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The Top Honda Owner Tips for January 2004

Tip 1: My Honda's Power Door Lock Doesn't Work

Honda Accord 94-97

If your power door locks do not work in one or more of your Honda's doors, you most likely have a bad lock actuator. This is a small motor solenoid that screws on to the bottom of the latch.

Tip 2:  My Honda's Engine Burns Oil, what can I do?

When a Honda starts to burn oil, it sometimes can be caused by a dirty engine, mainly when the oil return holes in the pistons start to plug. This causes the oil to slip by the rings and into the combustion chamber. 

What you need to do is use synthetic oil 10w 30 with a good Fram oil filter and put in a quart of Lucas oil additive. You also need to change the oil every 1000 to 1,500 miles. Do this 2 or more times until the oil you drain out of the engine is not black in color after 1000 miles. 

You should see the oil burning becoming less as the engine cleans out.  Now, once you use the synthetic oil you can never go back to regular oil. I will explain this next month.