okay..ever since today...for some reason my car take a while longer to start. I even let it do the check engine first ..then start it.and it still does this. Not only on cold starts...mostly whenever. My car has roughly around 680 miles. Maybe I should get my dealer to do a PDI inspection? i don't think they really checked the car, when he opened up the PDI, nothing was checked.

Oh yeah..BTW...I changed the security light to blue now....hehehe...can we say...BRIGHT?!

 

only 680 miles... have you been taking it easy on your car?

 

Yeah I have......only went to 4K rpms like a few times during break in....and today...i went to..ummm.VTEC... but it's already past 600 miles...recommended break-in in the owners manual.

 

Hey you wanna change my door alarm light to blue ones. Let me know which bulb to get.

 

Hey Jason, it's actually a LED. I did it at a local shop down here. Cost me $20 wit the Varad Blue LED. If you want, come over, and we can get it done. 10 minutes.

 

Dont have the hard start problem, so cant comment on that. As far as the door LED goes, I bought a new Blue Alarm LED off of Ebay and just used that. In order top change the factory one you need to remove the door, and unsolder the old red one off. Then resolder the new one on.

To make sure you are putting the LED in the right way, check to see which side is postive/negative by using a 9V battery. Hook each end up to an end and see if it lighst up. Note the way you removed the stock one and check that one as well. Then put the new one back in in the same way. If not you can do what I did and put the whole thing back together again and not have it work.

 

Also, "most" LEDs have a flat side, so you can determine which is negative.

Ray, how does the blue security light look in our parchment interior?

 

well he is going to post pics for it in mins

 

bleh.....oh well. i'll bug the dealerships to death until my car starts starting a bit faster...haha! well, i went down to take a pic for you guys and rominl. The pics came out HORRIBLE! But you get the idea. It's much much more brighter compared to the pics. it's awesome, lights up my garage roof.

 

all dark...hee

 

Oh that is fresh!

How long/hard is it to take the door panel off to get to that LED??

 

it takes like 2 minutes to take the door panel off. haha. Just those two screws and pull at the door carefully. and slip off, and unplug all the wires...and boom! there's that little led sitting there.

 

i think that blue led is gay and the color blue is homo and the reason your car start sooo slow is cus your having sever tranny meltdown and it will soon explode...!!!! hahahhaha jk nice touch with the blue lights how about the rest of your car....i heard nates price break down is about 1g to do the entire car!!!!...heheh and i cant believe you wanted me to do that to your car for a ps2 memory card..muhahaahahahah

JON LERD

 

1G is beyond crazy...just for those lights.

 

Damn that light looks tite! yo elegant, if i hit u up one of these weekend, u think u can do it for me? I live around SGV so i ain't far. Also i wanna see your ride, looks tite! Hit me back up.

 

all cars have slow crank once in a while. Probably gas is not there yet.

Try this - when you start, first put the key into On position but don't crank yet, wait a second or two, then crank. This should give the fuel pump enough time to bring fuel to where it matters.

 

Hey Ruski, that's exactly what I did..and it still did it. Today was a bit better...only did it once..the rest the car started up fine. maybe it's cuz i hit 5K yesterday huh? time to drive it more gentle till 1000 miles...

KappaBoi..why u gotta jock da 626 in the location for?!
I can take you to the place I did it at. I didn't do it myself, I don't have any electronic experience. Hit me up anytime. I'll PM u with my cell. u jocker.... :p :p j/k!

 

My car did this the other.. but it was kinda cold..
Every now and then it'll happen.. no worries though..

also 626 is a wannabe 818

 

lol, 626 BABY lol, i usually do that, aite i'll hit u up soon elegant, names ted by the way. i'll PM u later on.

 

maybe it's cuz i hit 5K yesterday huh? time to drive it more gentle till 1000 miles...
:wow: OMG:wow:

I think you'll never have to worry about warp rotors or tranny failure if you drive the way you do :p Atleast you not like me


Mr.T

 

LOL:p me too, i think i redlined maybe once, twice, hehe one TOO many times. Oopsies, Well at least i'm at like 800 miles now, lol, o yea!

 

hahaha T, real funnie man! at least I went past the Acura's recommended break-in.

Ted, How long have you had that dang car? You drove ALOT I had mine since Feb 6th, and I barely got 660 Miles on the odo right now. and how many times you heard VTEC during break-in?! HUH HUH?! :p

 

well in fact i wonder how you can put so few miles on the car for a cause of 2 weeks..... i did 600 miles on my car in a couple of days you can take your hand off the wheels driving this car. it's fun and comfy

 

hahaha Henry...i didn't really have much places to go to anyway. BTW, did you hit VTEC right after you past 600?

 

you mean redline? of course i hit vtec right after the break in.... that's what the car is meant to be. in general, on this break in thing, i will just stick to the manual. true that i think break in is needed, but i think just follow what the manual says (600 miles) would be more than enough. you want the car for fun, not for maintainance. i mean, what's the point of waiting for 1k miles? how about 1500? maybe 10k miles before you vtec or redline? i don't think that's really the best thing for the car. i would definitely start *using* the car after 600 miles

and btw, yes i vtec the car right after 600, and yes, i redline the car before it hit 700 miles

 

O_o* hahaha Henry.....ooooh man....time to go VTEC happy later huh? hahaha!

 

What the HECK??? You had your TL-S longer than me and i have more miles on it than u!! lol I have about like 800 or so miles on it now. HAHA, SO MANY PEOPLE REVVVED at me. Those damn civics, i had to race~! lets race Elegent i think i can take you!

 

AHAHAH TED! I'll race............ *mumble* when i get my headers j/k! oh yeah, i still gotta reply to ur PM..HAHA! gimme a minute.....

 

Can i find LEDs at radio shack?

 

I tried that already. couldn't find any.

 

well with 600 or 800 miles?? you should have killed those civics. it's even already automatic for me to kill them already

 

I tried looking at Fry's but didn't find any..

I might stop by HSC, I think I saw some there before.. super bright blue LEDs too..

But if you are really desperate, I bet some of those ricer shops or an Alarm place should have some..

 

ehh.that's exactly where I went. the varad hyper blue led.

 

PM me, LOL

 

how much those blue leds go for ? i got some im willing to sell their super bright!!! BLUE

 

dood....you always got some sort of thing to sell!

 

What do you consider slow? How long is the crank time?
Do you have anything funky hanging on your keychain? Don't forget the car has to receive the signal from the key that its a legit owner trying to start it.

 

Don't worry about the slow start, the TL-S is known for it. There's nothing wrong with your engine; just hold the key in Start for an extra second.

 

doop, well, normally, when i hear my friend's TL start, it is much faster then mines. Mine just tend to be a tad bit longer. just a tad. The only thing I got on the keychain is the Acura Keychain that came in the booklet, keyless remote, my AutoLock key.

daverman, yeah, i remember hearing that the TL does this alot. But it's just annoying!

 

ElegantTL

Just a shot in the dark... but do you have your low-beams (HID's) in the on position always...ie. when you turn of the car do you turn your HIDS's off or leam them on (to auto shutoff)

Just asking cause with the cold weather + the HID draw when you unlock the car (with the remote) or when opening the drivers door it might be taking too much juice from a cold battery !!!

This happened to me once when I left the lowbeams on. It had to crack twice to get it to start.

Just trying to help !

TLS RULZ