either way, insist on a fresh "rebuilt tranny" from honda, and not them just replacing the case (not worth it, at least on the main portion), especially since you are not footing the bill , even say a $500 deductable be worth it, the tranny life basically gets started over



anyways i think it was wrong fluid in the tranny and it just foammed up/over, and came out the vent tube; aka the drip; and you noticed it in time/stopped before it foamed more and left you on the side of the road


and with how ever they fix it, make absolutely sure they use Honda ATF in it, nothing else works

 

james heres a good alternative haha Balllin Accord haha

the navi is about the only good thing haha

 

Did see a Red 01 CLS on Craiglist bout a day ago. They wanted like 8k

 

I'm surprised I have not seen this lurking around the A-town.

 

There is 2 CL-S on autotrader. Both are 01. One is red and the other is silver. Both around 8-9k with 80k+ mileage.

 

Looking for 3G TL-S Cats, any ideas?
Is it best to get from an Acura dealership?

 

when i first took the car into acura, they thought they fixed the leak under warranty, but after taking the car out for a test drive, they noticed it was still leaking. so they cleaned off the entire tranny and then placed some kind of dye in the atf to try and pinpoint the leak. they came to the conclusion that it was coming from the top of the trans case. it was a particular spot on the trans case

i'll try asking for a rebuilt tranny and would like one too, but it ends up being the extended warranty company's decision on it.

 

Pre cat or 3rd cat?

 

Pre-cats, i'm going to delete the third cat

 

Why do you need pre cats for?

 

as said an porous case leak does not happen overnight, let alone that dye working itself out already, to be seen

 

Actually Thien, got a question for you.

Your opinions on stock cats (i believe 1100 or 1200 cell) too much back pressure for FI?
Type-S is 900cell. Worth getting them?

 

Not at all. As long as you have a good free flowing exhaust, you need not to replace the pre cats. The reason for me keeping the pre cats is because of emissions standard. Let alone, those pre cats are roughly $400 per cat. You can spend $800 somewhere else instead of those pre cats.

 

That's what I was thinking. But I didn't want to regret it after it's on and
decide to not use my stock cats.

 

just delete them

 

and then make a thread on azine for someone to let you borrow a cat

 

I was going to delete them, but don't want to go thru the hassle when emissions time comes.

Plus if the back pressure isn't going to hurt, which I believe Thien has demonstrated by running his for 8 months, I would gladly take emissions accepted, no tickets, and peace of mind over 12hp.

That's me tho, but if I didn't care... I would look into turbo.

 

anyone know of a good place to powder coat oem 5 spokes...will be doing this in the summer time

 

Steven, have you dropped the thought of Pentas?

 

too late y?

 

Oh nothing, sorry haven't found a good deal for you yet.
Just was merely curious if you changed your mind.

 

what deal r u referring 2

 

so i just found out that my extended warranty company is NOT going to cover replacing the tranny case since the problem is the casing itself and not a mechanical failure, such as internal parts. the service advisor at mile high acura is going to get the service manager to contact acura again to see if they are willing to help me out.

i'm going to go pick up my car tomorrow morning and take it to a transmission shop to take a look at it.

 

the shop i'm taking it to tomorrow is called Wizard Transmission, I spoke with Adam and he said he has never seen a transmission with a porous case before. He's gonna look over the entire tranny with me and see if he can diagnosis the problem.

 

damn thats some big doo doo. Can't you just give back the car due to lemon laws?

 

yup, sure is. i think lemon laws only apply to brand new cars with warranty from the manufacturer itself and not extended warranties.

 

damn well hopefully mile high acura can cover all or most of the cost.

 

I hope my tranny doesn't implode on me this summer xD

 

Weird! I thought it applied to all cars sold

 

what bullshit, but they are following the contract to the letter though, and for not letting the dealer trying to charge out your ass, and taking it to an independent shop

anyways one of us can blow up the internials if you like , not very hard

a couple of chrysler trannine are too porous, there is an tsb on them, but the area in where they leak is very specific though, it's at the bottom of an untapped bolt hole , and not just the WHOLE case itself

and as said looking into it coming at the vent tube again
so first i would check to see if it is low (might be hard since a shop did touch it, and might have topped it off), so i would change the fluid out a couple of times, and make sure to use only Honda's ATF, then clean it up/off real well, so you do not see a trace of atf on the outside of the case, then drive it around for a couple of days/weeks and see if the leak returns

qouting you so much, but yes only new cars (might be used also), but they still have to be under the manufacture's warrenty (just the first occurance has to be under warrenty i think though so the problem is recorded), but yeah no extended warrentys for the lemon law

 

do you guys think this would be worth 14k?
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/1597896871.html

 

seems to be, but i would check over it very closely for accident damage and such

also for the general mechanical condition it is in also

 

Think is better than the accord you were looking at. Just a few good and bad when I quickly glanced.


6MT
Faster
Has navi
Sedan (I knew I wanted four doors, not sure if this is something you care about)
Brembo front brakes
TL-S wheels<--you should sell to me
Mileage is not excessive
Fujita CAI
iPod Intergration
H&R lowering springs

But as seller posted, there is the bad:
Front end scraped/chipped<-- idiot or just doesn't give a fuck
passenger side crack <-- "
Needs maintenance <-- scary

 

whats all in the 105k service for 3g tl's

 

Timing Belt, PS Pump<-- I believe are the two most note worthy

 

ps pump , normally they don't go bad


but yes t/belt, plugs (should be done at 90k or so, already wasted by then, and be best if the belt was done at 90k also), and the valve adjust, basically the exact same as a 2g tl

 

what about water pump

 

part of the t/belt since you already be in there (sorry i just consider that part of the t/belt)(also all idler bearingss for t/belt also) a tensioner would not hurt either, but not absolutely critical,

so basically whenever the t/belt gets done, the waterpump needs to be done too (less labour, instead of going in there twice)

 

where is the vent tube located? can it be seen from the top of the engine bay?

i'm suppose to be hearing back from mile high acura by noon tomorrow after the service manager talks to acura.

the tranny still has the dye they put in it, so it would be very easy to spot the leak.

and damn, mile high acura charges 5100 for a rebuilt tranny. to replace just the middle casing on the tranny would cost 2600.

 

seen from the top kinda, have to kinda look hard for it though, but basically striaght down from the intake tube, maybe a little foward and basically next to the frame rail (so it would spill on top of the tranny like described), and basically right in front of the tranny filter (which should be changed with the fluid also, cheap insurance); basically look for a 3" or so black hose there; also should be right behind that mount you guys (3g's) have right below the battery

for the dye, you proably will need a UV light to see it, otherwise not really able to see it, so kinda pointless to you, unless you got a UV light

and for a whole tranny, at my work it proably be like only 4k or so (i don't do the pricing so don't qoute me), and it would be with a rebuilt tranny from honda/acura also, so no difference other then one being a dealer (and maybe a loaner car, but 2-3 days is not worth $1100 though)(can rent a hertz car for like $20 a day. maybe a shitbox though (aka a chevy cobolt), but will get you from point A to point B though)

and for the case replacement, most of it will just be labour and not any actual parts, other then the case and some seals