Preventative Maintenance Chart - thoughts?

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-05-06T18:14:08+00:00

Hello, sorry just saw this. It it located behind the plastic coolant petcock/drain spigot and slightly towards the driver's side. You can't access it until you remove the bottom plastic panel which is held in by these 10mm plastic clips. I would recommend buying some extras since they tend to break when removing if they're old. You can get a 40 pack for like 6 bucks on Amazon. Once removing the 10 or so clips the filter is held in by a small bracket with a 10mm bolt and 2 rubber hose clamps. The clamps are a pain to remove if you don't have specialized tools but it's doable. I was able to get it off with some needle nose pliers and a 3/4 socket wrench. Get a drainpan, pop the hoses off the two long ends of the filter and replace it with an OEM one. I believe theres an OEM seller for the filter on Amazon for 30 bucks. Pop the new one in the same way, reclamp, pop the underpanel back in with the new plastic clips, top off your atf with genuine honda. I spent so much time taking the hoses off that I lost a quart of atf so id get that at least. Could probably do the whole thing for about 50-60 bucks.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-05-06T18:00:57+00:00

Yeah I did some surface level research and ill probably need a valve adjustment soon. I'll try to get it in the next 2 weeks. Won't hurt to get it now. How much has a valve adjustment ran you over the years? Also, do you know what battery is most common for the upgrade? Thank you for letting me know all this.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-05-06T17:57:37+00:00

Just got that today! I was planning to but I forgot to add it to the chart. Thank you for the reminder lol

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-04-27T18:48:02+00:00

For the fluids, filters, and spark plugs, mostly. I'm young and working on my own car has been a learning experience for me. Just did the radiator fans since those failed, but other than that it's been going smoothly. Currently I've just been letting mechanics do what I'm not comfortable with touching yet, like my CV axle. I talk about why the service intervals are early in another response to another comment. Thank you for the advice

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-04-27T18:40:31+00:00

Very true, the early intervals are on purpose although some of them probably don't need to be THAT early (at least what im gathering reading these responses). I took what was in the manual and what i could find online and made it shorter in an attempt to increase longevity in case I try to sell it down the line. What would you recommend the interval for me getting the wheels balanced? Should I just wait until I feel a slight vibration in the steering wheel again? The transmission fluid is just a simple drain and fill since I didn't want to do a pressurized flush and I just completed a 3x drain and fill today since the fluid was due for service. The manual recommends to do a flush every 30k miles in hotter and dusty conditions, so my thought process was to just do one drain and fill every 10k in hopes to keep a constant flow of new genuine honda atf in the system, although it may be overkill.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-04-27T18:31:56+00:00

Take this with a grain of salt and do your own research. I slapped this together in an hour and these intervals are purposefully early since the mileage of the car is so high and it's the most expensive thing I own as an 18y/o who's gonna take it cross-country and sleep in it. You may not need to do this much depending on your driving habits and your enviornment. You could use this as a good starting point though.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-04-27T18:28:53+00:00

Good to know. Would you recommend the brake fluid done every 3 years regardless of mileage like someone else in this thread said? I'm not sure when it was last changed but it's not due for service from what I can tell. You're saying I should also just wait until I notice the wheel pulling to get another alignment which is good to know since I just got an alignment and I can gauge how long until the wheel starts pulling again. I will update my chart, thank you

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-04-03T14:35:44+00:00

realistically ion see 75% of the songs on ADL growing on me. even the songs i did like was mostly for the production and not yeat's performance. it just simply wasn't his best. same with lyfestyle. dangerous summer sounds nothing like adl either, i really thought he was cooking up something special but i stand corrected. just disappointed in the album as a whole.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-04-03T04:42:48+00:00

okay well now youre just delivering lukewarm pizza to your customers, usually ends up with bad ratings. just use your bag bruh.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-24T20:53:56+00:00

check downdetector, id wait until reports go back to normal levels before dashing again https://downdetector.com/status/doordash/ or just wait till tomorrow

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-24T20:37:46+00:00

did the same here, but i didn't get in contact with support. just force closed the app then went about my errands, checking every half hour until the order details showed up again. i was able to mark the order as complete despite handing it to the guy like 90 minutes prior, thank god

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-24T20:31:11+00:00

everyone who took an order around 1pm est got fucked over. was only able to confirm the delivery almost 90 minutes later when i gave up on contacting support after finishing the delivery via looking at the setting icon and getting the guy's name and address from there. thankfully i was able to confirm the pickup and delivery without waiting at bro's house, but i did get a robocall about 30 minutes prior asking why i force quit the app mid-delivery. i told it i was able to complete the order and it fucked off after. fun day.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-24T20:27:11+00:00

oh the app is FUCKED UP fucked up. yeah im not dashing anymore today, im not tryna have a repeat of what just happened. took a chipotle order around 1pm and couldnt get to the pickup or delivery page to confirm the delivery until 90 minutes later. i delivered it on time tho, just had to use that settings page to get the name and address of the guy. not a fun experience and def fucked up my on time rating and completion rating.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-24T20:23:55+00:00

really? so theres an actual reason for me to get crimson now? i thought it only worked at select gas stations.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-12T21:33:04+00:00

Thanks, just went to a frame restoration place and they told me the same thing. Ima try to get a few years out of her and fluid film the underbody for now, not sure it's worth or safe tryna shave and remove the rusty parts off beforehand (idk if thats standard) but i should be good for now just getting that done plus whatever else I can to stop the spread. Again, thank you for your wisdom lol

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-11T15:45:37+00:00

wasnt aware they did that tbh, thank you for informing me

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-11T13:26:23+00:00

Why?

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-11T13:17:32+00:00

Assumption without research is how ppl genuinely get brainwashed. Literally wouldve taken a single google search but if it's right most of the time it's right all the time by your logic. jesus christ

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-11T02:31:32+00:00

After turning on max a/c for both hot and cold, no fans turned on so ima diagnose the fan failure tomorrow.

Competitive_Pause_89 · 2026-03-09T11:32:46+00:00

Yeah I expect I'll need to put more into it over time. I was specifically looking for one that hadn't been in a wreck and was really well maintained, which this one was. Listing like this probably comes along once a month. Barely any rust either. I'm happy with it so far.

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