Snap-on Honda-Specific Tools Up to Any Challenge
With Honda becoming one of the most popular vehicle makes in North America, Snap-on has developed 10 Honda-specific tools that will help service technicians take advantage of the service opportunities afforded by the ever-growing Honda vehicle population.
Tech Tip: Leaky Honda? Seal the Deal and Drive
If you detect an oil leak from the front, middle or rear of the engine on one of the models listed below, it’s probable that the cast aluminum engine block may be porous in spots. To correct the problem, seal the leak with J-B Weld or 3-Bond-coated sealing bolts, depending on the location of the leak.
Tech Tip: SKF Offers Part Numbers for Honda Front Wheel Bearing with Integrated ABS Tone Ring
SKF provides part numbers and technical information for double-row angular contact front wheel bearings with a split inner ring. The part numbers noted in this tech tip pertain to specific Honda applications. The distinctive feature of these wheel bearings is that one of the two seals on the bearing has a built-in magnetic impulse wheel.
Tech Tip: Ticking Noise Coming from Valve Train of Some Honda 2.2L Engines
There have been reports of a ticking noise coming from the valve train of some Honda 2.2L engines in 1995-’97 Accord applications and engine builders are curious as to the cause and the remedy. A probable cause for this condition is the intake rocker shaft clearance is excessive at the number two cylinder. To correct this condition, adjust the valve clearances or replace the ….
Honda Tech Tip: Dealing with EGR Issues
Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) has been used for years to control combustion temperature to prevent spark knock as well as control NOx emissions. For the most part, these systems were trouble-free and required service only if you were dealing with a spark knock issue, or if the valve opened too early, resulting in a tip-in acceleration stumble, or the more common, bad idle quality caused by the valve not closing completely at idle.
Tech Tip: Servicing Honda Knock Sensors
If the check engine light is on in a customer’s 1998 Honda Accord EX, with trouble code P0325, it could be caused by the knock sensor, the connection, wire harness or the Engine Control Module (ECM). Replace the knock sensor and the trouble code resets.
Honda Tech Tip: Diagnosing a Faulty Knock Sensor
If the check engine light is lit on a customer’s 1998 Honda Accord EX, with trouble code P0325, it could be caused by the knock sensor, the connection, wire harness or the Engine Control Module (ECM). Replace the knock sensor and the trouble code resets.
Honda Performance Upgrades
Service & Diagnostics Call it what you want — the compact performance market, sport compact market, import scene or the tuner market — but there’s no denying the import car performance segment has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade. According to SEMA’s 2006 Compact Performance Market Report, retail sales for this niche
Tech Tip: Honda Ticking Noise from the Engine
A ticking noise may come from the V6 engine of 1994-’97 Passports during normal operation. According to Honda, the probable cause is one or more hydraulic lash adjusters (HLAs) does not fully extend due to varnish buildup inside. This condition results from exceeding the required oil and filter change schedule.
Honda Tech Tip: MIL On/DTC P0133 Set
Some brands of fuel and/or fuel additive packages may create deposits at the fuel injector tips. This buildup may cause slight air/fuel deviations between each cylinder. Buildup of these deposits, when coupled with very specific driving conditions, may cause the MIL to come on and the powertrain control module (PCM) to store DTC P0133.