Just a quick update. New higher spec capacitors installed. At the end, had to use 3 jumper wires. ...
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One owner contacted me for his A/C CCU board issue. Suddenly, he lost the power to the CCU and there was nothing on the display and completely dead even pressing on any of the buttons. Typical CCU failure mode addition to the one such as the fan only operates at the max speed setting. Interesting enough, just a few days later, another owner contacted me with exactly the same issue. ...
So, started the engine to warm it up in preparation for the compression check after the service and while measuring the wheel stud bolt length for other purpose, the tappetty noise came back. Back to the white board. In fact, replacing the LMA cleared the background noise caused by the sticky LMA and now I can distinguish two different noises. Both noises seemed to be at the same frequency as the INJ pulse so ...
This engine is equipped with the larger diameter VTEC spool valve so its the original design and thus, requires the ver.PR3 filters. Also, it is important to replace the bolts especially the short ones because they are exposed to the heat and moisture resulting in corrosion. Some owners broke these ...