I had an 81 Accord SE. I finally had to donate it to charity since it wasnt worth fixing due to the fact that the body was horrible, and most major components were failing. It still got 30 mpg, but after the clutch went out, so did the car. I put some money into maintenance parts, but the car in general wasnt worth investing in beyond keeping it on the road. I would say, dump $200 or so into it and if that doesnt do the trick, load your shotgun.

By bruce (63.26.194.32) on Monday, April 04, 2005 - 04:26 am:

What year is it? the first thing that needs to be done is fixing the blue smoke issue. sounds like a ring issue, do a compression check. get a book, go from there.

By David (Notansi) (24.11.80.211) on Sunday, April 03, 2005 - 06:15 pm:

Ok I got this 4dr accord today for 100.00 from a co-worker.. it is ROUGH.. but I plan to make it look decent and try ot get her all up and running good....

here is the DL on it:
160,xxx miles
Man trans
2bbl
1.8L
smokes blue (oil)
possibly uses coolant
has a shaky run (engine has a sort of miss maybe head gasket)

what has been done
new inexpensive plug wires
new NGK plugs
new under hood fuel filter
new ign cap
new ign rotor
oil changed with 10W40 Mobil, engine restorer
new air filter
vac hoses inspected and all seem to be fine


whats needed to be done
possibly both outter tie rods
possibly both lower control arms
possibly new frt/rear brakes (need to inspect them there is no noise or pedal fade)
timing needs adjustment (at distributor)
compression test
remove cat


it overheated once on the guy and I wired the fan in and topped off the coolant and now it dont overheat AT ALL stays nice and cool..

I drove it today and it was preaty good (with a mis) and only begin to smoke blue after about 10m at a light.. nothing at first.
it had the mis through first and second but seemed to clear up in higher RPM (over 2800rpm) in third gear

what all do u guys recomend I do as of removing parts or upgrading parts (just to make it run better, no hi po here) also any experience u guys have with these cars please pass down..


Dave