Honda DIY Gone Wrong - Misfire on EVERY Cylinder! - Bizarre Diagnosis
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2023
- I've seen some weird stuff, but this might just take the cake. 2009 Honda Accord barely runs with misfire codes on every cylinder.
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Hey Wes here is the answer to your conundrum with this car:
"Door handle is upside down." Thanks, I hate it.
You definitely are not "the bad guy " when it comes to denying repairs . It is a great standard to live by , integrity! . Not to mention as you say , getting sued out the Ying yang for doing work on a unsafe vehicle. These rust units are cruising down the freeway mere feet from your vehicle and family. We need more mechytechs like you and Eric O !
Only Wes would not charge the customer after seven hours spent on his Honda. How I wish I could meet you some day and shake your hand Wes.
Classic VCM induced piston ring failure. The VCM (cylinder deactivation) lives on bank 1 (rear bank). The rings get gummed up and bank 1 burns oil. Then said oil burning gums up the cats. Very common on VCM equipped Hondas (most 08 and later J35s. Only manual transmission Accords, Ridgelines until 2015, and low trim Odysseys until 2011 didn't have it). We swap piston rings on J35s a lot at the Honda dealership for this reason. Only real preventative fix is a VCM muzzler.
Great video. I appreciate the inclusion of the other bad news clips at the end. Sorry you had to be the bearer of bad news for the customer but I agree safety and liability is too important to take on jobs like those.
You are not the Bad guy, you are the SMART guy in more ways than you give yourself credit for. Thanks Wes!
The oil is from the VCM deactivating the three bank one cylinders. This is a well-known issue. It can be disabled but it’s probably too late for that engine.
Cylinder deactivation is perhaps one of the dumbest attempts to increase mpg. I can't see how engineers thought it would work without side effects.
Hey Wes ,
Thing is, Wes, I'm sure it's frustrating for you, but actually these wierd issues are so much more fun to watch. We've all seen brake jobs and whatever other routine jobs, but this kind of content is pretty unique every time. Hopefully you make your labour costs back by keeping your YT audience engaged. That's what I think anyway.
I see the safety officer (Max) was concerned about your approach. Don't worry, people care about your channel and videos. Loved the back and forth with the wife.
Good vid, Wes and I don't blame you at all for not patching frames. There's just too much liability there.
As someone who also loves to fix things I can concur that there's few things more frustrating than a succession of DoA cases. I only work on my own stuff too so it must be even worse having to break the bad news to a customer who likely depends on the vehicle and can't easily afford to replace it.
You are not the “Bad Guy” you sir, are the “Good Guy”, IMHO.
Well, Wes, about the nicest thing you can do for the owner of this Accord, would be to install some heated tail lights. That way, when it breaks down and they have to push, at least their hands will stay warm.
That generation v6 Accord I believe fell under the umbrella of Hondas re ring campaign that ran several years ago. Just like your wife’s rav 4. Hondas procedure would be to replace the rings on just the rear three cylinders but that poor engine may be too far gone at this point 😢
Hey Wes! Hope you’re keeping well and still loving what you’re doing. We love watching!
Wish you were my local mechanic Wes! We have a 2010 Honda Fit, I heard a squeaking noise at the front right and took it to the mechanic near my partner's work... They said it was a bad CV axle bearing, and that we should replace the entire CV axle as that would be about the same price...