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#4033 of 4035 Problem... by jchan2 Jan 18, 2009 (5:54 pm)
I have a 1999 Honda Civic, and I took it to the Honda dealer for an oil change in December (had a $26.95 oil change coupon) where the service advisor told me there was some "seepage" going on in the engine (nothing more specific than that) and that it was nothing to worry about right now, but something to think about "down the road"   However, after that, the car has developed a burning smell from under the hood (not too huge, but the smell is definitely there when you put your nose right on the hood) and I suspect it's the smell of burning oil, and now, in the month since the oil change, the oil levels are down to just above the minimum line on the oil dipstick. Is it normal for a Civic to start going through oil at this stage (137,000 miles) or is there something wrong that I need to get looked at? I'm thinking about just continually adding oil when it's low and letting it burn until it starts going through so much oil I can't keep up with it Replies to this message: mikefm58 (Jan 19, 2009 6:11 am)
#4034 of 4035 Re: Problem... [jchan2] by mikefm58 Jan 19, 2009 (6:11 am)
Replying to: jchan2 (Jan 18, 2009 5:54 pm) I'm thinking about just continually adding oil when it's low and letting it burn until it starts going through so much oil I can't keep up with it   I would do exactly that as well, make sure you keep a few quarts of oil in the car just in case. And if you're in cold weather climate and it's in the winter, make sure it's synthetic oil.
#4035 of 4035 05 Civic Automatic Transmission Issues by aarrona2002 Jun 08, 2009 (9:11 am)
Heres the deal. I bought the car off of a buddy that told me the Honda dealership told him it would need a new tranny ($2350.00). I thought maybe, just maybe something else could be done to fix it. Here are the symptoms....   1. SOMETIMES grinds in Park, even when starting in park 2. SOMETIMES grinds in Reverse 3. SOMETIMES drives in Neutral 4. Drives in Drive, but seems to miss the whole first gear before it revs up enough to catch second 5. I say SOMETIMES because, if I play with the shifter I can get it to go in Park and Reverse with no problem, and Neutral will do what its supposed to do, but Drive always has that 1st gear problem. 6. SOMETIMES I can start the car in Park, and its fine, but if I go down to drive and then back to Park, it grinds like hell in Reverse and Park.   I had a code read out at Honda that said P0730 which I found out to be INCORRECT GEAR RATIO, but they have it on paper as INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE, I think somethings fishy about that.. I dont know.   I tried calling The 1-800 number and my Honda dealership and it seems like without a recent (within the last 30 days) diagnosis, I cant file a claim with that division of Honda America to see if they will help me somehow.   The car is a 2005 Civic LX, 115,xxx, 1.7L, no special warranys or anything, just the 3 year/36,000 mile.

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