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Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-22-2014, 10:15 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 100,507
Posted By de63

Re: Check your valve clearances at 50K miles (or less) and not 105K as Honda recommen

Okay...no one seems to be interested, but I'll keep trying...

Last night, did an approximately 60-mile round trip, to DIA and back. Had a reader on the whole time, and both ST and LT numbers were...
Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-20-2014, 11:37 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 100,507
Posted By de63

Re: Check your valve clearances at 50K miles (or less) and not 105K as Honda recommen

Okay, so... just got back from a trip to the grocery and a couple of other stops. Had the reader on, and here's what I saw:

I idled in the driveway for a couple of minutes, after first starting....
Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-20-2014, 09:41 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,062
Posted By de63

Re: '05 Pilot 301 code question

OK. Gotcha.


Being that we bought this thing at 155k with no service history, I'm wagering this is in my future. Luckily, if you look beyond the dealership "beauty buff'n'spray" you can tell it's...
Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-19-2014, 09:15 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 100,507
Posted By de63

Re: Check your valve clearances at 50K miles (or less) and not 105K as Honda recommen

aaahhhh. Much more sense. Thank you.
No one has ever really explained that to me, honestly. I came by the reader in a circuitous fashion, so I've been using it to diagnose codes more than deeper...
Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-19-2014, 06:27 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 100,507
Posted By de63

Re: Check your valve clearances at 50K miles (or less) and not 105K as Honda recommen

Help me understand something, here...
1) these clues you list, are they for a properly-operating system, or the indicator of trouble with valve clearance?...and...
2) when you say " <-12% LTFT ",...
Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-19-2014, 06:12 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,062
Posted By de63

Re: '05 Pilot 301 code question

step 0.5: Read original post. =)
That being said, I hadn't thought about swapping injectors... good point. :thumbup:



Ah. See, that's a useful piece of info I've not seen here, yet. Makes...
Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-17-2014, 07:16 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,062
Posted By de63

Re: '05 Pilot 301 code question

well, hell... the code is back. Showed up yesterday, also got the VTM-4 light. Cleared them both but..now what? EGR valve?
Forum: Introduce Yourself
07-12-2014, 03:43 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 464
Posted By de63

New here from Colorado

I'm a Ford guy, raised on 'em, turned my first wrenches on 'em. However, I now run an '02 Liberty after selling my trusted '95 Explorer owned for 14 years (long in the tooth at 209K, Liberty was...
Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-12-2014, 02:38 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,062
Posted By de63

Re: '05 Pilot 301 code question

Seems it may not be as much a priority.... we've driven about 105 miles today and no CEL; I cleared codes yesterday evening and nothing shows up, so maybe a simple clean and re-gap did the trick. Got...
Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-11-2014, 07:21 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,062
Posted By de63

Re: '05 Pilot 301 code question

Yeah... I knew which coil I was taking off. :beer:
No worries. Not offended. Didn't feel you were being mean.

5224's were not oily. One had visible carbon buildup. All were out of spec on gap....
Forum: Honda Minivans, Crossovers, and Trucks
07-11-2014, 06:50 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,062
Posted By de63

'05 Pilot 301 code question

Picked up the Pilot yesterday. Naturally, a CEL came on as we drove off the lot. Reader says 301, so I swapped the coils between cylinders 1 and 3 to see if the issue followed it, but it did not....
Forum: Acura TL, RL & ZDX
07-10-2014, 06:43 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 970,553
Posted By de63

Re: IF YOU NEED A RADIO CODE, PLEASE READ THIS THREAD.

Just picked up her '05 Pilot today. No owner's manuals or any of that stuff, so of course the radio's locked. Got the serial numbers, via the usual key combo. Problem is, when I'm on...
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