Hi From J Woo new HHR owner
04-01-2012, 05:51 PM
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So you're a Honda guy J Woo, might have to pick your brains from time to time when my wife's Civic Del Sol gets it into its mind to act strange.
Just replaced both half-shafts on it yesterday along with a transmission service, so the view of my HHR's was at snail height from a creeper under the little beast.
Any reason why a D15B7 engine would develop a taste for head gaskets every 18 months or so?
Just replaced both half-shafts on it yesterday along with a transmission service, so the view of my HHR's was at snail height from a creeper under the little beast.
Any reason why a D15B7 engine would develop a taste for head gaskets every 18 months or so?
04-01-2012, 06:21 PM
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Very spiffy! Totally off topic, head gaskets were done by me with 30+ years of engine building 'sperience, and the head was milled by a trusted machine shop, so who knows. I think it just doesn't like being worked on by a Chevy guy.
04-01-2012, 06:25 PM
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1. steel head gasket up grade mite be needed...
2. clearance correct?
3. head and block been checked as level no warp spot?
you can upgrade to a Vtec head from a D16y then u can run a vtec controler from Ebay and wire it in.. alot of fun!!!! :)
sounds like u got ur self one weird motor ill ask my old work that was HOnda.. now i work for GM
04-01-2012, 06:34 PM
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Upgraded to a steel gasket, clearances checked, and the block was checked for straightness and warping. New water pump and radiator too. I think its just suffering from a case of "not driven much anymore and being 20 years old-itis".
Before I get drawn and quartered for talking Honda here, I'll shoot you a PM sometime if I can think of anything else to ask you about it. Right now she drives her Fiat 500C 90% of the time with the Del Sol and one of the HHR's splitting the balance.
We have an interesting garage, 5 Chevrolet's, 1 Fiat, 1 Honda, and a Dodge Challenger R/T.
Before I get drawn and quartered for talking Honda here, I'll shoot you a PM sometime if I can think of anything else to ask you about it. Right now she drives her Fiat 500C 90% of the time with the Del Sol and one of the HHR's splitting the balance.
We have an interesting garage, 5 Chevrolet's, 1 Fiat, 1 Honda, and a Dodge Challenger R/T.
04-01-2012, 06:41 PM
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challanger RT very nice.. how is that fiat? my mom had one.. i know because she told me thats were i was umm made.. hahhaha
its fine honda talk is honda talk GM can learn alot about there stake in the aftermarket scene they seem to rule it now! But Gms newer cars past 5years can change that.
its fine honda talk is honda talk GM can learn alot about there stake in the aftermarket scene they seem to rule it now! But Gms newer cars past 5years can change that.
04-01-2012, 06:48 PM
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The Fiat is a sweet little car, only 104hp and not much more torque, but if you drive it like Italian cars are meant to be driven(Full throttle or Stop), its a hoot!
But when you hop out of it and get into an HHR, its like going from a go-kart to a Kenworth.
But when you hop out of it and get into an HHR, its like going from a go-kart to a Kenworth.
