Germans take apart a 1.5T at 60k miles. And it's spotless?

[Adil]

Hi all
Nice article. Nice objective reliability affirmation. Maybe someone here who speaks German can give more detail.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...tion-after-62000-miles-in-germany-161926.html

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[Ronin73]

Hi all
Nice article. Nice objective reliability affirmation. Maybe someone here who speaks German can give more detail.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...tion-after-62000-miles-in-germany-161926.html

I wonder what motor oil they used.

 

[xdecemberguy]

Hi all
Nice article. Nice objective reliability affirmation. Maybe someone here who speaks German can give more detail.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...tion-after-62000-miles-in-germany-161926.html

I can translate. I speak German...

 

[Freak2003]

The german article is here: https://www.autobild.de/artikel/honda-civic-1.5-vtec-100.000-kilometer-dauertest-20205097.html
Feel free to use a translator for the whole article, to summarize:

Nice car, everything fine besides from:
- AC failed at the end (was no warranty, "hole in the AC compressor")
- (beginning) rust in the cavities
- bad/hard suspension

They even started a test for the type r... but sadly they had to abort it after it was totalled (the car was parked someone else crashed into it)
https://www.autobild.de/artikel/honda-civic-type-r-dauertest-18678633.html

 

[vtecr]

That would make for a great poster to have in the workshop.

 

[GermanCivic]

Freak already did a summary, I just wanted to add a translation of the part with the rust (at 6:39 in the video).

The car mechanic is saying that he's not happy with the beginning of little rust corrosion on surfaces, on screw connections and also in cavities, but it's not critical yet. But how these spots will evolve and how bad it will get in the next few years is something he can't predict, but he's definitely disappointed. To be fair, some states of Germany use tons of road salt during winters.

 

[absolude]

Disappointed by the corrosion reports.
Honda improved a lot up to the 8th. gen. Civic and now it seems to have taken a step back...

 

[1981CBX]

There’s a video on YouTube of a track racing team the disassembles one of these engines at 25 or 26,000 miles after running it on the track pushing out 600 hp on it. Nothing was out of whack and it was a factory engine except for horsepower upgrades. I just finished doing an engine swap after losing a 26,000 mile engine because of a broken spark plug. The engine I bought used to replace that had 46,000 miles on it. I’m not a mechanic or expert mechanical technician so my engine swap took a little bit of time to learn and to work, but by the time it was done I had a really good understanding of what’s up front of the firewall. That being said, when I fired up the used engine other than an idiot light for check engine that had something to do with an aftermarket accessory everything is working great. I did blow off the hose leading to the intake manifold because a new hose clamp didn’t work as planned. I’m about ready to button this thing up and take it on vacation without a care in the world. Plus I put on 27won’s W1 turbo. Interesting little changes there, when it finally spoils up better have your hands on the steering wheel.

 

[vtecr]

Freak already did a summary, I just wanted to add a translation of the part with the rust (at 6:39 in the video).
To be fair, some states of Germany use tons of road salt during winters.

I reckon that's it right there.
Here in Ireland we don't salt the roads so much, but the UK do and the imported cars from there are noticeably more corroded than ours, despite being very close to us and being in the same climate.

 

[Lifesabeach]

Salted roads are the devil's work for car bodies

 

[GermanCivic]

@Lifesabeach
What are car enthusiasts doing in the UK then? It seems that professional cavity sealing underbody protection is pretty expensive in Germany.

 

[WhiskeyTango]

The title of this thread is misleading. How is it spotless when they found rust?

 

[kytos]

The title of this thread is misleading. How is it spotless when they found rust?

The engine was sportless?

 

[Lifesabeach]

@Lifesabeach
What are car enthusiasts doing in the UK then? It seems that professional cavity sealing underbody protection is pretty expensive in Germany.

Not sure to be honest. Personally I have done nothing as I plan to change it before anything is likely to show itself. Its interesting though that the UK roads get salted and in Japan its not used, JDM imports here are pretty big business and the cars that are imported have little or no rust compared to the same car here.

 

[vasilas432]

There’s a video on YouTube of a track racing team the disassembles one of these engines at 25 or 26,000 miles after running it on the track pushing out 600 hp on it. Nothing was out of whack and it was a factory engine except for horsepower upgrades. I just finished doing an engine swap after losing a 26,000 mile engine because of a broken spark plug. The engine I bought used to replace that had 46,000 miles on it. I’m not a mechanic or expert mechanical technician so my engine swap took a little bit of time to learn and to work, but by the time it was done I had a really good understanding of what’s up front of the firewall. That being said, when I fired up the used engine other than an idiot light for check engine that had something to do with an aftermarket accessory everything is working great. I did blow off the hose leading to the intake manifold because a new hose clamp didn’t work as planned. I’m about ready to button this thing up and take it on vacation without a care in the world. Plus I put on 27won’s W1 turbo. Interesting little changes there, when it finally spoils up better have your hands on the steering wheel.

Do you have a video link?