I have received a letter from Honda recently and learned that there is a general recall on sparkling plugs. Check the following site.

http://www.honda.co.jp/recall/020711_853b.html

According to Honda, the engine and the gaskets of the sparkling plugs may not fit well, and there is a possibility that the gaskets may deform and get loose under high temperature while the engine is revolving high. When this happens, the vibrations from the engine wold make the plugs unstable and cause noise and misfire. The threads of the plugs would be damaged, and PGM-F1 warning signal would light up. If you kept on driving the car under these conditions, the leaked gas could melt the sparkling coil and cause short. The fuse for sparkling plugs may be cut off, and in the worst case scenario, the engine would stop and would not start again.

Solution: Change the sparkling plugs with the new ones that have redesigned gaskets on. Check the threads of the cylinder heads where the plugs are installed. Check also the ignition coil. If damaged parts are found, replace them with the new ones. In order to mark the checked engines, yellow paint is applied on the front most bolt of the cylinder head cover. Also, place a seal that shows the replacement parts numbers on the sparkling plug section of the owner's manual.

 

If any Canadian owners get the letter let us know. I want to get this fixed on mine as fast as possible. My plugs are torqued down to the max from the factory. Some guy was pretty pissed off or something and torqued everything that can be torqued on my car pretty tight.

 

I replaced my spark plugs recently with Iridiums because they were worn out. I wonder how suitable the NGK's washers are?

 

Checked with my dealer (McNatt Honda in Lewisville) and they were aware of the recall. They could not take action as they had not received the parts to correct the problem

 

For the complete story and a copy of the TSB go here:

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=69839