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I recently got my oil pan and valve cover leaks fixed. The mechanic said its normal for residual oil to trickle down for a bit then stop. I noticed that the valve cover gaskets and oil pan Honda bond look kinda wet. Just the mating surface not a huge amount. I cleaned off the oil as best as I...

Which gasket maker would you guys recommend for the oil pan on an 05 Honda Civic? Its been leaking some oil and its time to fix it. Planning on using synthetic oil btw if that matters.

After buying my 05 Honda Civic and having no problems my parents decided to get their own. I came home from college and found an 03 Honda Civic A4 with 77k miles. I drove and felt great. When I opened the oil fill hole I was really surprised when I found some pretty bad varnish. The oil in it...

I'm changing the thermostat on my civic and want to drain and refill the cooling system. Can you mix Honda Blue Coolant with regular green coolant that you get from autozone? The car currently has green in it.

Im curious about Royal Purple's API certified synthetic oil and want more info, specifically 0W20. The RP web site is lacking when compared to other websites. I have looked for an VOA but have yet to see any. Anyone else have anymore info?

My dad is considering getting a new car and he is leaning towards Toyotas and Hondas. I know Hyundai has gotten a lot better but how reliable are these cars? They introduced a lot of GDI engines within the last few years and I wanted to know how reliable are these engines. My dad is looking for...

My 2005 Honda Civic is due for a timing belt and water pump job. I was planning on doing this myself but cannot because I am busy in college. Do you guys recommend doing this at a Pepboys or Firestone or have a local shop do it? I dont know any decent shops so I would have to take a chance on...

I have an 05 Honda Civic. I recently took a trip with my car completely full and started to notice my car was making a loud clicking noise from the rear when I hit bumps or turned left. I usually never have people in the back of my car so I had never noticed. When I inspected the rear I noticed...

I have an 05 Honda Civic (5spd) and want to know if this car needs to have the differential fluid changed. I recently changed the tranny fluid but wondered if the axles shared the same the same fluid as the manual tranny. Thanks.

I am planning on changing the oil pan gasket on my 05 Honda Civic due to a minor leak. Has anyone had any experience with replacing a Honda oil pan gasket? I've read that I should install the gasket dry, install with gasket and rtv in certain spots, and also install with no gasket just THE RIGHT...

I noticed today that PP 0W20 no longer has superior active cleansing agents but rather just active cleansing agents. Do you think the formula changed?

My 05 Honda Civic has had PP 0w20 for the past 4k miles and I have to say I really like it. I bought the PP to clean up the engine since buying it and not knowing the OCI history. I was planning on switching to M1 0W20 but after using PP I really like it since its easily available at WM for $22...

I have a 2005 Honda Civic EX with VTEC and wanted to know what the OEM OCI is. I've read 7500, 10k miles, and even 5k so Im curious to know what the manual says. If someone has an 01-05 Honda Civic with vtec and has a manual I'd greatly appreciate your help. Thanks.

What is the most fuel efficient fluid that can be used in a Honda manual transmission? Is the fluid trivial in respect to fuel efficiency? I am deciding between Honda MTF, Redline, and Amsoil...thanks

I just got a honda civic thats stick and I want to change to the manual transmission fluid to a synthetic one. Any recommendations?

I just bought a 2005 Honda Civic with the 1.7 D17A2 engine. It only has 92 k miles and runs amazing. Here are some pics of the car and oil fill tube. I will be taking it to college next year and will most likely do year OCI (about 10k miles) on a synthetic. It currently has PP 0W20. Let me know...

Does Mobil make any manual transmission fluid? preferably synthetic.

I wanted to compare M1 cleaning power to PU so I did two 4k intervals on each oil. I took before and after pictures so you guys can see. The result IMO is that they clean very similar but PU did clean a tad better. From the pictures, the PU looks a lot better because of the flash but from my...

I have been comparing 0W20 specs to 5W20 oils. What makes a 0W20? I see Pennzoil Ultra's 5W20 is 47.43 @ 40 degrees celsius and 8.4 @ 100 degrees celsius... this is very similar to Amsoil's 0W20 at 46.7 degrees celsius @40 degrees and 8.8 @ 100 degrees celsius. Pour points are also very similar...

Did anyone notice that Amsoil updated their 0W20 ASM oil specs. It now says 170 VI and a lower visc 46.7 at 40C. The noack went from 8.4 to 9.3. I wonder when this change was made.