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HI everyone, I dropped my car off yesterday morning for its 162500 service at my local Honda dealer, and got a call within an hour with some bad news — apparently I need a new timing chain as it's rattling. Fair enough, I'm thinking, it's quite high mileage. The only issue is that they want...

Hi everyone, I've a 56 Accord CDTi with 89k on it. Yesterday, at a couple of different times, I noticed that at idle, when I pressed the clutch down, there was a slightly irregular ticking noise that disappeared when the clutch was released. The thing is, it seems intermittent as while driving...

Hi everyone, Driving to work this morning, sitting in traffic, the check engine light came on. I tried the turning off and on with 30 second intervals as described in the manual, but it's still on. Mileage is 84k, and it's halfway through its second Shell VPD tankful. Does it need a visit to...

Hi everyone, Just picked up my Accord Tourer 2.2 i-CDTI. Just a quick question: having never owned a modern turbo diesel engined car before, I was just wondering whether it is normal to hear the turbo when the engine is cold. Once it's warmed through (which doesn't seem to take very long), the...

Hi everyone, I'm new here. We're looking at getting an estate car and I'm particularly interested in the Honda Accord Tourer diesel. We've found one for £6k, for an 06 EX model, (with Sat Nav and 17" wheels). My only concern is that it's done 117k miles. I expect I'll be putting 15-20,000...