Jugglez

Everyone's so into the whole mod thing I was wondering if you're all keeping up with maintenance like you should be???

Last week I did an oil and filter change (Castrol GTX 5w30 and Honda filter). Just today I cleaned out my throttle body, intake manifold and throttle cable/butterfly. Took 5 minutes and the car runs noticeably better, with improved throttle response down low.

Within the next month I'll be changing my spark plugs, air filter, distributor cap/rotor, cleaning my brakes, and doing another oil change. Then a month after that it's a valve adjustment, and if all goes well I'll be switching to synthetic with another oil change.

Yeah maintenance ain't cheap, but why mod your car if you're not gonna maintain it? Food for thought.

OverKill

Yep, I got my oil changed last week with a new filter while I was getting my car lowered.

I am taking my car in to Altech in about an hour to have the bearings in my tranny changed out with new ones.

You never can tell what used trannys will do on a track under the strain of a launch.

In about a month or so I am gonna be scraping all the crap and gunk off my calipers and getting new rotors, checking the lines etc. Either that or just get new rotors and those python 4 piston calipers if I can afford 'em (in the front) and clean up the rear ones.

Soon I will be replacing my plugs and wires as well.

Regards,
OK

Jugglez

Cool. Anyone else?

imported_loudsubz

Maintenance? Whats that?

Import Racer

What product did you use to clean your throttle body? I want to clean mine to, but I haven't bought anything to clean it yet. What product are you using?

imported_Junior

I'm doing the timing belt and water pump that I should have done when I did the swap. New set of ignition wires, plugs, all three drive belts, and transmission fluid.

EL_Sport

I just booked my 72,000 km service (oil change, brake service, brake fluid change, coolant flush, spark plugs, etc.) for next Tuesday when I'm off. My car is under extended warranty so I have to be sure to follow the maintance schedule, even though I always do, warranty or not.

imported_Stock Si

I just got my oil changed today, and i ordered my floor mats, do you know they charged me 144 for damn floor mats! Damn that sucked!... But who is the sucker cause i bought them!..lol..

SiR-Racer

yes i follow the maintenance schedule pretty closely. but i always just use the mileage (km's) and not time period as my indicator of when things need to be done. is this ok? i mean i dont drive my car very often so usually the time period is over well before i'm even close to the mileage point for an oil change.

night_sleeper

Oil change = a week ago (with oil treatment)
New air filter = today

Since I got my car about 3 months ago I didn't know how long ago everything was changed, so I went and bought everything for a major tune-up (i.e. platinum spark plugs, wire, distributor cap and rotor, etc). So I went to my buddy's house only to discover that everything had been done when I bought the car, bonus for me

R0Y

had oil change last week.... Redline synthetic
cleaned air filter and tb .... but I still think the tb is not clean enough still can see some carbon deposits .... maybe I was doing it wrong

imported_v33k

What products do you guys use to clean up the TB??

Is it the liquid that injected into the TB and the car smoke like a coal burning power plant for the next few minutes?

imported_silverEl

Which ever comes first u should be changin your oil. Even though u don't drive that much and don't use that much KM's the oil in you car has a time period. Something like a expiry date, that's why they put the date down too.

Even if u never drove your car when the date comes by u should be changing the oil, it looses its consistency and doesn't coat as well as it should.

HTH

OverKill

Enroute to Altech today, blew a balljoint on the front right hand side during my 401 escapades.

$80.00 more down the tubes.

Eventually I'll have a brand spanking new 2002 1992 Civic

Regards,
OK

90hatchsi

I try to follow whats in the maintenance book and so far so good. Soon I should get the timing adjusted, spark plugs, wires, engine flush, distributor cap and rotor done.

Legacy73

just spent $600 getting my type 4 service. Have to get my timing belt changed in a month. I hate doing maintenance it costs so much money, but without a car i can't make no money so what can you do.

Jugglez

I use throttle body cleaner in a spray can, you can buy it at Canadian tire. To apply it just remove your intake pipe, start up the car and spray like nutz while opening the throttle body manually. This will clean out your TB and IM at the same time. It's cheap and makes a world of difference if you do it regularly. Only costts like $5-$6 bucks. And yes v33k your car is gonna smoke like crazy if you kill the whole can. I usually only use half a can each time though.

Nice to see everyone is maintaining their car.

And yeah you should change your oil at least every 3 months, even if you don't drive alot, and especially if you're using dino oil.

Import Racer

What brand are you using? When you say open up the throttle body manually, you mean just pushing the plate up with your finger, right?
Also, is it necessary to use half a can? That sounds like a lot.

imported_94EG6HB

PCV valve replacement
Fuel filter replacement
Thermostat replacement
Engine flush
Oil and filter change
Tranny flush
Tranny fluid change
Radiator flush
Coolant change
New NGK spark plugs
New NGK spark plug wires
Timing adjustment
Bleed brake system
Brake fluid change
Fuel Injector Cleaner
Power Steering fluid change
Throttle cable adjustment
Cleaned throttle body and intake manifold

Jugglez

That list looks so familiar, you sure you didn't just cut 'n paste "someone" else's info??

Import Racer: it's called "Throttle Body Cleaner" and it's made by Motomaster. By manually opening the throttle I mean pulling on that little flap that your thottle cable runs to. ( some people call it a butterfly). Pulling on it will open the throttle plate. And use whatever amount you feel is necessary. I usually use half a can.