filling up, just perhaps a bit of minor moisture, so I don't think boot seals are...

Similar to the vacuum pumps but cheaper; purloin some straws from McDonalds, stick them together, remove the bulb and feed the super straw through before giving it a good suck... :lol: If you don't want a fly in your mouth maybe use some open mesh over the end. Also, just in case, tape the...

Drum brakes aren't that bad. When adjusted correctly they can be better than equal diameter disc brakes due to the greater frictional contact area (however most are smaller though). The problem is that if there is no automatic self-adjustment they then become poor. And for a parking brake you...

Ah ha, job ***le throwing in which case; chemical engineer so nyah-nyah. :P It's a plain flat copper crush washer. It's purpose here is to deform to provide a fluid seal and not to provide load bearing as, I ***ume, your work entails. Irrelevant to the matter at hand. I agree. Quality...

Hmm, crespo must be made of money if he doesn't care about paying £12 for a tuppence worth. Anyway... You can reuse the copper crush washers by re-annealing them to make them soft again. Basically heat up until they're glowing red hot, with a propane torch or a gas cooker, and then quench in water.

Alternatively, how about the Jabra Cruiser for around £30? The usual hands free kit but you can also stream your music via bluetooth to it and it then resends it via FM transmitter with RDS info showing incoming caller IDs. Only problem is that the radio needs to be tuned in for phone calls to...

Not unusal for 6 years old as depends on the cars mileage and usage over winter and whether it lives near the coast. Hondas current chassis corrosion warranty is 10 years unlimited mileage to be free from functional failure caused by perforation due to corrosion for "specific components". You...

I'll just stick to adding 2 stroke oil...

Sounds like turbo lag when you hit the accelerator pedal from low revs.

Was just thinking of replacing the rear ARB bushes on my tourer to cure some creaking. However the only polyurethane ones I could find online were for the saloon over here. Jeff, to save me crawling under the car (and you haven't thrown old bush away), can you check size of the bush? From the...

Hmm, interesting. Just looking up DIY'ng drop links as they're harder to get for tourer it seems Mcgill Motorsport is a popular source for quality parts. Better quality than some EBay mild putty drop links. Purloining examples pictures from over here we have;

A space saver wheel comes with a bolt and cone to lock it to the floor. A full size spare wheel is held in place securely by the lid (as I couldn't find any breakers with bolt and cone for sale). Since a crash usually applies horizontal forces, the lid will be plenty strong enough the tyre in...

Cosmetic vaseline is mostly ok to use but if the engine bay gets too hot, it can melt and run down between the clamp and terminal creating an electrical insulation barrier. Industrial petroluem jelly has better temperature resistance but ordinary high temperature grease works just as well. There...

And section 3.4 now has the combined anti-lock brake plus electronic stability control failure. Or, in other words, £1000+ repairs for 7th gen diesels with a knackered Bosch VSA modulator. Tempting fate but mines still fine. Perhaps depends if examiner knows the car has an stability control if...

If it's the battery you should be able to hear the starter motor struggling compared to normal due to the drop in voltage of the dying battery. Mine certainly was.

I'd suggest getting a Bosch S5008 (77Ah 780A) from Car Batteries Online. Currently £72.50 including delivery compared to £90 or more at most other places.

But not between saloon and tourers. See my thread Front-Roll Bar Droplink Replacement for my observations of part differences.