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With 30,240 miles on the odometer, I had four new Bridgestone Potenza's installed. The Firestone dealer had a special going on for four tires for the price of three, plus my left rear had a nail through the sidewall that was covered under my tire warranty. So, four new Potenza's for the price of two. Woo-Hoo! Such a deal. Next was an oil and filter change. I decided to swap over from the Honda 0W-20 oil and filter to Amsoil synthetic 0W-30 and the new Amsoil Ea (absolute efficiency) oil filter to see if that would help quiet the piston percussion problem and slow down the wear and tear on the engine. I've been a dealer for Amsoil products since 1976 and put full faith in Amsoil products. Last but not least, I changed out the Honda ATF fluid for the Honda CVT fluid in the CVT transaxle. I had four unopened bottles of spare ATF that I had on my shop shelf for just over a year, and the Honda dealer was willing to swap all four bottles for the CVT fluid plus the difference in cost per quart. The CVT fluid is $6.77 per quart. Not cheap! I decided to inflate the new tires to 48 psi cold inflation pressure and so far so good. I'm tempted to have the tires inflated with Nitrogen, but have decided to wait on that for now. I've been averaging 51 MPG on the highway at 70 MPH w/o the A/C and about 49 MPG with the A/C. Not too bad!
Now to put the car up on ramps to find the source of the "scraunching" noise that appears to be coming from the front suspension when I drive over speed bumps or anything that flexes the front suspension.
Steve C......... I'll let you know what I find.
Now to put the car up on ramps to find the source of the "scraunching" noise that appears to be coming from the front suspension when I drive over speed bumps or anything that flexes the front suspension.
Steve C......... I'll let you know what I find.