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Hi all, 2yrs into my ownership of my Civic FK3 I'm tempted to consider offloading it and upgrading to an 8th gen tourer. I never liked the 7th gen tourer, but deffo could see myself in an 8th gen. My Civic has proved to be a good buy, in 2yrs its only had a few minor hiccups, but TBH although...

Hi All, I've just stripped off my intake to investigate a suspected jammed EGR and yep I've confirmed its jammed partially ( a few mm) open. It wasn't mega crusty inside, just a bit of surface soot. It started fine but was idling lumpy and smoking, plus I've just run a fault code check and...

Hi All, SPUTNIK was one of the very high mile(268k) CN1's on this forum which I've had since early 2009. I decided in spring to find a smaller stablemate and hence SPUTNIK_II the Civic FK3 EX is my new ride. In those weeks I was planning to sell SPUTNIK-I, it had a bunch of niggles occur, such...

Hi all, Getting well cheesed off chasing the cause on a hot starting glitch on my 2004 Accord I-CTDI. Having replaced the CAM sensor which made no difference, its now time to look at replacing the CRANK sensor. I've researched the part and believe its 37500-RBD-E01 / Bosch 0 281 002 659. I...

..you waste hours fitting a part that isn't broken :blush: Sputnik-I is not letting go without a fight. Its ABS light came on after the MOT, obviously something got disturbed with all the poking & prodding. I had purchased a rear O/S sensor last year as the light popped up then...but went...

Hi all, not been on 'ere much but still running Sputnik. She's on 265K miles and despite a few knocks & creeks she's still patrolling the Manchester<>Leeds corridor of the M62. The MOT is end of June so I'm planning to get it ticket'd right on the 30days limit to give it 13months validity, plus...

Hi all, I stupidly opted to press the VSA off button before whilst in the wet to see if I could spin in 2nd. Of course I could and nope I didn't crash......but for my sins I now got THREE amber lights ( VSA/ABS & vsa warning triangle ). I'm hoping this will just....go away, as I've never had...

On my birthday today too...

Been giddy spending pots on money on Sputnik since its its general poor running has been remedied. I've just blown nearly £300 on getting a new A/C condensor fitted an the system regassed. But disappointingly I got it back tonight and its not working :-( Its going back in tomorrow as what I...

First tankful after getting Sputnik back with replacement injectors. Before : 36MPG After : just over 43MPG and might have been better if it wasn't for a 2 1/2 hr queue on the M62 this morning. Hoping a clearout of the intake/EGR might have an effect, maybe even a swap to my spare MAF sensor...

after a bad 2011 messing about with IMRC valve / new exhaust manifold and replacing MAF/MAP sensors I have finally got SPUTNIK back on track. It was doing 36 mpg , smoking heavily on boost and stalling/idling irratically in cold ambients. I luckily managed to get a full set of used injectors...

How doo all, Got a dead o/s rear stop bulb and a flickering n/s rear. A work mate tipped me off my car was only showing the rear window light :o So I need to quickly sort tomorrow. Just had a look and they are capless type, but can't tell the actual size. Does anyone know to save me...

Hi all, I finally called into the Rochdale dealership today just to ask what they'd charge to do a diagnostic on Sputnik. As it turned out they were quite helpful and I had a good 15 mins chat about its wonky idling/stalling and poor mpg. Anyhows, its booked in next weds for a 30mins diag on...

Hi all, would this be compatible with my Accord CN1 ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200678801121?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 It may well be the cylindrical body differs, but would the multiplug fit and the actual sensor portion be able to be unscrewed and swapped over ...

I always thought the air temp was measured as part of the MAF unit, hence is this eurocarparts a mistake ...

I've got a creaky balljoint...ooohh errr missus!! :blush: Sounds terrible when idling in traffic. Anyhows my recent £750 spend is not over yet, I know I've got a split CV gator , brake pads all round and a dry n/s bottom ball joint. So my plans are to bang it in the shop again and along...

Chaps I promised I searched before chucking this post in. Does anyone running OBD software know what max load fuel rail pressures they are getting? I've been running an Android app called torque with an ELM327 adaptor and max I get giving it full beans is a fraction over 1600bar ( like...

Hi, I know the principle that the EGR opens up a channel from the exhaust and feeds it to the inlet. And that its arguably the most useless lump ever designed ( apart from DPFs :-) ) But I just wanted to know when the EGR comes into play in the operational range of the engine. Is it at...

Hi all, has anyone ever took off / inspected their intercooler ? I'm on the lookout for a cheap 0281002658 MAF, but in the interim I wouldn't mind knowing whether its possible to strip off and clean out the intercooler without having to rip off all the front of the car getting to it. Can anyone...

Sputnik has been full serviced ( ALL filters ), new front tyres & tracking, and more importantly sporting its new exhaust manifold. £750 in part & labour ( I bought most of the stuff myself except tyres ), largley considered to my last big spend on her now. Feels like I've gained 20% more...