Recent content by RipRocK

Thanks for your quick answers, guys! Really, really appreciate'em!

I have an '08 Acura MDX and a few days ago, I got this "A1 service due soon" reminder and showing 15% oil life. I have more or less about 5,400mi/8,700KM on the odometer and this would be the first ever oil change on our X. Normally, I think the first oil change for this car's supposed to be...

I was planning on taking my new car, Acura MDX, on a trip which will consist mostly of highway driving of about 3000mile drive and been told that that's not such a good idea because you don't want to drive a brand new car on the highway for any extended amount if you can help before the car's...

Does anyone have know how this alteration in the formulation will affect the pourability point for the M1 oils? I know TR3-2001SE said above that the flash point is affected, so, can it be assumed that the pourability point will be like? Thanks.

Hey, T. Thanks for your reply. As for your question, this is cut&pasted from an article: The recall involves approximately 600,000 light trucks manufactured in the U.S. and Canada. Affected models include certain model year 2002, 2003 and early 2004 Honda Odyssey minivans; 2003 and early 2004...

Just found out that my car, '03 Honda Pilot, is under a transmission recall. When my car goes in tomorrow for the inspection, if there are no visible signs of damage (hoepfully not!), then an "oil jet kit" will be installed to supply more fluid to the 2nd gear, which is the subject of the...

Great, thanks Frank!

I was wondering what type of driving would be better suited to clean the engine using Auto-RX and to clean the tranny? A member over at auto-rx.com's forum told me that "Auto-rx does its thing with heat and agitation produced by the engine. More heat and agitation, as would be the case in...

Just took my Pilot in to get it diagnosed and it's been decided that the EGR valve will be replaced. Of course, the technician who took the error code a few days ago, with whom I had a discussion about possibly needing to replace it, never ordered one prior to today, so I have to wait until it...

Joel, cousincletus, thanks again for your quick replies. Even though I had the pinging from the beginning, it was faint and would only occur under moderately hard to hard load. So, your comments does ease my mind quite a bit. I'll take my car in this coming Tuesday and see what happens. Thanks...

Thanks to all of you for your quick replies. I really appreciate it. cousincletus, JTK: When I read about how a stuck EGR valve can make the engine ping, it made my heart sink. I've had a pinging noise issue, almost from the day I bought my new car, about 19 months/28,000miles/45,000KM ago now...

My 2003 Pilot finally threw up an error code which confirmed that I have an improperly functioning EGR valve. However, I've long suspected this because I've had the symptoms for about 9 months now. Could having had driven a car with a bad EGR valve for such a long time have inflicted any kind...

I see, I see. I gotcha now. Thanks again.

Thanks for your replies, gentleman. I'll cut & paste some excerpts of it to print and take it to my service advisor next time I'm getting my Pilot serviced. S2000driver: yeah, I have tried premium gas (91 octane) from several different national brands and the noise level and under which it...

Greetings, My 2003 Honda Pilot (3.5L V6 V-TEC, about 25,000miles now, have changed oil @3,000mile religiously and currently using Mobil1) makes this faint, but still noticeable pinging sound whenever the car's under moderately to hard load between 2K-3.5K RPM. I think above the 3.5K RPM, the...