So Acura came through. After an oil consumption test, Acura approved the work to get my piston rings replaced at no charge. My TL has 100k km (60k miles) and since the motor will be taken apart I was thinking about having some part swapped with some new ones as a preventive maintenance without paying for the labor. The service adviser at Acura told me it wouldn't be a problem. The parts are back-ordered and should be in an a month.

My TL is a 2012 manual transmission with 100k km (60k miles). Besides the regular maintenance (fluids and filter changes and brakes) the car is mechanically stock and runs great. I was thinking about doing the basics... timing Belt, water pump, spark plugs, serpentine belt.

Was wondering if any of you OGs have any advice or suggestions on what I should do. Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

 

Same year and similar milage here. I decided not to do anything extra. The timing belt and spark plugs are covered by the extended warranty. I did have the tensioner replaced at the dealerships recommendation. Timing belt is new so there's peace of mind there, it was too early milage wise for me to replace anything else. 160,000 km is a long way away.

 

Have them inspect and replace motor mounts and trans mounts as necessary! Check the lower control arm bushings for tears or rips. Other than that, you should be good to go!

 

If you read through the main thread on this subject you will see lots of posts of what people are having done. Even though the dealer is not charging for labor, don't expect to get a "deal". Parts alone for the spark plugs are $240 or so.

I believe in Canada the timing belt is included in the warranty repair, in the US it was not. The serpentine belt is included. The belts are not expensive parts, but when you add the tensioner, water pump and the rest of the kit, I paid over $800 for parts alone. They also found a small leak with my oil pump, so to change the gaskets and fix the leak (not replace the pump) parts plus a couple hours labor was over $400.

Good Luck

It is nice to have the work done. My car definitely feels almost like new again.

 

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated