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Old 03-27-2020, 09:05 PM   #461 (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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There it is, and I thoroughly cleaned the BLACKENED oil off the front of the engine. Hopefully it no longer leaks. Looks clean eh? I repainted the white lettering on the oil filler cap. Make it pretty! I took off heat shield to strip black paint and polish the aluminum for reduced emisivity and higher reflectance.



Valve clearance set for max overlap again, new valve cover gasket, new spark plug hole gasket, new bolt gasket, finished polishing "Honda," and applied boiled linseed oil to the entire cover.

It is a coping mechanism as COVID-19 begins to overrun my county.

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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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