Insane Reliability

[LX-i]

so my friend who used to own a 3gee (he traded it for a CRX HF with a D16A1) said that he ran 12oz of Turbo Blue in his A20A3 with no gas and it diddnt blow...not sure if i believe him lol thats insane, but does anyone else have any stories about their reliability? i mean i think 336,000 mi. on the original motor is pretty amazing.

[mushroom_toy]

Mines at 428k. :)

[Dr_Snooz]

I drove 200 miles from Fresno to the Bay Area to find that there was only a 0.2 quarts of oil in the crankcase. Car was fine. I drove another 200 with a faulty oil pump (lifters were ticking). I had to get home and a tow would have been more expensive than another car. The car drove the whole way without any complaint or issue. That cost me compression in the #4 cylinder and a lot of blue smoke under hard throttle, but it drove another couple thousand after that until I could arrange a replacement engine.

Amazing little car...

[LX-i]

Mines at 428k. :)
lol ill get there.


I drove 200 miles from Fresno to the Bay Area to find that there was only a 0.2 quarts of oil in the crankcase. Car was fine. I drove another 200 with a faulty oil pump (lifters were ticking). I had to get home and a tow would have been more expensive than another car. The car drove the whole way without any complaint or issue. That cost me compression in the #4 cylinder and a lot of blue smoke under hard throttle, but it drove another couple thousand after that until I could arrange a replacement engine.

thats crazy lol

[Juggalo88Accord]

wow i love our cars. I was able to drive quite far on 3 busted motor mounts and a snapped axle, on tha freeway. wouldnt have done it if i new what tha problem was. Kinda scary to think back on it.

[cubert]

not a 3g...but whenever I think Honda reliability I think of this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tomkUzSGGnc

[Civic Accord Honda]

my 3g was at 170 when it died and i beat the fucking shit out of it almost every day from when i got it at 150k, and the only reason it died was from a shitty trans and leaky head gasket, the guy who bought the engine said the machine shop he took in to said it was in perfect shape and if i would of thrown a new hg on it it would of gone another 200k miles or more lol

my parts car had 384k miles on it (engine was replaced at 370k from not pasing smog )

my acura legend had 225k miles on it and it still ran but was using alot of oil

my civics rings were bad at 180k

my 91 accord probably has around 300k miles or more and is still running awesome (knock on wood) valve seals are shot and the clutch is sliping but other then that cant bitch for that many miles

[LX-i]

not a 3g...but whenever I think Honda reliability I think of this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tomkUzSGGnc

lmao omg thats intense

[ShyBoyCA6]

damn that lil civic could hang

[charliekuney]

I drove almost 10k with a snapped CV shaft (right; the left one had a broken seal). Not even Les Schwab could explain that one.

[MessyHonda]

yeah just dont over rev these engines....they dont like it...haha...i remember when i switched computers i had a 7200 rpm redline and it would get up but it did not like it because it started to burn oil

[lostforawhile]

my 3g was at 170 when it died and i beat the fucking shit out of it almost every day from when i got it at 150k, and the only reason it died was from a shitty trans and leaky head gasket, the guy who bought the engine said the machine shop he took in to said it was in perfect shape and if i would of thrown a new hg on it it would of gone another 200k miles or more lol

my parts car had 384k miles on it (engine was replaced at 370k from not pasing smog )

my acura legend had 225k miles on it and it still ran but was using alot of oil

my civics rings were bad at 180k

my 91 accord probably has around 300k miles or more and is still running awesome (knock on wood) valve seals are shot and the clutch is sliping but other then that cant bitch for that many milesyour 3g committed suicide is what happened to it :Owned: it's waiting to come back as a ghost car and run you over

[LewZur]

your 3g committed suicide is what happened to it :Owned: it's waiting to come back as a ghost car and run you over

:bowrofl:

[frantik]

my old LX has a blown head gasket and i didn't even realize it until i had to smog it. it didn't have a lot of power on hills but i assumed that was cause it was carbed. otherwise it was fine

my LXi has 220 k and runs like a champ...

[84Accord]

my 2gee is at 262,000 and runs great. carb's a little crappy at times, but when it works right it runs great

[frantik]

yeah just dont over rev these engines....they dont like it...haha...i remember when i switched computers i had a 7200 rpm redline and it would get up but it did not like it because it started to burn oil

yeah i smelled oil once or twice on some super high revs :naughty:

[lostforawhile]

yeah i smelled oil once or twice on some super high revs :naughty:
if you over rev the engine the high vacuum created can pull oil through the oil separator, if you set one up for high rpm you need to add a catch can to the pcv system. it creates enough vacuum to keep the pcv valve wide open, plus the crank spinning at high rpm creates a lot of oil mist. you need a windage tray for sustained high rpm operation also

[Hondamonster]

i've got 243k so far. its on its 3rd tranny but the engine is pretty bulletproof. my current tranny probably has 220k or so... that was the lowest mileage 3gee i could find in the junk yard. all the rest were closer to 300k and one had like 320 or something crazy. pretty awesome.

[ecogabriel]

I have seen 3Gs in the junkyard with as little as 150K (assuming the odometer was working) and others with as much as 350K. Mine has a "low" 135K and works fine (thanks for being EFI) passing smog tests with flying colors .

My Civic developed blue smoke (bad rings) at 175K... Now it is at 210K (new rings, rod bearings, and valve seals) and drives well, uses almost no gas and passes emissions without a problem.

I love Hondas... wtf awesome cars they are!!!

[ecogabriel]

your 3g committed suicide is what happened to it :Owned: it's waiting to come back as a ghost car and run you over

Like a movie in which the car had "life" and killed its owners and then it would rebuilt itself... HAHAHAHA :D:D

[paul]

You guys are hard on your accords! Mine hasn't seen >3k rpm for over a year :cheers:

38,000 miles/year... still going strong @ 130k miles...

[Joay]

I found out not long ago that my spark plug wires are original. Like, never been changed. They have SUMITOMO 1987 stamped right on them. And they get 30+ miles per gallon.

[charliekuney]

You guys are hard on your accords! Mine hasn't seen >3k rpm for over a year 38,000 miles/year... still going strong @ 130k miles...

My car sees 7k every day. I'd really hope your car is still running strong with 130k if mine is with over double the mileage.

[russiankid]

I have 175k on mine, runs like a champ.

[Sh4d0w]

your 3g committed suicide is what happened to it :Owned: it's waiting to come back as a ghost car and run you over


:bowrofl:

:bowrofl: :bowrofl:



I found out not long ago that my spark plug wires are original. Like, never been changed. They have SUMITOMO 1987 stamped right on them. And they get 30+ miles per gallon.

3G's FTW



I have 175k on mine, runs like a champ.

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/meta-files/milage.jpg

This was about a month ago, wihch was about 10k after swapping in the rebuilt A20A3

[OldSkoolA20accord]

drove my hatch for about 25 miles with a blown radiator. put a new rad in at it was fine. then drove about 35 miles after it slung a rod

[griffonks]

I used to see a lot of 3gees in the junkyards because of leaking radiators, now it's because they were not maintained and wore out for lack of attention. The radiator in mine is out of a junker, brand new rad but they put it in too late, head gasket blew and they dumped it. I paid $25 for the new but previously installed radiator... what a find

[Edison Carasio]

My 3g I just bought has 192,000 miles yesterday. I went outside to brush snow off the 3g and my GD3 Fit. The 3g started up on the first try and it was in the single digits and had been snowing all night, and the car had been sitting for a week or so. I was surprised to see a carb'd car that old start right up. The previous owners dogged it out hard, so I've got alot of work ahead of me if I keep it. But to start up in single digit temps and snow with that many miles is a good sign I guess.

[Jareds 89 LX-i]

I'm at 395,600 something miles on my LX-i now.... original engine, original tranny, still runs like brand new and still rock solid reliable. A/C works too!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/2117bfce.jpg

Just last weekend over Christmas, I (and my doggie Piglet) drove from Asheville, NC up to Decatur, Illinois to visit my dad for Christmas. It was about 1400 miles roundtrip, in some pretty nasty conditions once I got up there. Not only did it make it there and back without even a single hiccup, but on the way up I made it from Asheville, NC to Scottsburg, IN on one tank of gas... 402 miles, filled up with 12.5 gal = 31.8 MPG. Even saw 32.08 MPG on the way back after I got out from the insanely strong headwind I had for a couple hundred miles, lol

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/5eef632e.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/fc61db31.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/691cf9d4.jpg

Rollin' right along, no problems! Still cruises perfectly smooth at any speed, although I usually keep it around 75-80 mph
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/f47835cc.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/c35c757d.jpg

My Co-Pilot... she always fogs up all the windows, lol
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/d3422b0d.jpg

Gotta love Hondas!! My poor 3G is rusting out badly, but I still love her... she treats me so good

[paul]

My car sees 7k every day. I'd really hope your car is still running strong with 130k if mine is with over double the mileage.

I use mine solely as a commuter car, 38k+ miles/year; it's only performance requirement is that it keeps up with traffic.
Anyway, I just finished a 2,200+ round-trip to see family in St. Augustine, FL over the holidays.
Not too often the trip-od rolls over 999.9:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/pj350/IMG_0366.jpg
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Flagler College in the background:
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Typical road through Ocala Nat. Forrest (wonderful nothingness all around):
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