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So today I finally decided to start tackling this. Car has been sitting since last I wrote anything here. Decided to start by disconnecting coolant hoses from the turbo. Noticed that there was no standing coolant in the first hose I disconnected. I expect there to be standing water here as it is...

Ok so I managed to get the heat shield off without removing the A/F sensor, as that would have required some sort of special tool to get at with the heat shield in place. I think you're supposed to take the A/F sensor off first though as a bit of persuasion was necessary to negotiate the shield...

I went poking around a bit yesterday and sprayed what I could access with penetrating fluid. Could only really get to the big heat shield that covers the exhaust manifold, hot side of the turbo, DPF and what have you. I'll see if I can get the heat shield off today to get a bit more access and...

Thank you for your reply. I'm reasonably handy, in theory removing, cleaning and putting it back should be within my comfort zone. But in practice the bolts will be completely seized, I'll probably break off a stud, round off a head etc.. Maybe I'll start poking at it and see if I feel...

Dear Type Accord community, After 11 years and 220 000 or so km added by me(for a total of ~320k) the engine in my trusty Honda has now come to a point where it is experiencing issues. And has shown it's Check engine light for real for the first time (i.e. not by me either me forgetting to...