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Old 08-01-2014, 10:30 AM   #164 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by Baltothewolf View Post
I wonder if I should do this to my HX, I'm fairly sure that it hasn't been done in the 199k miles this car has been driven.
It should help emissions, which can be a cha)enge with these older cars. I was close to the max limit in one category two years ago. So I'm going for overkill: since then an O2 failed and I replaced both, but now I plan to change the oil and its filter, the spark plugs, and the air filter in the day or two before the test too. I'm debating whether to clean the CAT with citric acid before the test, or wait and see if I fail, then clean, then try again, then buy a new CAT if I fail twice. The car never has failed, but for some reason the test makes me nervous, lol.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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