Looking at 2001 Accord, any common things to look out for?

One thing I noticed on this car; one of the A/C lines that runs vertically
between the rad and the engine was coated in a thick layer of some kind of
greenish grease.. I couldn't tell if it was a green liquid that had picked
up dirt over time, or if whatever it was was like that to begin with.. Any
idea what that might be?

"JM" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> Looking at an '01 Accord Coupe EX (manual trans) w/ 110,000 km. The car
> appears to be in excellent shape, and seems to work well, but are there
> any
> common things I should look for or be aware of? I've read lots of horror
> stories about people replacing their trans 3 and 4 times in this era
> Accord
> but they all seem to be the automatics and not the manual shift.
>
>

On Tue, 01 May 2007 23:01:20 +0000, JM wrote:

>
> One thing I noticed on this car; one of the A/C lines that runs vertically
> between the rad and the engine was coated in a thick layer of some kind of
> greenish grease.. I couldn't tell if it was a green liquid that had picked
> up dirt over time, or if whatever it was was like that to begin with..
> Any idea what that might be?

Was it a Japanese Honda, or US. I'm betting it was Japanese, and they
coated the lines with Cosmoline (or something similar) to keep them from
corroding.

They used to use Cosmolime on EVERYTHING when the cars were shipped from
Japan because the marine environment would corrode different parts. I had
a Toyota clutch cylinder fail because of this. Funny thing was, the car
was covered with Cosmoline when it arrived at the dealer!




>
> "JM" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Looking at an '01 Accord Coupe EX (manual trans) w/ 110,000 km. The
>> car
>> appears to be in excellent shape, and seems to work well, but are there
>> any
>> common things I should look for or be aware of? I've read lots of
>> horror stories about people replacing their trans 3 and 4 times in this
>> era Accord
>> but they all seem to be the automatics and not the manual shift.
>>
>>
>>

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>
> They used to use Cosmolime on EVERYTHING when the cars were shipped
> from Japan because the marine environment would corrode different
> parts. I had a Toyota clutch cylinder fail because of this. Funny
> thing was, the car was covered with Cosmoline when it arrived at the
> dealer!



So was mine. But the coating isn't actually Cosmoline. Cosmoline melts very
readily in the sun, and is not suitable for coating a car that's left in
the weather.

When I saw my car for the first time in 1991, I was sorely disappointed.
Not only was there that lumpy, dull coating on it, but it was streaked with
dirt from weeks at sea. Looked pretty forlorn and drab. It had come off the
boat just a few days before.

The next week, when I took delivery, they had cleaned it all off, and the
car was absolutely transformed into a sparkling jewel.


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Tegger