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Pars wrote:
> 70,000km on it). There's two things I can attribute to the favorable > results, one being the life time use of Mobil-1 oil im considering switching all the vehicles i have to shell rotella synth- 5w40. 2 vehicles spec 5w30, and 2 spec 10w40. i figure 5w40 will be a happy compromise. any reason not to, other than it not having the "energy conserving starburst" label? |
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"SoCalMike" > wrote in message ... > Pars wrote: > > 70,000km on it). There's two things I can attribute to the favorable > > results, one being the life time use of Mobil-1 oil > > im considering switching all the vehicles i have to shell rotella synth- > 5w40. 2 vehicles spec 5w30, and 2 spec 10w40. i figure 5w40 will be a > happy compromise. any reason not to, other than it not having the > "energy conserving starburst" label? For my next oil change, I'm going to switch to Mobel-1 0w40. If it returns the same gas mileage as the current Mobel-1 5w30, it's going to become my summer oil (and I'll switch to 0w20 for the winter). Pars |
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Considering that the 96 Odyssey was Honda's first attempt at making a
Minivan with Isuzu help, it could have some reliability issues. 40,000miles seem extremely early for 'piston knock' to occur. If so, it should have been a warranty issue. Pars > > wrote: > > > > > "Dee" > wrote in message > > ... > >> Thanks for all the input. > >> > >> It goes away SOME after the engine idles down after warm-up, but does it > >> pretty much all the time, just louder when the engine is cold. I take it > >> easy on the engine when it's cold, letting it warm up before driving. > >> > > > > I've got 240,000km on my 1998 DX Engine which has been used hard (in city > > delivery, redlines and hustling at 170km/hr across the city is norm). My car > > doesn't exhibit any piston slap issue (even in the winter), In fact it has a > > smoother startup then my wife's 2000 DX Engine (and that engine only has > > 70,000km on it). There's two things I can attribute to the favorable > > results, one being the life time use of Mobil-1 oil (started at 30,000km) > > and letting the engine warm up before going hard on it. I recently switched > > my wife's car to Mobil-1 0w20 and she's seen drastic improvements in fuel > > economy as a result. It might be worthwhile to switch to the synthetic oil, > > which helps with lubrication during cold startup (and flows better which is > > an extra insurance if the problem is an actual engine defect). If you do > > decide to go synthetic, let us know if it reduces the noise level of the > > 'piston slap'. > > > > Pars > > > > > > My '96 Odyssey started the "slap" at about 40,000 miles. It was always > treated to Mobil-1 oil changes at 3000 mile intervals. We were religious > about proper warm up, etc. I don't think the oil makes any difference. > Some of them do it and some of them don't. > |
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Pars wrote:
> wrote: >> >> >>>"Dee" > wrote in message ... >>> >>>>Thanks for all the input. >>>> >>>>It goes away SOME after the engine idles down after warm-up, but does > > it > >>>>pretty much all the time, just louder when the engine is cold. I take > > it > >>>>easy on the engine when it's cold, letting it warm up before driving. >>>> >>> >>>I've got 240,000km on my 1998 DX Engine which has been used hard (in > > city > >>>delivery, redlines and hustling at 170km/hr across the city is norm). My > > car > >>>doesn't exhibit any piston slap issue (even in the winter), In fact it > > has a > >>>smoother startup then my wife's 2000 DX Engine (and that engine only has >>>70,000km on it). There's two things I can attribute to the favorable >>>results, one being the life time use of Mobil-1 oil (started at > > 30,000km) > >>>and letting the engine warm up before going hard on it. I recently > > switched > >>>my wife's car to Mobil-1 0w20 and she's seen drastic improvements in > > fuel > >>>economy as a result. It might be worthwhile to switch to the synthetic > > oil, > >>>which helps with lubrication during cold startup (and flows better which > > is > >>>an extra insurance if the problem is an actual engine defect). If you do >>>decide to go synthetic, let us know if it reduces the noise level of the >>>'piston slap'. >>> >>>Pars >>> >>> >> >>My '96 Odyssey started the "slap" at about 40,000 miles. It was always >>treated to Mobil-1 oil changes at 3000 mile intervals. We were religious >>about proper warm up, etc. I don't think the oil makes any difference. >>Some of them do it and some of them don't. >> > > > > Considering that the 96 Odyssey was Honda's first attempt at making a > Minivan with Isuzu help, it could have some reliability issues. 40,000miles > seem extremely early for 'piston knock' to occur. If so, it should have been > a warranty issue. > > Pars > > i repeat what i said earlier - some of this /definitely/ depends on the oil. i changed the oil on my civic this weekend, and she went from being borderline rattly to utterly quiet. castol gtx 5w-30. 5k miles since last oil & 10k since last filter. the change before the last filter was motorcraft 5w-30 & she made a noise like a bag of loose rattly things from day 1 [and leaked oil like crazy]. with castrol you get a few thousand miles before it gets noisy, and you need to leave it in there a /long/ time before it sounds like the ford stuff. motor oils are /not/ all the same. they /do/ effect how the engine sounds. |
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Pars wrote:
> Considering that the 96 Odyssey was Honda's first attempt at making a > Minivan with Isuzu help, how much did isuzu actually "Help"? isnt it pretty much a standard accord platform, with a minivan body? i know it was branded as the isuzu oasis, but i really dont see any isuzu in the design, unlike the passport, which was a simple rebadge. |
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On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 22:30:09 -0400, "Pars" >
wrote: >Considering that the 96 Odyssey was Honda's first attempt at making a >Minivan with Isuzu help, it could have some reliability issues. 40,000miles >seem extremely early for 'piston knock' to occur. If so, it should have been >a warranty issue. > >Pars I don't think that Isuzu had any part in engineering the Odyssey. The only connection with Isuzu was that they got some Odysseys to rebadge (Oasis) as part of the deal that gave Honda the dreaded Passport and some equally forgettable SUV for the Acura line. The original Ody was based on the Accord platform and the piston slap is an occasional problem on a number of Honda models of this vintage. The first generation Odyssey actually had better reliability than the second generation minivan. |
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Gordon McGrew wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 22:30:09 -0400, "Pars" > > wrote: > > >>Considering that the 96 Odyssey was Honda's first attempt at making a >>Minivan with Isuzu help, it could have some reliability issues. 40,000miles >>seem extremely early for 'piston knock' to occur. If so, it should have been >>a warranty issue. >> >>Pars > > > I don't think that Isuzu had any part in engineering the Odyssey. The > only connection with Isuzu was that they got some Odysseys to rebadge > (Oasis) as part of the deal that gave Honda the dreaded Passport and > some equally forgettable SUV for the Acura line. the SLX/trooper! and youre right, i totally forgot about it. kinda sad to see how isuzu practically doesnt exist in the states any more. in their heyday, they had a wide range of smaller, useable SUVS, along with the amigo, and a decent minitruck. now? nothin but a rebadged GM clone. i live close to the cerritos auto square in southern california. on the main strip are all the important dealers. off to the side is a converted paint store that now sells isuzu/suzuki/mitsubishi. none of those marques can afford to stand alone. i call it the "kiss of death" dealership. before that, they sold daewoo |
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"jim beam" > wrote:
> you definitely have a point regarding oil quality affecting engine > noise. running ford oem 5w-30 in my civic, the motor sounded like it > was five fourth's ready to die. putting it back onto castrol gtx, she > quieted right up again. What is it about Castrol that makes it such a favorite with Honda service centers? I mean as log as -- say -- a Chevron brand oil has the same API rating that is specified by the Honda specs it should make not diffeence, should it? Yet I noticed that the Honda shops always uses Castrol. Rudy |
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On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 09:00:14 -0700, SoCalMike
> wrote: >Gordon McGrew wrote: >> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 22:30:09 -0400, "Pars" > >> wrote: >> >> >>>Considering that the 96 Odyssey was Honda's first attempt at making a >>>Minivan with Isuzu help, it could have some reliability issues. 40,000miles >>>seem extremely early for 'piston knock' to occur. If so, it should have been >>>a warranty issue. >>> >>>Pars >> >> >> I don't think that Isuzu had any part in engineering the Odyssey. The >> only connection with Isuzu was that they got some Odysseys to rebadge >> (Oasis) as part of the deal that gave Honda the dreaded Passport and >> some equally forgettable SUV for the Acura line. > >the SLX/trooper! and youre right, i totally forgot about it. > >kinda sad to see how isuzu practically doesnt exist in the states any >more. in their heyday, they had a wide range of smaller, useable SUVS, >along with the amigo, and a decent minitruck. now? nothin but a rebadged >GM clone. > >i live close to the cerritos auto square in southern california. on the >main strip are all the important dealers. off to the side is a converted >paint store that now sells isuzu/suzuki/mitsubishi. none of those >marques can afford to stand alone. i call it the "kiss of death" >dealership. before that, they sold daewoo Was that after the Yugo shop closed? |
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