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well, dropped the car off at honda for it to be checked out, turns out the new battery was duff. new battery fitted, all is well. on the plus side they told me that my exhaust manifold is cracked (in the usual place) and they'll fix it under warranty as soon as they get the part in. mat.

definitely try cleaning first, have you seen the price of a new caliper!! mat.

i did pop the boot off and check the pistons, but they seemed clean so i just worked them in and out for a bit to free them up. mat.

i had similar on mine, disc and wheel getting very hot, didn't notice it until i was getting the bike off the roof one day and could feel the heat on my leg! on the journey back i started hearing the tell tale squeak of brake pads nearing the limit. took them out and compared them to the pads...

mine was terrible last year, had to abandon it! also had to let all the air out the tires to get it into a place to abandon it! mat.

i am only encountering a 0.03A leakage from the battery with the engine off, i don't think the alternator is causing my problems as it charges the battery no problem and there is hardly any leakage when the car is off. one thing i haven't checked (which i should have done really!) is the...

multimeter set up like this: disconnected the negative terminal and then joined the multimeter in series, red to the cables, black to the terminal, also tried it on the positive. i checked the drain with the engine off and doors closed (0.03A) then turned on the interior light ect. to check...

battery on 10.4 volts this morning, current drain still at 0.03A at both + and - terminals, jumped it and took it out for an hour drive. battery voltage with the car off after the drive: 12.61V tried to start it straight away, car turned over once and then tried to turn over again, then did...

thanks for all the comments, given me a few things to check, you kinda get one go at the moment and it either starts or it doesn't, sometimes you can tell it's a little weak but it still starts, or it doesn't start at all. my drive to work is 25+ minutes on the motorway, then a 12 hour shift...

almost exactly the same symptoms tbh and iirc the battery lasted a similar amount of time, however, this new battery does it somewhat intermittently, whereas the old battery did it all the time. unfortunately i do not have the old battery and i am struggling to find where the cranking amps are...

the current drain is only 0.03 amps though when the engine is off? also bear in mind that the voltages and amps were checked this morning after the car had a totally flat battery. i have just disconnected both negative and positive terminals and the voltage still reads 12.48V mat.

hi guys i have recently replaced the battery on my accord (battery from dealership using reg plate) following trouble starting it, all seemed well at first, but the problem has come back. if the car is left for 6+ hours it won't start, it turns over a couple of times slowly and then just...

doesn't look like it, looks to be the one that came with the car? it has all the relevant bits in the beginning filled in and stamped by the dealership and the dates and stamps in the service section look to have been done at the times and dates stated (i ***ume that if it was a second book...

had another look at my Honda books, in the manual it says 'in EU countries, follow the Maintenance Schedule in the Service Book that came with your vehicle.' which i presume is this: and in here it says this: all the Honda Dealership stamps are in the 'variable service history record'...

that's pretty cool - i'd do the same! sainsburys and tesco are the only fuel stations that aren't 2-3 miles out of my way, which also helps. mat.

work journeys: social journeys it's more like 40 on the screen as i usually have at least two downhill bikes on the roof!! brilliant compared to the type r i had before!! mat.

the cheapest diesel i can find... normally sainsburys. the way i see it is we don't have crap fuel in this country, we are a developed country after all! and secondly, where does sainsburys get its fuel? from the big boys of course. fuel is expensive enough and the nectar and clubcard points...

going to get some castrol 0w30 (as advised by you guys) with my halfords trade card, then i'll pop into honda for the oil filter and fuel filter, may get a k&n air filter if they do one as it will work out cheaper in the long run! do the tappets/glow plugs or something need doing as well? - i'm...

was that at honda? think i'll be getting a local chap to do mine for me, if i pick up all the filters and oil on the cheap it shouldn't cost too much! mat.