Just bought a 2004 accord, I bought it for a reasonable price I think, £2300 with 154k miles on the clock. It had full history ect. Me being in Devon and the car in Staines I sent a friend up to collect it. Basically I took a £2300 punt.
When I got it back I learned of his trouble with it going into limp mode, and looked suspiciously at the 6 or 7 Magic trees I took them down and shoved them into the glove box.... I'll get to that.
Ive had all filters replaced (geniune ones!) and a complete drain down and re-fill of 0-30 oil.He free'd up some solenoid thing and reset the OBD error codes and so far they haven't come back (P1065 & P2004)
While I was getting all this work done I ask my friendly mechanic to check out the exhaust system, lo and behold he finds its blowing, very, very slightly from the manifold. This explains the magic trees, seems the seller was using them to mask any smell.
Im a little peeved, as the seller knew I was buying this car for my wife, child, soon to be born baby son , oh and the dog (who Im currently blaming for this whole thing). I asked him, the seller not the dog, specifically if he knew of any faults. He seemed like a good sort....
Anyway I've set up a parts search as having blown our budget on the car and the major service we have little left for these repairs so I'm hoping to snag one from a scrap yard.
Questions:
1) Is this advisable?
2) How much do you think I'll be paying in labor, how long does it take to fit?
3) I dont want to get a 2nd hand part that's the old design, how can I tell its the revised type of exhaust manifold?
I knew it would have been cheaper to get rid of the dog...We have a civic and it just wasn't big enough for 2 kids and their luggage and pushcairs and the ****** dog.
Regards
Boomer
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When I got it back I learned of his trouble with it going into limp mode, and looked suspiciously at the 6 or 7 Magic trees I took them down and shoved them into the glove box.... I'll get to that.
Ive had all filters replaced (geniune ones!) and a complete drain down and re-fill of 0-30 oil.He free'd up some solenoid thing and reset the OBD error codes and so far they haven't come back (P1065 & P2004)
While I was getting all this work done I ask my friendly mechanic to check out the exhaust system, lo and behold he finds its blowing, very, very slightly from the manifold. This explains the magic trees, seems the seller was using them to mask any smell.
Im a little peeved, as the seller knew I was buying this car for my wife, child, soon to be born baby son , oh and the dog (who Im currently blaming for this whole thing). I asked him, the seller not the dog, specifically if he knew of any faults. He seemed like a good sort....
Anyway I've set up a parts search as having blown our budget on the car and the major service we have little left for these repairs so I'm hoping to snag one from a scrap yard.
Questions:
1) Is this advisable?
2) How much do you think I'll be paying in labor, how long does it take to fit?
3) I dont want to get a 2nd hand part that's the old design, how can I tell its the revised type of exhaust manifold?
I knew it would have been cheaper to get rid of the dog...We have a civic and it just wasn't big enough for 2 kids and their luggage and pushcairs and the ****** dog.
Regards
Boomer
I
