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Yes, I believe 10 years ago Honda was still printing the service intervals in the owner’s manuals which clearly outlined things that should be done and when. I liked this as it helped me stay on top of things that only need service every few years, like brake fluid.

@VLJ The 2 primary spots for rattles are : 1. The infotainment screen. This isn’t too difficult to take apart and mount some felt or other material in areas to stop the rattles/buzzes. 2. The rear view mirror housing. Again, not difficult to mess with and often the rattles/buzzes can be fixed...

@menikmati Right. To legally cover their ass, Honda is saying the Maintenance Minder is not going to work for all scenarios. Enthusiasts (and/or folks who are OCD about their cars) already know this and will change their oil as they see fit. I don’t see a problem with it. Not my car. Not my...

If anyone tries to upsell you on additives, fluids, or flushes as part of maintenance service, show them this from Honda corporate. The attached pdf is the same as the link. Added it just in case the link ever gets broken. https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/web/ASP11417.pdf

Right! Oil filter can’t do anything for carbon build up tho (other than the particles the oil grabs). Catch can is a must for HARD driving (i.e. tracking), but shouldn’t be needed for street driving…unless you’re a total maniac, yeah??

I think you meant to say “…a buzzzZzzzzillion times more fun…”? Couldn’t help myself. Hahaha! I think virtually all of us are dealing with dash rattles to varying degrees. Peoples’ tolerance to them will vary too. I’m diagnosing a tapping/rattling sound from the back of my car when I hit abrupt...

I know you recently scoped your cylinders too and they are still in beautiful condition with no signs of early/excessive wear. Case closed!

@Zone47 Warranty won’t boil down to an oil filter as long as you’re using one that is specified to perform as good or better than OEM. But running the OEM filter should be entirely sufficient for most folks and is one less thing Honda could scrutinize if an engine warranty issue were to come up...

@CaryH 99.9% positive all these CF garnishes are stick-on. Some guys, like Mugen, have a few full replacement parts which you’ve probably seen. They’re also more $.

@Zone47 Both of those engines you referenced are port injected and are fantastically reliable. I’ve owned both or VERY close variants there-of : 8th gen Si (for almost 14 years) and a ‘98 (iirc) Tacoma with the 2.7L and 5 spd manual. Both were rock solid and trouble free. However, the OP is...

@CTRifecta Yes, I think better oil tech and better fuel additives have both helped reduce the rate of carbon build up.

Welp…guess we should shut down this whole forum because no one here is an engineer for Honda, which means no info here is “formally” valid let alone helpful.?‍♂️

That’s right! I completely forgot about Toyota’s hybrid port/direct system. Here check this out. This appears to be the “parent” of the current K20 turbo. It explains some interesting things about Honda’s DI system and valve timing. Might be something here that helps explain why we aren’t...

It definitely doesn’t hurt to inspect them periodically. I want to say that valve checks/adjustments, at least for the Type R, are supposed to be done in regular intervals (more often than non-Type-R’s). I want to say it’s every 30k miles, but I can’t remember where I saw that. So if folks...

That’s my understanding too. When I logged into mygarage online (after digging around and finally finding the Driver Feedback area), it appears that only a few select vehicle models and years are listed as part of this HondaLink thing. My guess is that these vehicles (vehicle owners) were...

@pigfacedalarm Well that’s the thing. Define “a lot.” We need actual data. Of course those with problems will post the most info, right? But how many are out there with zero problems? I think that number is surely MUCH higher.

It has been said on this forum elsewhere that +R and Sport have the same throttle mapping. It’s good to see that this indeed appears to be a factual statement. Case closed! Thank you and @Jester04

What’s interesting is that there’s virtually no info about any widespread issues with Honda’s DI engines. They’ve been making DI engines for what…over 10 years now? Surely we would see gunk reports stemming from cars that are this old and well over 100k miles, but there are none. This tells me...

It appears to me that this only matters if you use HondaLink (which is where the permissions are). If you don’t use HondaLink, then there’s no problem…unless I’m missing something?

@VLJ No problem. Regarding catch cans, the only folks using them are those who track their cars regularly. I don’t know of anyone here who uses a catch can just for street driving.