[godog]

Originally Posted by Dippy

80,000 kms up and quick. The car has a running of 70 to 80 kms per day. Took an appointment with Solitaire Honda and sent her in for the 80k major service. Here are the things that were done:

- Engine oil, AT Transmission oil, brake oil changed
- Brake service done
- Throttle body cleaning
- IAC valve cleaning
- New spark plugs
- Tappet cover gasket changed
- Timing belt changed
- Wheel alignment and balancing
- Fuel filter changed, K &N cleaned
- AC serviced

The total bill including labour for the major service came to around 10k. Though Honda recommends changing the timing belt at 100k kms, I got it changed anyways as a precaution at this service itself. The car feels really tight now . The problem of the rpm dipping after switching on the AC has gone after a thorough IAC valve cleaning. There was quite some carbon deposit out there.

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Looking forward to clock the 100,000 kms mark.

Dippy, could you expand the abbreviation "IAC"?

[jatinpatel]

IAC-Idle Air Control Valve.

Its a basically a servomotor which is connected to an actuator which regulates the amount of air to be allowed to enter the engine under idling conditions also when load increases under idling condition.

due usage carbon deposits tend to clog the idle air passage and also the motor shaft hence after cleaning the same idle becomes smooth and stable.

[ryan_wheelz]

Originally Posted by Dippy

90,000 kms came up just over a week ago. The car completed 4 years with me on the 1st of October.

Gave the car the usual oil changes, replaced the filters. Got the whole front suspension done up with an overhaul. Total cost of parts came to around 12k. Picked up the parts myself from Shetty Motors, Opera House, Mumbai. A big thumbs up to their services. Highly recommended. The fuel pump motor conked off. Had that replaced with a Bosch one costing 1.5k. I will be doing up the rear suspension next month.

Oh yes got a nice loud horn too

Otherwise the car is running like it has to. Now a pending task is to give it an overcoat paint job.

Next update at the magical 1,00,000 kms mark

Hey Dippy,

Nice to see that you love your Honda so Much , I have a OHC1.5 too bought last year dec.I have been trying to get her upto the mark, the major problem i face now is the RPM idle issue.

Anyway i wanted to ask you from where do you plan to get the overcoat done?

[cityvic]

Dippy waiting for your 1 Lakh Update.Did your paintjob go through?

[abhijitnallani]

Hi Dippy, Happy new year. I own a 2010 Honda city Ivtec AT. I wanted to know if u keep shifting from D to N or P at long traffic signals or at long Mumbai traffic jams.
Some info would really be helpful for me.
My car has clocked 20000km until now. And I plan to keep my car for as long as it lasts, so I would like to correct my driving pattern if its wrong for Indian conditions. Thankx bro. Some advice would really be appreciated. .:-)

[Tornado]

Hi Abhijit,

I am thinking of buying an automatic honda city (type 2 may be) as I am planning to move away from manual tranmsission diesel car .
whats the expected mileage of auto honda?
Howz the maintenance?
What all factors i should keep in mind when i go and inspect an automatic honda city?
How long the transmission go with out issues?
Can you throw some light on these points?

Thanks in advance for your time.
Denny

Originally Posted by abhijitnallani

Hi Dippy, Happy new year. I own a 2010 Honda city Ivtec AT. I wanted to know if u keep shifting from D to N or P at long traffic signals or at long Mumbai traffic jams.
Some info would really be helpful for me.
My car has clocked 20000km until now. And I plan to keep my car for as long as it lasts, so I would like to correct my driving pattern if its wrong for Indian conditions. Thankx bro. Some advice would really be appreciated. .:-)

[ashwin_m0]

I was recently in Gujarat. There I saw an OHC type 1 with a gas kit. Was surprised. Asked the owner as to why the conversion. Was informed to increase the mileage and also economics of running the Car.

My question is whether it is worth converting an OHC type 1 AT with 1.2l kms running to gas?

[abhijitnallani]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Hi Abhijit,

I am thinking of buying an automatic honda city (type 2 may be) as I am planning to move away from manual tranmsission diesel car .
whats the expected mileage of auto honda?
Howz the maintenance?
What all factors i should keep in mind when i go and inspect an automatic honda city?
How long the transmission go with out issues?
Can you throw some light on these points?

Thanks in advance for your time.
Denny

Hi, My 2010 ivtec City AT gives me around 6 to 8 kmpl in the city. I know its pretty bad, but the distance is around 5 km each way with complete bumper to bumper traffic. On the highway with speeds around 90-100km/h i get around 14.5 to 15kmpl.
The maintenance of the honda is higher. i give the car to the service centre every 3 months and the bill is usually around 3.5k to 4.5 k. The brakes wear a lot faster on the automatic. i have to change mine in the next service and i have been quoted 5k for the front discs.
I would not recommend buying a used automatic as auto gearboxes generally last much lesser than manual transmissions. Manual transmissions are quite a cakewalk to repair compared to an auto. i previously owned a used 2005 Skoda octavia diesel automatic. i had serious trouble with it. It ran absolutely fine in the city,no problem,but when out on the highways and hills the gearbox would not change gears and i would be stuck for hours waiting for the gearbox to cool down. Then it would drive fine for a couple of Kms before it would stop again. Skodas own authorized service center could not figure out the problem. So i never used to take the car outside the city because it was highly unreliable. I sold the car.
Generally Auto Boxes should last at least 100k with out any trouble. Anything more than that i would recommend changing the Transmission oil every 30k just because of our driving conditions. In india AT Boxes tend wear our much faster because of our constant bumper to bumper traffic and frequent shifts between gears.
hope i have addressed some of your concerns, do let me know if u need more info.

[Tornado]

Thanks a lot for taking out your time and giving a quality input.

Originally Posted by abhijitnallani

Hi, My 2010 ivtec City AT gives me around 6 to 8 kmpl in the city. I know its pretty bad, but the distance is around 5 km each way with complete bumper to bumper traffic. On the highway with speeds around 90-100km/h i get around 14.5 to 15kmpl.
The maintenance of the honda is higher. i give the car to the service centre every 3 months and the bill is usually around 3.5k to 4.5 k. The brakes wear a lot faster on the automatic. i have to change mine in the next service and i have been quoted 5k for the front discs.
I would not recommend buying a used automatic as auto gearboxes generally last much lesser than manual transmissions. Manual transmissions are quite a cakewalk to repair compared to an auto. i previously owned a used 2005 Skoda octavia diesel automatic. i had serious trouble with it. It ran absolutely fine in the city,no problem,but when out on the highways and hills the gearbox would not change gears and i would be stuck for hours waiting for the gearbox to cool down. Then it would drive fine for a couple of Kms before it would stop again. Skodas own authorized service center could not figure out the problem. So i never used to take the car outside the city because it was highly unreliable. I sold the car.
Generally Auto Boxes should last at least 100k with out any trouble. Anything more than that i would recommend changing the Transmission oil every 30k just because of our driving conditions. In india AT Boxes tend wear our much faster because of our constant bumper to bumper traffic and frequent shifts between gears.
hope i have addressed some of your concerns, do let me know if u need more info.