Re: Lower Sp. Plug Tube O-Rings [was Re: BOGGING accord engine...]
In article <bcktf.450$%W1.228@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.ne t>, "Elle"
<honda.lioness@nospamearthlink.net> wrote: > "Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote > "Elle" > snip > > > Wow--a catastrophic lower spark plug tube O-ring > failure. Do > > > you remember about how many miles were on the Accord? > > > > > > I'll mention this catastrophic failure to my site on > these > > > O-rings, if you don't mind. > > > > About 85,000 miles--it was a 1993 Honda Accord EX. > > Oops, sorry: Also, about what year did the oil O-rings fail? > > > It's now in the junkyard > > since Sarah wrecked it. She ran off the road in the middle > of the night. > > It was my guess that she went to sleep but she denys it. > She was not hurt. > > Thank God there were no trees next to the road. > > A good reminder as we head into the American New Year's > holiday. As a kid, my family had a neighbor that lost a son > because he fell asleep at the wheel while driving home from > college. He drove off a bridge, and so never woke again. > Horrible. 1997--That's a sad story. Lots of tractor trailer truck drivers have wrecked as a result of going to sleep. I hope that the auto. engineers develop a solution to the problem. I know that they are working on it. A camera is pointed at the head. If the head falls forward, a buzzer goes off. Jason -- NEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. |
Re: Lower Sp. Plug Tube O-Rings [was Re: BOGGING accord engine...]
"Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote
E > > A good reminder as we head into the American New Year's > > holiday. As a kid, my family had a neighbor that lost a son > > because he fell asleep at the wheel while driving home from > > college. He drove off a bridge, and so never woke again. > > Horrible. > > 1997--That's a sad story. Lots of tractor trailer truck drivers > have wrecked as a result of going to sleep. I hope that the > auto. engineers develop a solution to the problem. I know that > they are working on it. A camera is pointed at the head. If the > head falls forward, a buzzer goes off. Interesting. And it does seem eminently correctable, like you say. I'll mention the years and miles to catastrophic failure of your spark plug tube O-rings on my site. |
Re: Lower Sp. Plug Tube O-Rings [was Re: BOGGING accord engine...]
"Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:jason-3012051832180001@pm4-broad-32.snlo.dialup.fix.net... > 1997--That's a sad story. Lots of tractor trailer truck drivers > have wrecked as a result of going to sleep. I hope that the > auto. engineers develop a solution to the problem. I know that > they are working on it. A camera is pointed at the head. If the > head falls forward, a buzzer goes off. > Jason > I recall in the 60s or 70s there was some buzz about a system that would monitor the correction rate on the steering wheel, watching for the little back-and-forth movement that keeps us nicely centered in our lane. Wonder what became of that? Mike |
Re: BOGGING accord engine...
> Date: Fri, Dec 30 2005 9:09 pm > From: "Elle" > > ... replace the TB [...] more frequent if you do > "severe" driving. What constitutes "severe" driving? |
Re: BOGGING accord engine...
In article <1136063643.917140.128510@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>, "karl"
<ottokarl@cognisurf.com> wrote: > > Date: Fri, Dec 30 2005 9:09 pm > > From: "Elle" > > > > ... replace the TB [...] more frequent if you do > > "severe" driving. > > > > What constitutes "severe" driving? In some areas of Canada, the weather is near or below freezing several months per year--that's "severe driving". If you drive your car over 80 miles per hour on a regular basis esp. in really hot weather--that could be considered severe driving. Obviously, if you race your car--that's severe driving. -- NEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. |
Re: BOGGING accord engine...
"Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote
"karl"> <ottokarl@cognisurf.com> wrote: > > > From: "Elle" > > > > > > ... replace the TB [...] more frequent if you do > > > "severe" driving. > > What constitutes "severe" driving? > > In some areas of Canada, the weather is near or below freezing > several months per year--that's "severe driving". > If you drive your car over 80 miles per hour on a regular basis > esp. in really hot weather--that could be considered severe driving. > Obviously, if you race your car--that's severe driving. The Canada Honda site calls conditions severe if the car is "regularly driven in very low temp (-29 C, -20 F)." The American Honda site (and some American Honda owner's manuals) calls conditions severe if one drives in one or more of the conditions below most of the time: Trips of less than 5 miles (less than 10 in freezing weather) Extremely hot weather (over 90 degrees F) Extensive idling or stop-and-go driving Trailer towing, car-top carrier, or mountain driving Muddy, dusty, or de-iced roads |
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