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Old 12-26-2016, 03:35 PM   #201 (permalink)
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I did some work on the Insight today. I double checked my grounds and cleaned them up. I removed the one from the battery to the firewall, sanded the connection and put a thin coat of dielectric grease on it. The previous owner had caked it in grease or something, probably not good. I then moved on to the transmission ground. I removed the wires, and tried to find a longer 10mm bolt to go on the transmission because the existing bolt was very short and also corroded pretty good. Well, my longer bolt was too long and I ended up snapping it off in the hole... bleh. So, I found another point on the trans a bit farther back holding... something and went to that instead. Again I sanded down the connection points and put a bit of grease on them. Finally, I added a ground wire near the passenger engine mount. I didn't check the one on the back side of the engine as its 44F out and pretty wet.

I went for a short ride after that and it seems to have made a large difference in lean burn stability. It wasn't a long ride, and it wasn't my daily route, so I can't say for sure, but it certainly seemed a lot smoother. I'm super excited about this.

Next up was the cabin air filter. I got one for Christmas and while it was warm out wanted to just throw it in. I'm not sure what Honda was thinking when they designed things, but they didn't really think this one through all that well. Mine ended up being quite a pain to do. Oh, and it had never been done before either. Yep, this is a 2000 Honda Insight with 135k miles on it. *sigh* Here is a picture of the old filter. The hvac fan makes some noise, but it seems a bit happier now. I'm really hoping this gets rid of the slightly musty / mousy smell that the car has.


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