Description Troubleshooting a check engine light on a 2007 Honda Element. The diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) are pulled with a Bluetooth OBD2 scanner and app, and then an in-depth diagnostic process to track down the root cause is demonstrated. P0498 and P0135 codes appeared at the same time and are shown to ultimately be false […]
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Description An Oil Change is performed on a 4th gen 2016 Honda Odyssey minivan. The tools needed for an oil change are shown. The van is jacked up with hydraulic floor jacks, and the oil and filter are changed. In this DIY I discuss the maintenance minder, safety techniques, and advantages of changing your own
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Description How to Plug a Car Tire Puncture. A demonstration of how to use an automotive tire repair kit to make a repair to a hole in a tire caused by a nail or screw. A screw is removed and the tire is plugged. Leak testing & follow-up air pressure checks are discussed. Available on
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A very detailed walk-through of a modern car oil change using a hydraulic jack and jack stands and an extra long oil drain time. Learn the gritty details and all steps involved to change your own oil. This change is performed on a 2016.5 Mazda CX-5. However the procedure is presented in a generalized way
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Parasitic draw, Parasitic Drain, Unwanted current loss. Whatever you want to call it, when its your car’s battery – proper testing is crucial to finding the problem. The Honda Element has a notorious knack for killing batteries & this is the best & most detailed testing video on this problem I have found to help
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The Honda Element AUX jack is known to fail after a number of years. The AUX jack is a 1/8″ stereo audio input source for the Element’s audio system. This is the AUX jack in the passenger-side dash for EX & some LX models. This auxiliary input jack can be replaced or repaired as shown
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How to do a one-person Brake Fluid Flush / Brake Bleed as demonstrated on a Honda Element. Learn how to do a complete brake system flush to replace the old, dirty and contaminated brake fluid with fresh & clean DOT 3 brake fluid. The two-person method is discussed and the one person method is shown
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