UPDATE about European Service Bulletin
07-01-2002, 03:52 PM
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1. Remove oil from the plug
2. Loosen the lower tie bar.
3. Loosen the oil pan bolts
4. Remove the 4 oil bolts inside the engine
5. Mount 4 new oil bolts (oil sprinkler that sprinkle oil under each piston)
6. Glue the oilpan
7. Mount the oilpan bolts
8. Mount lower tie bar with bolts (with anti seize glue)
9. Wait 1 hour to let the glue polymerise
10. Fill up oil
11. Remove old spark plugs
12. Insert new spark plugs
2. Loosen the lower tie bar.
3. Loosen the oil pan bolts
4. Remove the 4 oil bolts inside the engine
5. Mount 4 new oil bolts (oil sprinkler that sprinkle oil under each piston)
6. Glue the oilpan
7. Mount the oilpan bolts
8. Mount lower tie bar with bolts (with anti seize glue)
9. Wait 1 hour to let the glue polymerise
10. Fill up oil
11. Remove old spark plugs
12. Insert new spark plugs
07-01-2002, 04:47 PM
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Originally posted by BlueScream
1. Remove oil from the plug
2. Loosen the lower tie bar.
3. Loosen the oil pan bolts
4. Remove the 4 oil bolts inside the engine
5. Mount 4 new oil bolts (oil sprinkler that sprinkle oil under each piston)
6. Glue the oilpan
7. Mount the oilpan bolts
8. Mount lower tie bar with bolts (with anti seize glue)
9. Wait 1 hour to let the glue polymerise
10. Fill up oil
11. Remove old spark plugs
12. Insert new spark plugs
1. Remove oil from the plug
2. Loosen the lower tie bar.
3. Loosen the oil pan bolts
4. Remove the 4 oil bolts inside the engine
5. Mount 4 new oil bolts (oil sprinkler that sprinkle oil under each piston)
6. Glue the oilpan
7. Mount the oilpan bolts
8. Mount lower tie bar with bolts (with anti seize glue)
9. Wait 1 hour to let the glue polymerise
10. Fill up oil
11. Remove old spark plugs
12. Insert new spark plugs
07-01-2002, 05:02 PM
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Hope the recall is issued stateside. I don't need any problems down the road. Now I just need to find a dealer with a competent mechanic. (Oxymoron I know)
07-01-2002, 06:54 PM
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Originally posted by vapors2k
I hope they do that over here for us, if there isn't adequete oil getting there and they are fixing select engines, that's not right. I thought our engines already had oil squirters at the base of each cylinder spraying upwards.
I hope they do that over here for us, if there isn't adequete oil getting there and they are fixing select engines, that's not right. I thought our engines already had oil squirters at the base of each cylinder spraying upwards.
I looked the part number up on a couple of online Honda parts sites with no luck.
How much work it takes to do this depends on how difficult it will be to remove the oilbolts. If they come right out from oil pan access, it shouldn't be too difficult; no lifting the engine or taking off head, exhaust manifold, etc.
07-01-2002, 08:21 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Prolene
[B] It seems the two hole oil squirters are being replaced with 4 hole models, if these 'oilbolts' are the things doing the squirting.
[B] It seems the two hole oil squirters are being replaced with 4 hole models, if these 'oilbolts' are the things doing the squirting.
07-02-2002, 05:20 AM
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What caused the #4 cylinder problem? Was it insufficient oil pressure at the #4 cylinder? If it was insufficient oil pressure, then it seems that these new bolts would only make the problem worse. If Cylinders 1, 2, and 3 are all going to get more oil flowing through the 4 holes, then there would be even less pressure left over for cylinder 4.
07-02-2002, 03:00 PM
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I've been monitoring this topic since 6/18 and A) an excellent example of the benefit of a great forum such as this and B) this remainds me a little of the FD3S when it was first released (among other problems striaght out of the box, stock configuration left them prone to overheating, a real nightmare). Anyway, has anyone heard anything regarding the early MY2003's receiving this fix before they reach hit the US dealerships?
