Nafs Asdf
02-23-2008, 09:53 AM
Fresh 3g accord owner from Finland here.
Some personal stuff to start off with:
I'm a 23 years old father of two, 2 years and 4 months old. And my knowledge about cars is limited at best (and the little I know is just in theory). However I'd like to change that.
And now to the car:
Bought an -89 4d sedan 2.0i 16v (b20a8) off my dad for 800€ a couple days ago. The car is probably originally imported from Germany, Austria or Switzerland, I think there was a sticker somewhere telling me to only use "blaufrei" gas... So finding parts for it here might not be all too easy.
There's some things I need to fix on it to get it through inspection in may.
It's got a hole below the back door on one side, and the pipe going from the exhaust manifold to the cat is leaking, it's been "fixed" 2 or 3 times so i think I need to find myself a new one. So if someone could tell me what other models, preferrably if any of the ones found in Finland (I think the a20a4's and a2's are the ones common here), have got the same pipes. I right now want to just get it through the inspection with as little cost as possible.
I still need to find out if I actually need to keep the cat on it or not, if I'm lucky it might not have been registered as having low emissions, and I could just toss it away.
Later on, if I have any money to spare I might do some upgrades. I'm thinking cold air intake and a new exhaust system. Any tips on those? And is there any place on-line that carries parts for these in europe? All the links I've seen around here are from the US.
I should probably change the oil too (both engine and transmission), what kind would be the best to use?
Some personal stuff to start off with:
I'm a 23 years old father of two, 2 years and 4 months old. And my knowledge about cars is limited at best (and the little I know is just in theory). However I'd like to change that.
And now to the car:
Bought an -89 4d sedan 2.0i 16v (b20a8) off my dad for 800€ a couple days ago. The car is probably originally imported from Germany, Austria or Switzerland, I think there was a sticker somewhere telling me to only use "blaufrei" gas... So finding parts for it here might not be all too easy.
There's some things I need to fix on it to get it through inspection in may.
It's got a hole below the back door on one side, and the pipe going from the exhaust manifold to the cat is leaking, it's been "fixed" 2 or 3 times so i think I need to find myself a new one. So if someone could tell me what other models, preferrably if any of the ones found in Finland (I think the a20a4's and a2's are the ones common here), have got the same pipes. I right now want to just get it through the inspection with as little cost as possible.
I still need to find out if I actually need to keep the cat on it or not, if I'm lucky it might not have been registered as having low emissions, and I could just toss it away.
Later on, if I have any money to spare I might do some upgrades. I'm thinking cold air intake and a new exhaust system. Any tips on those? And is there any place on-line that carries parts for these in europe? All the links I've seen around here are from the US.
I should probably change the oil too (both engine and transmission), what kind would be the best to use?