Not enough to actually form drops? Sounds to me like the age of the car has more to do with it than the mileage. You're pushing close to 15yrs...perhaps it's time to change some gaskets.
My '91 has 75k miles and I changed the head gasket, valve cover gaskets and oil pan gasket as well as the cam seals....stuff just gets old and dried out after awhile. Mine wasn't dripping either, but it smelled here and there. I also changed my clutch at 75k too..not bad for one clutch.
Are you dissapointed that it's not leaving pools of oil on the floor, or that you can't find anything else to whine about?
Simple reasons why the oil gasket leaked on the nsx. #1, people put goop on the gasket, when there shouldn't be any used regardless of what the manual says. So either you or past owners changed the gasket and used goop... possibly. Then biggest thing, reason #2, a car NEEDS to be driven on a regular basis to keep gaskets from drying, cracking and shrinking.
So the reason could be either #1, or more than likely #2. My suggestion is to quit spending so much time underneath the FD fixing it and spend more time driving the nsx. I'm certain there is plenty of time involved in keeping the FD road worthy. Then there we have it. Future problems with the nsx adverted and less oil on the roads from the bust fd since the fd will be on the road even less. :wink: :biggrin:
No worries, my nsx is seeping oil too. That really is rather disappointing. Occasionally I get a drop or two when the motor is nice and hot from a drive then parked in the garage. Still messy nasty since the oil scum gets over everything underneath. I'm gonna do my oil pan gasket probably next month or so, when I hit oil change mileage. I've got about 77k miles on the clock.
Oh and the Vtec is still alive and kickin' perfectly btw
Glad you're taking all the egging pretty damn well! Though it does make it kind of...less fun.
So which gasket of yours is leaking?? Whoops, I meant on the NSX obviously because I'm sure the answer to that if pertaining to the FD would be, "all of em".
Not enough to actually form drops? Sounds to me like the age of the car has more to do with it than the mileage. You're pushing close to 15yrs...perhaps it's time to change some gaskets.
My '91 has 75k miles and I changed the head gasket, valve cover gaskets and oil pan gasket as well as the cam seals....stuff just gets old and dried out after awhile. Mine wasn't dripping either, but it smelled here and there. I also changed my clutch at 75k too..not bad for one clutch.
Are you dissapointed that it's not leaving pools of oil on the floor, or that you can't find anything else to whine about?
Then why are they always broke:biggrin:
That's because it's always in the shop getting fixed or rebuilt. It's GOTTA be in great shape afterwards! Especially after routine visits to the shop with broken parts still nice new and shiney, just busted. NSX never goes to the shop, so parts get old and worn then looooong time down the road, something breaks.
The FD shouldn't be leaking, blowing seals or over heating. The replacement parts are still new!
With stops every 100 miles to cool off and top off the oil and coolant, the successful trip on pump gas @15 psi must have taken ages with all those stops!
Well your thought was correct. However if it was true, it'd bankrupt Ferrari and Enzo would be designing the new HSC. Honda knew they have to have competition in the exotic car world. Without competition, Honda would have a monopoly. With a monopoly comes congress to try to break up your company. Hence, Honda had to let Ferrari breath a little bit by building the nsx a little off of perfect. Just a little.
Yeah, but $1800 every 90k miles to replace all that is cheap considering it's about 6+ years to reach those miles. Especially when compared to rebuilding a fd motor every few miles :biggrin: for a couple thousand dollars each time.
That's great when the cheapest priced part on the car will last forever but everything else that costs real money breaks all the time. BTW, I got original fuses in my car in places, they're 14 years old and cost a few cents each :wink: But ooops oh wait my expensive parts in my nsx....... nope still not broke :tongue: (knock on wood!)
Hey it's a NSX. It's got about a billion hoses running from front to back. It's not as special as a FD where it's only got 3 moving parts, a spark plug, and a pull string. Oh wait.... or was that roll back start? Oops never mind, no roll back, that would require a spring and make it 4 moving parts.
Oh hell yeah the Supra is a more reliable FI car than the nsx. Oh wait, the nsx didn't come in FI. I've heard the same comments before too. Those are definitely monstrous cars though.
Oh, don't forget the AAA card for roadside assistance, 4 blocks is a LONG way for a FD, lol. :biggrin:
Also bro and this is just for balance. Why no admission of being wrong about the thread you started? Time to man up:wink:
well when it debuted it was faster around Streets of Willowsprings, same day same driver (danny sullivan). although the nsx did get the nod as the better handling car.
still though i'd trade my rx7 for an nsx (my dream car) any day. there is just something magical about 8,000 rpm's screaming behind your head. plus the mid-engine driving feel along with no power steering is just awesome. i cant wait for the day i can afford an nsx as a track car.
well when it debuted it was faster around Streets of Willowsprings, same day same driver (danny sullivan). although the nsx did get the nod as the better handling car.
still though i'd trade my rx7 for an nsx (my dream car) any day. there is just something magical about 8,000 rpm's screaming behind your head. plus the mid-engine driving feel along with no power steering is just awesome. i cant wait for the day i can afford an nsx as a track car.
Of course it's much more reliable! Because you practically rebuilt an entirely new car out of considerably better aftermarket parts! It's like the only thing mazda left is the badge on the nose.
The threads blow up, NOT because we feel threatened (I knwo that was in your head, because I'd feel the same way) but because the target is SOOOO easy. Even you had to admit the wankel was a wanker straight out of the factory until full aftermarket mods/replacement.
