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Originally Posted by Stubby79
Showing the battery my opinion of it after tearing apart the interior and fighting a seized bolt:
(Mod, feel free to delete it if it's too spicy for this forum)
I was expecting orange sticks:
Those are distinctly yellow. They've been replaced at some point. |
I haven't read the entire thread in detail - an aggressive skimming at best.
Your reaction to the IMA battery is 1000% appropriate. They are likely Civic sticks. While superior, they are not optimal unless the BCM is reprogrammed, which isn't an option on all years.
You can probe the gray/orange plug (orange cable from the battery) and measure the voltages of stick pairs:
https://www.insightcentral.net/threa.../#post-1006193
They should be nearly identical.
You can get detailed DTC by "blinking" the codes:
Reading the blink codes - MIMA Honda Insight Modified Integrated Motor Assist
You count the flashes of both the IMA and CEL and look up the appropriate two digit code.
insightcentral.net has many useful resources.