I would like to start by Saying hello, and thanking whoever started this forum it is really a goldmine of information. As for my intro I'm CNCTOOLTEK and as the name implies I work on cnc machine tools. I have owned Honda cars in the past and have been amazed with their dependability. My first Accord, an 86 model had close to 300k on it when I sold it. The only reason I had to get rid of it was that I had to have a truck.
So-- now my reason for logging in. My son just graduated (yeah thats right I'm an old dude) and I found a cheap ($1000.) 91 Accord to get him to work. After a test drive we knew that this car was in need of a brake job in a major way, an easy fix so I thought. When to my horror we couldn't remove the hubs or rotors, I started scouring the web for info. We found that the knuckle must be removed to pull the hub and rotor. I then came across a thread that said that by using a slide hammer you could seperate the bearing in the hub, somewhat risky but wort it if you were not up for dis-assembling the front end of the car. Suprisingly it worked as advertised. Total cost for the front brake job (new rotors - pads - caliper rebuild kits and brake fluid ) with AutoZone parts was right at $100.00 and it stops just great.
Now comes some more technical problems
We're getting the CEL light. Following the info from this site I found we were gettin a code 14 and a code 3. More digging and found the IACV might be the problem. We cleaned the IACV and to be honest it wasn't all that dirty.
We reset the OBD and after driving for about 10-15 min. CEL comes back on. Pulled codes again and we get code 4 and 3.
So now I guess I'll have to get a manifold pressure sensor but why would i get a code 4????
The only thing I can figure is we did use some de-greaser and wash the engine off. I did notice that the tach bounced around for a while. I figured that some water got into the distributor cap or some of the plugs.
Anybody have some tips on this ?
Thanks
So-- now my reason for logging in. My son just graduated (yeah thats right I'm an old dude) and I found a cheap ($1000.) 91 Accord to get him to work. After a test drive we knew that this car was in need of a brake job in a major way, an easy fix so I thought. When to my horror we couldn't remove the hubs or rotors, I started scouring the web for info. We found that the knuckle must be removed to pull the hub and rotor. I then came across a thread that said that by using a slide hammer you could seperate the bearing in the hub, somewhat risky but wort it if you were not up for dis-assembling the front end of the car. Suprisingly it worked as advertised. Total cost for the front brake job (new rotors - pads - caliper rebuild kits and brake fluid ) with AutoZone parts was right at $100.00 and it stops just great.
Now comes some more technical problems
We're getting the CEL light. Following the info from this site I found we were gettin a code 14 and a code 3. More digging and found the IACV might be the problem. We cleaned the IACV and to be honest it wasn't all that dirty.
We reset the OBD and after driving for about 10-15 min. CEL comes back on. Pulled codes again and we get code 4 and 3.
So now I guess I'll have to get a manifold pressure sensor but why would i get a code 4????
The only thing I can figure is we did use some de-greaser and wash the engine off. I did notice that the tach bounced around for a while. I figured that some water got into the distributor cap or some of the plugs.
Anybody have some tips on this ?
Thanks
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