Vtechhead

This is my very first Honda I love tuning but don't know a whole lot about the internals of an engine. I recently did an oil change and had a friend help me I believe he may have put too much oil in as the entire jug was gone (one of the 4 quart jugs from autozone) and now whenever I drive it I get all these codes saying I have a vacuum leak somewhere I am new to imports altogether so not sure what to do or check. The symptoms: idle is low and hesitant and does not have very much power, once up to speed it runs fine with a minor jump here or there but I mostly notice it when I try to accelerate rapidly. Any advice and information would be awesome, I have pulled the plugs and smell some carbon or some type of metal burn but no fuel or oil, when I pull my dipstick the oil is way above the top hole.

mikey1

do not run the engine again until you fix this,

you need to drain some oil out, until the level is between the two dots,

the large oil containers you are talking about are normally 5 liters.....that is WAY TOO MUCH OIL!

Vtechhead

Going to drain the oil now, didn't have a choice but to drive it to and from work today so I hope I didn't do any damage it ran fine to work and didn't throw a code until on the way home.

Vtechhead

Ok so word to the wise (or more like dumbasses like me) pay attention when doing maintenance to these cars as too much oil can cause problems. Drained 2 quarts, cleared the codes ran it up the road (55 mph zone) doing 60 and not a single hiccup or burp, purring like a kitten again.

ezone

Get a paint pen, Sharpie, or anything that will write permanently.....

Write 3.5 qt on your valve cover next to the 710 cap.







What's a 710 cap you ask??