JayC07

What kind of things do you guys do to your cars, year round, to help out on the reliability of your S?

Like... what should you re grease and when? Or do you put any additives to your fuel? Stuff like this.. Nothing is wrong with my car but I want it to always run 110% so I have a better chance of nothing failing me down the road

Moddiction

Just keep up with you maintenance and check your oil.

dc2-2-ap1

Just keep up with regular maintenance and use quality parts / fluid. I prefer to use oem fluids (coolant, mtf and brake/clutch) only fluids I use that are not Honda fluid is diff fluid (Honda diff fluid will cause damage), oil (Mobil 1) and brake fluid (ate brake fluid- only necessary if tracking or autox'ing- the Honda stuff is sufficient for majority of people) and if an oem part fails I replace it with either a new one from Honda or a used one from someone parting out a totaled vehicle ( that is, if I have not replaced it with a quality performance product: such as exhaust, intake, ect) I don't buy parts from autozone, advanced, ect.

S2K_@L3X

the easiest thing to do to keep everything up to date, is to replace all your fluids(engine oil, radiator, brake and clutch fluid, transmission(people really like the GM stuff but i kept it honda, diff (prefferably RedLine or Amsoil , honda oil is a little to thin).then replace your spark plugs, and try not to fall into the whole additive scam, they could clog your injector, etc... unless its something like techron, then maybe. also make sure your serpetine belt is good and just try to keep an eye and ear on anything odd and it should treat you very good for a long time.
oh yeah and if you DIY you can do everything at the fraction of the cost for everything unless your not mechanically inclined. for exmaple, i did all of my fluid changes all for the price of just a transmission oil change at the dealer(its outrages how much they want to charge to remove 2 bolts and pump oil) but i also bought all my lubes online, so if you really want to save money buy some stuff online and it will come out even cheaper and have the peace of mind it was done right.

JayC07

Thanks guys! I was just curious

Zoomie

Possibly the best thing about doing your own maintenance is that it teaches you your way around the car and builds up a really solid picture in your mind for "that doesn't look right/sound right/smell right" later down the road. I have always had good luck with Royal Purple and Honda fluids/filters/spark plugs ordered online from HandA. Next change I may try Redline. Amsoil is supposedly magical, but I haven't had the chance to give it a go yet, nor really felt like I needed it.

JayC07

I most definitely follow the maintenance schedule... I actually just changed my oil and used 10w30 Amsoil

InTheZone

Run synthetic, change oil regularly(I do 5,000-7500 miles, oil is still gold), change oil filter with every oil change. Just for a little extra bit of care I'd run magnetic drain plugs. I've heard of cheap ones breaking off, never had a problem with Mfactory plugs

Don't rev motor up when cold starting, I cringe whenever I hear people do this trying to show off.

Don't hard launch car from a stop

Check engine oil weekly, same with coolant and other fluids.

I would do a transmission fluid change once every second engine oil change. I'd probably do diff fluid at the same rate as transmission fluid.

Follow whatever the manual says for suspension components

Some of this may be obvious, just throwing it out if you didn't know.

Hickey322

Dang mine is black after 1000 miles, let alone 7500.

mazelmazelgoodthings

Yea but black oil doesn't necessarily mean bad oil.