[ J I n s p e c t v a l v e c l e a r a n c e (cold) (see p a g e 6-14) I n t a k e : 0 . 2 4 - 0 . 2 8 m m ( 0 . 0 0 9 - 0 . 0 1 1 in.) E x h a u s t : 0 . 2 8 - 0 . 3 2 m m ( 0 . 0 1 1 - 0 . 0 1 3 in.)

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R e p l a c e s p a r k p l u g s f o r '00 m o d e l . U s e N G K (PZFR5F-11) o r D E N S O ( P K J 1 6 C R - L 1 1 ) .

G a p : 1 . 0 - 1 . 1 m m ( 0 . 0 3 9 - 0 . 0 4 3 in.) (see p a g e 4-26).

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R e p l a c e t i m i n g b e l t a n d b a l a n c e r b e l t ( R e m o v a l : (see page 6-23), I n s t a l l a t i o n : (see p a g e 6-26)) a n d i n s p e c t t h e w a t e r p u m p (see p a g e 10-

9) o n l y if t h e b e l t s w e r e n o t r e p l a c e d at 60,000 m i l e s .

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Check i d l e s p e e d * (see p a g e 11-110).: 700 ± 50 r p m in n e u t r a l ( A u t o m a t i c t r a n s m i s s i o n in (SO o r 0 3 p o s i t i o n )

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R e p l a c e c o o l a n t (see p a g e 10-10). U s e H o n d a A l l S e a s o n A n t i f r e e z e / C o o l a n t T y p e 2 .

C a p a c i t y : M / T : 5.5 % (5.8 U S qt, 4.8 I m p q t ) , A / T : 5.4 fi (5.7 U S qt, 4.8 I m p q t ) .

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Do i t e m s i n A , B.

108,750 m i / 1 7 4 , 0 0 0 k m / —

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Replace oil a n d f i l t e r .

112,500 m i / 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 k m / 7 1/2 y e a r s :

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D o i t e m s in A.

116,250 m i / 1 8 6 , 0 0 0 k m / —

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Replace oil a n d f i l t e r .

120,000 m i / 1 9 2 , 0 0 0 k m / 8 y e a r s :

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R e p l a c e s p a r k p l u g s f o r '98-'99 m o d e l s . U s e N G K (ZFR5F-11) or D E N S O ( K J 1 6 C R - L 1 1 ) .

G a p : 1 . 0 - 1 . 1 m m ( 0 . 0 3 9 - 0 . 0 4 3 in.) (see p a g e 4-26).

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D o i t e m s A , B, a n d C.

D o t h e i t e m s i n p a r t s A , B, a n d C as r e q u i r e d f o r m i l e a g e / t i m e i n t e r v a l .

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Replace e n g i n e o i l a n d f i l t e r (see p a g e 8-5). — C a p a c i t y w i t h f i l t e r c h a n g e : 4.3 ft (4.5 U S q t , 3.8 I m p q t )

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Inspect f r o n t a n d r e a r b r a k e s , e v e r y 6 m o n t h s if v e h i c l e is d r i v e n less t h a n 7,500 m i l e p e r y e a r (see p a g e 19-10).

• Check p a d s a n d d i s c s f o r w e a r ( t h i c k n e s s ) , d a m a g e , a n d cracks.

• Check c a l i p e r s f o r d a m a g e , leaks, a n d t i g h t n e s s o f m o u n t b o l t s .

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R o t a t e t i r e s , if t h e v e h i c l e h a s b e e n d r i v e n t h e d i s t a n c e l i s t e d . F o l l o w t h e p a t t e r n s h o w n i n t h e O w n e r ' s M a n u a l . (Check t i r e i n f l a t i o n a n d

c o n d i t i o n . )

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Inspect tie r o d e n d s , s t e e r i n g g e a r b o x , a n d b o o t s (see p a g e 17-8).

• Check rack g r e a s e a n d s t e e r i n g l i n k a g e .

• Check b o o t s f o r d a m a g e a n d l e a k i n g g r e a s e .

• Check f l u i d l i n e s f o r d a m a g e a n d leaks.

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Inspect s u s p e n s i o n c o m p o n e n t s .

• Check b o l t s f o r t i g h t n e s s .

• Check c o n d i t i o n o f ball j o i n t b o o t s f o r d e t e r i o r a t i o n a n d d a m a g e .

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Inspect d r i v e s h a f t b o o t s . Check b o o t s f o r c r a c k s a n d b o o t b a n d s f o r t i g h t n e s s (see p a g e 16-3).

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Check p a r k i n g b r a k e a d j u s t m e n t . — S h o u l d be f u l l y a p p l i e d w i t h i n 6 t o 9 clicks (disc b r a k e ) o r w i t h i n 4 t o 7 clicks ( d r u m b r a k e ) .

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L u b r i c a t e l o c k s , h i n g e s a n d l a t c h e s w i t h H o n d a w h i t e l i t h i u m g r e a s e .

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I n s p e c t b r a k e h o s e s a n d l i n e s ( i n c l u d i n g A B S ) . C h e c k t h e m a s t e r c y l i n d e r , p r o p o r t i o n i n g c o n t r o l v a l v e , a n d A B S m o d u l a t o r f o r d a m a g e a n d

leakage (see p a g e 19-30).

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Check f l u i d l e v e l s a n d c o n d i t i o n o f f l u i d s ; c h e c k f o r leaks. If n e c e s s a r y , a d d A T F (see p a g e 14-113) o r M T F (see p a g e 13-3), e n g i n e c o o l a n t ,

brake f l u i d , a n d w i n d s h i e l d w a s h e r f l u i d .

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Inspect c o o l i n g s y s t e m h o s e s a n d c o n n e c t i o n s .

• Check f o r d a m a g e , leaks, a n d d e t e r i o r a t i o n .

• Check f o r p r o p e r f a n o p e r a t i o n .

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Inspect e x h a u s t s y s t e m . * Check c a t a l y t i c c o n v e r t e r h e a t s h i e l d , e x h a u s t p i p e , a n d m u f f l e r f o r d a m a g e , leaks, a n d t i g h t n e s s (see p a g e 9-5).

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Inspect f u e l l i n e s a n d c o n n e c t i o n s . * C h e c k f o r l o o s e c o n n e c t i o n s , cracks a n d d e t e r i o r a t i o n ; r e t i g h t e n l o o s e c o n n e c t i o n s a n d replace

d a m a g e d p a r t s (see p a g e 11-118).

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Check all l i g h t s . C h e c k f u n c t i o n of all i n t e r i o r a n d e x t e r i o r l i g h t s , a n d t h e p o s i t i o n s o f t h e h e a d l i g h t s (see p a g e 22-95).

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Inspect t h e v e h i c l e u n d e r b o d y . Check t h e p a i n t f o r d a m a g e , s c r a t c h e s , s t o n e c h i p p i n g , a n d d e n t s .

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Replace air c l e a n e r e l e m e n t (see p a g e 11-133).

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Inspect a n d a d j u s t d r i v e b e l t . L o o k f o r c r a c k s a n d d a m a g e , t h e n check t e n s i o n b y p u s h i n g o n each b e l t ( a b o u t 22 lbs) m i d w a y b e t w e e n t h e

p u l l e y s :

• A l t e r n a t o r b e l t : 1 0 . 5 - 1 2 . 5 m m (0.41 - 0 . 4 9 in) (see p a g e 4-40).

• P/S p u m p b e l t : 1 3 . 0 - 1 6 . 0 m m (1/2 - 5 / 8 in) (see p a g e 17-12).

• A/C c o m p r e s s o r b e l t : 7 . 0 - 9 . 0 m m ( 0 . 2 8 - 0 . 3 5 in) (see p a g e 4-39).

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Replace air c o n d i t i o n i n g f i l t e r , e v e r y 15,000 m i l e s if v e h i c l e is d r i v e n m o s t l y w h e r e a i r h a s h i g h c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f s o o t f r o m i n d u s t r y a n d

d i e s e l - p o w e r e d v e h i c l e s ; also r e p l a c e it a n y t i m e a i r f l o w is less t h a n u s u a l (see p a g e 2 1 - 2 6 ) .

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Replace t r a n s m i s s i o n f l u i d . U s e G e n u i n e H o n d a M T F o r A T F .

• M/T: 1.9 % (2.0 U S q t , 1.7 I m p qt)

• A / T : 2.5 fi (2.6 U S q t , 2.2 I m p qt)

A c c o r d i n g t o state a n d f e d e r a l r e g u l a t i o n s , f a i l u r e t o d o t h e m a i n t e n a n c e i t e m s m a r k e d w i t h a s t e r i s k (*) w i l l n o t v o i d c u s t o m e r ' s e m i s s i o n s

w a r r a n t i e s . H o w e v e r , H o n d a r e c o m m e n d s t h a t all m a i n t e n a n c e s e r v i c e s be d o n e at t h e r e c o m m e n d e d i n t e r v a l t o e n s u r e l o n g - t e r m r e l i a b i l i t y .

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