Dear friends, my elder bro has bought honda civic 2009 prosmatec (hard top) last year. When he bought the car and got to Honda dealership for tuning, change of all fluids, plugs etc (to make the car in his own hand). The mechanics at dealership told him about some issues, ( although this matter is quite old but now I thought to ask fellow pakwheelers)
Issue No. 1: The car doesn't have catalytic converter in it, the sound of car is quite growling on start up which is quite annoying to him. He hasn't checked its fuel average but I am sure that won't be that much good either, he still haven't checked its average. He normally refills on need basis with sometimes 1,000 rupees, sometimes with Rs. 1,500. But that is not fuel economy he is much worried about (because of not that much use of car, plus knowing this thing beforehand that reborn is a fuel guzzler and a pleasurable car to drive on long routes). It is the sound and smell of petrol from exhaust he doesn't like. The price of new catalytic converter is very high so somehow or the other he is now living with this sound and stuff
Issue No. 2: when the dealership mechanics opened the engine's covers for tuning and throttle body service etc. I don't know from what they declared that previous owner hasn't changed engine oil since ages and you are required to frequently change the engine oils for atleast twice or thrice times for thorough cleaning of the engine from inside. As per them, there is alot of sludge inside the engine. He also got iridium spark plugs (oem) installed as well at that time as they declared the previous owner was using non-genuine plugs in it. He got frustrated again
Issue No. 3: We bought the car in April 2017 with odo reading as 94 K, then after one or two weeks of purchase, I got hold of a small diary from Honda cavalry motors in the car's dash board stating a log of some maintenance work in 2013 with the odo reading as 92 K at that time, so it was very clear that the car's meter was reversed but nobody knows how much.
Issue No. 4 : The car's temp never gets to optimum (that is just below the half) even driven from Faisalabad to Islamabad bulkay it lowers down to 1 or 2 points on motorway at high speeds. It was apparent that there was no thermostat valve installed in it. He got it installed from some engine wala and found out what was expected, there was no thermostat valve inside. He got it installed and after two or three weeks or so (due to very little use of the car) it became clear that temp guage is still not going to normal temperatures instead its keeping quite low which we both (me and my brother) know is a dangerous situation. I don't know the reason why it is not still getting to normal, maybe have to check out the thermostat valve again.
Issue No. 5 : When he got the car home after thermostat valve change, he noticed drops of water leaking from the radiator. This thing scared the hell out of us, he again rushed back to radiator wala, he charged 1,500 from him to change the tank of radiator but of no use. It was again leaking water in the next morning. He topped up the water and ran to the same radiator wala again and this time the radiator wala gave up and said the radiator is all farigh and you have to change the whole radiator, he called me and I said bhai come back we'll sort this out later. Waise bhi for the whole next week the car is parked and nothing to worry. There is a very minor leak and it leaks only when the car is at stand still. But so far we don't know at what place. Will be sorting this out tomorrow. Any suggestions welcome
Issue No. 6 : why I am being consulted or told or so much concerned? If ur thinking that bcoz I am his brother, this is only the half thing. The entire thing is, I was the one who persuaded him to buy this car from going all the way from Fsd to Lhr. He is kind of orthodox person and was fo an opinion. idher hi dekh lo. So u see kinda guilty guilty feeling
Need the solutions as he is kind of very frustrated and somehow thinking about in all his wisdom to change the engine of this car. (Don't know from where that thing came in his mind, engines k rate leta phir raha hai). I know there is no fault in the engine at all and all these issues except catalytic converter can be solved cheaply.