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Hi all,
I have a facelift accord tourer oil burner, has been running well (especially after remap, thanks Fahad). it just touched 86k and long overdue a darned good service. Deciding to have a crack at it myself, looked through the service guide on here (great work chaps). Being somewhat unplanned and also impatient, I stumbled into my local Honda dealer (Johnsons in Beaconsfield) with some shpeal about belonging to 'type accord' and that they have a deal with HH for a better discount... Bla bla, and asked if they'd do a deal?
RESULT!!! they gave trade and a bit more. Not sure if it's as good a deal as HH but, I bought all the service bits (less engine oil) for £109.62 for and new blade wipers and front pads for £60. Total for me was £170 which should have been £210. I was happy. Next due to my impatience I went to find some 0w30 oil, and the only place was Halfrauds ... Castrol Edge £46.99 for 4 litres, so that stung at nearly £94!!! The 3/8 square key for the gearbox plugs was £2.64 from Allparts.
Anyhow the purpose for this was to discuss changes I could see in the facelift service ( so far). By so far I mean I got 1/2 way there today and was hampered by lack of light. Intend on finishing tomorrow.
So this is how I got on. I can't vouch for how different this is to the pre facelift (as never had one), but these are a couple of bits that seemed different to the guide on here.
Under tray - 2 long bolts and 4(or 5) Honda two piece clips at front, 2 shorter bolts back and 1 clip in the NS wheelarch, and 2 in the OS wheel arch (the second is a bit hidden, managed through feel)
oil filter - same process as pre facelift
Oil drain -same process as pre facelift
Air filter -same process as pre facelift
Pollen filter - same process as pre facelift, 2 screws under glovebox and it falls away. Filter in tray behind. Really easy!
The 2 items left are fuel filter and gearbox oil. Will tackle tomorrow ( fingers crossed). What I did notice is the fuel filter looks COMPLETLEY different in the car installation AND it's a Denso unit. I'll add some photos when I figure out how to remove it. (Honda part H16901-RJL-E01). I'll put some photos on tomorrow when I figure how to get it apart. (not sure how to uplad photos from my hard drive, it asks for an HTTP link??? Anyone help?)
The other difference I think (but could be wrong) was in the windscreen wipers (front). It had blade type wipers when I bought it, I had changed to aftermarket metal ones, which were rubbish and missed a large section on the passenger side. Bought the original blade types from Honda which look good and work really well. (Honda parts H76620SEAJ11 and H76630SEAJ11 )
Anyhow will update with pics tomorrow (hoping it doesn't rain)
I have a facelift accord tourer oil burner, has been running well (especially after remap, thanks Fahad). it just touched 86k and long overdue a darned good service. Deciding to have a crack at it myself, looked through the service guide on here (great work chaps). Being somewhat unplanned and also impatient, I stumbled into my local Honda dealer (Johnsons in Beaconsfield) with some shpeal about belonging to 'type accord' and that they have a deal with HH for a better discount... Bla bla, and asked if they'd do a deal?
RESULT!!! they gave trade and a bit more. Not sure if it's as good a deal as HH but, I bought all the service bits (less engine oil) for £109.62 for and new blade wipers and front pads for £60. Total for me was £170 which should have been £210. I was happy. Next due to my impatience I went to find some 0w30 oil, and the only place was Halfrauds ... Castrol Edge £46.99 for 4 litres, so that stung at nearly £94!!! The 3/8 square key for the gearbox plugs was £2.64 from Allparts.
Anyhow the purpose for this was to discuss changes I could see in the facelift service ( so far). By so far I mean I got 1/2 way there today and was hampered by lack of light. Intend on finishing tomorrow.
So this is how I got on. I can't vouch for how different this is to the pre facelift (as never had one), but these are a couple of bits that seemed different to the guide on here.
Under tray - 2 long bolts and 4(or 5) Honda two piece clips at front, 2 shorter bolts back and 1 clip in the NS wheelarch, and 2 in the OS wheel arch (the second is a bit hidden, managed through feel)
oil filter - same process as pre facelift
Oil drain -same process as pre facelift
Air filter -same process as pre facelift
Pollen filter - same process as pre facelift, 2 screws under glovebox and it falls away. Filter in tray behind. Really easy!
The 2 items left are fuel filter and gearbox oil. Will tackle tomorrow ( fingers crossed). What I did notice is the fuel filter looks COMPLETLEY different in the car installation AND it's a Denso unit. I'll add some photos when I figure out how to remove it. (Honda part H16901-RJL-E01). I'll put some photos on tomorrow when I figure how to get it apart. (not sure how to uplad photos from my hard drive, it asks for an HTTP link??? Anyone help?)
The other difference I think (but could be wrong) was in the windscreen wipers (front). It had blade type wipers when I bought it, I had changed to aftermarket metal ones, which were rubbish and missed a large section on the passenger side. Bought the original blade types from Honda which look good and work really well. (Honda parts H76620SEAJ11 and H76630SEAJ11 )
Anyhow will update with pics tomorrow (hoping it doesn't rain)
