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  1. beefy_634

    VSA Modulator Light

    if you fancy giving me a hand aswell that would be great allso. plenty of spanners to go round.
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    SatNav won't work HELP

    knife...............wet wipe..................................oh dear me. try the leist invasive things first people like a decent dvd lense cleaner disc.
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    Glow Plug Light Flashes

    given it is the glow plug warning light it is not uncommon for the glow plug controll unit to fail or could be failing glow plugs. annother problem is a poor contact between the top of the glow plugs and the 1 pin connectors that push onto them. not mutch that can be done in this instance other...
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    Need a flywheel

    you will need to source localy i would suggest due the the weight and postage. as you may know, they are VERY heavy. have you tryed your local parts factors? they will be cheeper than genuine. other option is to source a solid flywheel conversion. i know they are avaliable for the ford duratec...
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    2012 accord interesting changes

    the latest accord will have the ability to detect misfueling and tune up kits, putting up a dtc. would be interesting to know how tuning firms can get arround this dtc facility within the ecu. regards the missfuel dtc it can only be a good thing in my mind. many more additions these being some...
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    Knocking Tappet

    ive seen lifter/folower failure after a timing chain has snapped but not before hand. sometimes the oil pump chain (which is separate) can snap and the engine will still run. the oil preasure light isnt on is it? difficult to say what it is without inspecting the car. may be worth you having a...
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    odd screaching noise....

    they may well have done?
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    odd screaching noise....

    has you car got a pulley inbetween the powersteering pump and alternator? i have not heard of powersteering pumps going but its fairly regular that the front alternator bearing goes because of the extra strain this pulley puts on the alternator. honda no longer supply the same sized aux belt...
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    battery problem

    its very rare we find battery drain problems in accords of any age but that is not to say somthing isnt draining your battery. by all means stick annother battery on your motor but if you do start having problems again i strongly suggest you get a propper dark current/ parasitic draw test...
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    Manifold replacement instructions.

    instructions : take to friendly honda garage :D
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    After changing the VSA -what next?

    looks like you have a duff used vsa modulator. what people do not seam to understand is that unless the unit is brand new, you can not garentie the 66-01 fault is not preasent. you allso need a HDS computer to carry out a neutral learn, calibrating the new vsa modual to the car. this is the...
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    Accord CD Radio issue

    i am afraid you will need to provide a honda dealer with the chassy number of your old car and the full seriel number of the radio unit. the numbers you have written are not the seriel number of the unit. have you sold the headunit yet or are you making sure you have the code before you list it...
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    Broken Turbo Unit not covered under extended warrantee

    that is a lot of miles! i presume the car had a service at leist every 12,500 miles? for some manufacturers turbo failure etc are a lot more common, but credit to honda as there good will gesture seams very good! its not a difficult job to replace either so at leist labour should be reasonable...
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    injector clamp and seal

    you have been well and truely stuffed here. surely you could hear the chuffing when you bought it? if you manage to get the injectors out just make sure they are fitted the same as they came out else you will have to get the injector quantity ammount re-coded at a honda dealer. use new copper...
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    injector clamp and seal

    by the looks of things someone has removed your injector because it was leaking. there should only be one copper washer on the base of the injector. you menchon there is a 10mm bolt and washer holding the injector in? i would suspect whoever tryed to tighten the old bolt down has stripped the...
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    Flasher / Turn signals not working

    first and foremost check all your fuses. the security flasher circuit is separate to the hazzard and turn signal so that can be ruled out as it is working and allso the bulbs. the hazzard circuit has a separate fuse. it may well be the hazard relay but allways start with the fuses.
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    Spring Rates

    i had a peugeot 306 which i slammed 60mm at the front and 90mm at the rear.......on standard shocks! i went through 3 droplinks, 2 lower ball joints and both front shockers were beginging to leak. at this point i was so sick of the s**** ride and the fact i hit my subframe every 5 mins on...
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    Light Tapping Sound

    his names stuart prince. he didnt get selected to reprisent the uk, its on the web sumware. anyway cheers cj, ile let everyone know how we both get on
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    Spring Rates

    you have to go back to fundamentals here. what is the suspention for?..............................to keep your tyres in contact with the road!. a change of spring load/rate will afftect the dampers (dampening) effect. otherwise the bounce created from the spring allone would cause the tyre to...
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    Light Tapping Sound

    the lad who came seccond in last years final was in my class yeh. wasnt gatwick, sumware in derby
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