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Honda Accord Engine Questions
93 messages, Last post on Jul 28, 2010 at 3:43 PM
You are in the Honda Accord Forum.What is this discussion about? Honda Accord, Sedan
#91 of 93 Re: Are the Valves of the US and Japan made F23A1 engine interchangeable? [puck1943] by jmillerjmiller
Jul 27, 2010 (11:44 pm)
Replying to: puck1943 (Jun 02, 2010 11:47 am)
IIRC Accords in the years you mention were assembled both in the US and Japan. I haven't found it laid out definitively for this engine, but it looks like cars built in Japan were generally destined for export to countries (not in North America) - which may have had a higher compression ratio, for instance, European countries use a different octane rating system for pump gas and have a higher octane baseline fuel.
While cars built in the US were typically for domestic (North America) consumption. This handily explains why the US replacement part manufacturers only offer the one part, as they typically don't supply those parts outside North America.
Might be hard to chase this down for sure. The hint at this came from an Acura forum. Honda might be including them both in its parts master to cover gray market cars, or they are using one parts master worldwide.
You could always try ordering one of each to measure - you might find out at that point one of them is unavailable or they deliver the other one when its ordered anyways due to their own internal warehouse parts cross reference.
#92 of 93 waxy substance by 2stressd
Jul 28, 2010 (11:55 am)
getting headgaskets fixed on 2002 coupe. when mechanics got into engine they discovered a waxy substance all through engine and radiator. said looked like someone poured candle wax in it. they baffled. any insights,ideas,answers ?- jmillerjmiller (Jul 28, 2010 3:43 pm)
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#93 of 93 Re: waxy substance [2stressd] by jmillerjmiller
Jul 28, 2010 (3:43 pm)
Replying to: 2stressd (Jul 28, 2010 11:55 am)
If it was a GM, I would say it was a DEXCOOL special Dexcool
Could be someone used the wrong type of coolant. Honda's are one brand where for the coolant, power steering, possibly transmission you generally need to buy their brand for that engine, per the manual.
There are too many types of coolant floating around, and you generally can't mix the types.
Possibly there is a leak from the ATF cooler built into the radiator, pushing ATF into the antifreeze, not sure if possible on that model or not.
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