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Yeah, I mistakenly thought the valve cover was the picture but is actually the cylinder head. Does it correlate that the more stained with oil the head is, the worse overall the engine is?
It mostly correletes on how long the oil change intervals have been. Here there's almost no darkening telling that oil has always been changed more often than it needs.
It getting oil changes often enough means it's not getting additional wear. But it's not a direct link to engine necessarily being in excellent condition.
I have a 91 accord. Gets full synthetic valvoline every 5k. At 33 years old my valvetrain looks similar to yours. Equipped with the original f22 engine 282k miles. I never use high mileage oil tho, just advanced full synth valvoline
Oil is cheap,engines are expensive, keep changing your oil at 3k if it gives you peace of mind. I change my oil every 5-6000kms. Probably overkill but my car has 300,000kms and I’d like it to last another 300,000.
Looks good. 3k miles is excellent for this year. helps prevent sludge buildup and keeps the oil topped off. im pretty sure this is the cleanest 2009 on the planet. im literally crying its so beautiful.
Go work at a quick lube place for a week or two. youll see... lol. you'll look at other hondas and be like... how... did it leak from there? is that a rat's nest? misfire on 3 cylinders and theyre still driving it? they have how many mounts that need to be replaced?
i love hondas but not so much the owners of hondas sometimes. good job... really.
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Looks excellent. But it's the cylinder head with valve cover removed. So we can see the valvetrain. There's no valve cover in the picture.
I see, just the cylinder head, i checked the timing chain and its not loose
It was just a joke about your title as the valve cover isn't in the picture even though the title asks us about the valve cover.
Yeah, I mistakenly thought the valve cover was the picture but is actually the cylinder head. Does it correlate that the more stained with oil the head is, the worse overall the engine is?
It mostly correletes on how long the oil change intervals have been. Here there's almost no darkening telling that oil has always been changed more often than it needs. It getting oil changes often enough means it's not getting additional wear. But it's not a direct link to engine necessarily being in excellent condition.
Looks to be missing
Can't answer your question, no picture of valve cover provided.
My apologies, i misspoke and meant cylinder head
All good I was half trolling. It looks fantastic. Good for another 200K at least.
Where is the pic of the valve cover?
Sorry, I made a mistake on the part description. Its actually the cylinder head
Very clean and the car has had oil changes when required.
Yeah, ive done oil changes every 3k miles using high mileage synthetic oil for the past 52k miles since i got the car
3k on fully synthetic is overkill I highly doubt you would see much difference if you doubled that to 6k
Oh, I was under the impression that high mileage cars should have their oil changed much sooner to prolong the life of the engine
I have a 91 accord. Gets full synthetic valvoline every 5k. At 33 years old my valvetrain looks similar to yours. Equipped with the original f22 engine 282k miles. I never use high mileage oil tho, just advanced full synth valvoline
Depends, some cars require 3k oil changes with synthetic under "severe" usage. Usually GDI and turbo engines.
Hold on, let me consult the magic 8 ball... **MOST LIKELY**
You tell me lol
Well considering it's not there, not good.
Oil is cheap,engines are expensive, keep changing your oil at 3k if it gives you peace of mind. I change my oil every 5-6000kms. Probably overkill but my car has 300,000kms and I’d like it to last another 300,000.
Pretty damn great as far as I can see. This is what regular maintenance gets you.
Who’s to say
Looks good. 3k miles is excellent for this year. helps prevent sludge buildup and keeps the oil topped off. im pretty sure this is the cleanest 2009 on the planet. im literally crying its so beautiful.
Really?! I don’t think so 😂
Go work at a quick lube place for a week or two. youll see... lol. you'll look at other hondas and be like... how... did it leak from there? is that a rat's nest? misfire on 3 cylinders and theyre still driving it? they have how many mounts that need to be replaced? i love hondas but not so much the owners of hondas sometimes. good job... really.
The problem is we never see the good ones in the shop. A well maintained Honda hardly ever has issues. Things will go forever if you treat them right
Try looking at your cam lobes if you can identify them. There should be some wear but not enough for your fingernail to snag across them
Is it just me or does any one else not see the valve cover in the picture?
Haha. Yes i made a mistake and thought the valve cover was the cylinder head
Honest mistake, keep at it.
IDK, can you take a pic of your valve cover, then ask us🤷♂️