Originally Posted by bluetwo
Rule one for sqeaks. If it squeaks, oil it or lube it somehow...
Bulbs burn out after ten years or so, and so does the factory lube. It's assumed by the car maker that the owner will do some small things here and there to keep the car working right, like changing bulbs and lubing sh!t.
And no Honda engine should ever go bad after a measly 150,000 miles, unless it constantly abused and never maintained.
I said how I wd-40'd it but it didn't work (still squeaks) thats why I wanted help in my post about the sqweaky pedal.
My car has been regularly maintained by me since 107,000 miles. I've absolutley babied it to the point of ridiculous-ness. It hasn't been constanly abused or abused at all by me-and since I regularly have people tell me it looks brand new, it seems crazy to think the same owner who kept it in that shape until I bought it didn't do the same. Its hard to keep a car in such great condition, its not something that you go out of your way to do if you plan on abusing it mechanically or keeping until 107,000 miles if you buy it new.
That's also what the mechanics who've looked at it think. I mean they can't find problem-one with the engine that would suggest any abuse. Not a drop of oil or leak anywhere to be seen under or on top of the engine (with the exception of my recently stripped oil pan-which hear is normal at this milage). and I've taken it to a few different mechanics and specialists to look at and even had a couple mechanic relatives look at it, all say it looks to have been maintained immaculately. The engine going at that many miles just isn't right...
I paid more for my econo honda (paid under bluebook) than most pay for their luxury ford or chevy and yet their cars still get many more miles than mine has and thats the main reason I paid more for my honda-it was suposed to be more dependable and long lasting than chevys and fords! Now I must put literally thousands of $s I don't have into it to keep it from the junk yard...I haven't abused it at all and I doubt seriouly the other owner did either.
Who knows why? Just the way my civic crumbled I guess.
I only hope my next engine holds up better...
I LOVE MY CAR....I JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT!