Acura automobiles

I’ve scratched my rear plactic bumper.  Live near Dallas.  Would appreciate
any recommendations of affordable places to get it touched up, sanded, or
whatever I need.  Thanks.

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Does anyone know if there will be a mid year (middle of 2006 – a 2006
and a half) model change to the RL (or even the TL)?  I must buy a new
car this year and would just as soon wait a few months and get the
later model that may have minor changes and fixes that are not included
in the current year’s model.  Does Acura or Honda as a rule have mid
year model upgrades.  Thanks.

I bought the car without the owners manual. My check engine light came
on 150 miles before my 3k oil change. Is there anything that needs to
be done besides the oil?

Note: Bought with 69K, was Certified from Clair Acura in Massachusetts.

Any help is appreciated

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Thankyou

I am in the Los Angeles area.  I currently have a 2003 CL.  I have a meeting
in Lake Havasu Az this Friday and wanted to find a new TL to rent, to see
how it compares to my CL.  Acura USA, Hertz,  and a local Acura dealer are
of no help.  Any ideas?

S

Hi,

92 Teg.  When I come to an intersection and stop, my car vibrates.
Vibration seems to be affected if I press my brake down harder and then
release it slightly.  When in neutral or park, no vibration at all.  My idle
is around 950 rpm.

First thing that comes to mind is the motor mount, but if it’s the motor
mount, wouldn’t the vibration also happen when in neutral or park?

Any other possibilities?

Thanx for any advice.

Sure seem to be a lot of them on dealer lots , 06′s have been out for 4 or 5
months now . Anybody know why ?

My 91 Legend has 174,000 miles and is smoking and I suspect it is worn
valve guides (it only smokes on starting and while sitting at a stop
light). Several mechanics have said when repairing the valve guides,
you also need to repair the bottom end of the engine (or just get a
newer engine). The reason given is that when the top part is repaired,
it will give more power and then the weakened bottom end might fail
also.

I tend to disagree with this but would like some expert opinions. I
recently did several full acceleration runs of 0 to 60 and clocked
about 8.2 seconds – slightly slower than the original 8.0 seconds. If
the bottom end was weak then it would have failed under this full load.

So the main question is: Is it reasonable to just repair the valve
guides and leave the rest of the engine alone – is the Legend engine
strong enough to just have to repair the top part? I would of course do
a leak down test and compression test to validate my theory. Of course,
if a complete engine overhaul cost just a few $100s more than just the
valve guides, I would do that.

2nd question:
Can the valve guide repair be done without removing the heads?  On some
engines, you can use compressed air to help do the job.  My mechanic
says he would not know until he removed all the equipment above the
heads.  Any advice on this would be appreciated.
Thanks, RIck

Hi all,

92 Teg. Recently I’ve noticed that when I come to a stop, my tachometer
would always bounce back up to around 1700 RPM before settling back down to
850 RPM (my IDLE).

Anyone knows what could be causing the tachometer to bounce up before
settling down? Could it be a leak in one of the hose?

Thanx in advance.