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2004 Honda Civic Questions & Answers
How do I go about replacing the fuel door/trunk
First off obtain the shop manual for your model. It will give you steps and photos on how to fix almost anything on your vehicle.
A good shop manual will save you thousands in parts and time.
2004 Honda Civic Hybrid
First things I would look at is,did they put 10w30 oil in and not 5w20 or 0w20,it makes a difference in mileage (if they run out of the correct viscosity oil they WILL put in what they have).
Did the service include a spark plug change?Is the spark plug gap correct?
Did they do a brake service?Is a brake dragging,a little to tight?Did they clean the throttle body?Maybe the engine was running a little lean before and now is at the proper fuel mixture,with less MPGs but running clean at the exhaust.
Weather conditions?Head winds and colder temps reduce MPG.
Put antifreeze in and it leaks drivers side under car behind water pump are there water hoses there
On the water pump there is a weep hole when the pump fails they tend to leak out of the weep holes. Its also possible the water pump seal failed too. On this car the timing belt drives the water pump. If you drive on it and the pump locks up. You will be replacing the motor or the whole top end of the engine due to bent valves. Its time to replace the water pump and timing belt. Then you will be good to go again. So do not drive it for the sake of saving your engine. I'd tow it in to the shop or replace the belt and pump yourself.
What is the torque for the cylinder head bolts on
you will not find torque settings for the cylinder head bolts. the setting to get the correct tension will start at 30ft/lb and then becomes an angle of turn of the head stud. So what you will be looking for will be something like start at 30ft/lb the turn 90 degrees then another 90 degrees and then 30 degrees .( these are not the figures just an example of what you will be reading as a head tension setting) you will need and angle gauge ( around $30.00 from a good auto parts store ) to do the job
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