well the car is a 4 cly. Yes the fluid is brown (made the mistake of going to Jiffy Lube in August) It don't act up all the time.I check the fluid when the car was stopped and another time acouple of hours later when sitting for awhile and it was a quart low.I am going to get more fluid and drain and fill. A majority of People (Honda Owners) I spoke with say the same thing. well that was a waste of $150.00 when I should have taken it to Honda in the first place. I'll Keep ya all posted. this is the first Honda I ever had problems like this .