BUNDYS GARAGE BUNDY HERE
HEY TODAY WE ARE WORKING ON A 2008 HONDA
ODYSSEY THIS IS A J SERIES THREE POINT FIVE LITER
VTEC LET'S SEE THIS IS THE J SERIES 35A6 I JUST
WANTED TO DO A QUICK FLYOVER OF THIS ENGINE
SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO CHECK ON THIS ENGINE
RIGHT HERE THAT'S YOUR PCV VALVE TEN MILLIMETER
POP THAT THING OUT THIS THING SLIDES DIRECTLY
OUT AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAN GET TO YOUR PCV
VALVE RIGHT HERE ON THE FRONT COIL PACKS
UNDERNEATH THOSE ARE YOUR INJECTORS SPARK
PLUGS SIX MILLIMETER HEX BOLT HOLDS THEM IN
UPPER AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSES RIGHT HERE
JUST TO CHECK THESE REAL QUICK THIS ENGINES IS
WARM NOT HOT SO JUST TOUCH ONE OF THE
RADIATOR HOSES AND THEN TOUCH THE OTHER ONE
YOU SHOULD FEEL ONE THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER
THAN THE FIRST ONE SO THIS TOP ONE RIGHT HERE
THIS ONES A LOT THIS ONES A LOT WARMER THAN
THE LOWER RADIATOR HOSE IT'S TELLING ME THAT
THE RADIATOR IS WORKING AND THAT THE
THERMOSTAT IS FUNCTIONING RIGHT HERE I'LL TRY
AND GET A SHOT OF IT RIGHT WHERE THIS SECOND
RADIATOR HOSE CONNECTS TOO RIGHT HERE THERES
HOUSING IT'S THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING THERE'S TWO
BOLTS THAT HOLD IT ON THAT'S WHERE YOUR
THERMOSTAT RESIDES RIGHT BACK THERE
A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT
YOUR BRAKE FLUID MAKE SURE YOUR BRAKE FLUID IS AT
THE PROPER LEVEL ALSO ANOTHER GOOD THING TO DO
WHILE YOUR HERE GO AHEAD THIS IS WHERE YOUR AIR
FILTER SITS DRIVERS SIDE RIGHT BEHIND THE BATTERY
GO AHEAD THERE'S FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THIS
THING ON TWO ONE HERE ONE HERE ONE HERE ONE
OVER HERE AND THEN ONE IN THE BACK CORNER
GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT HOUSING OUT AND THEN
SEE WHAT THE CONDITION OF THE AIR FILTER IS YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD IT UP TO THE SUN AND SEE
SUNLIGHT THROUGH IT AT THE PLETS BUT IF YOU CAN'T
GO AHEAD AND REPLACE YOUR AIR FILTER YOU SHOULD
PROBABLY DO THAT EVERY 60,000 TO 80,000 MILES
I KNOW SOME OF THE QUICK OIL CHANGE LUBE PLACES
TRY TO CON YOU INTO CHANGING YOUR AIR FILTER AT
EVERY OIL CHANGE BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARY
THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF YOU
AND BRAKE FLUID FLUSHES AND POWER STEERING
FLUSHES ARE NOT REALLY NECESSARY EITHER UNLESS
YOUR AT LIKE 100,000 - 120,000 MILES THAN IT'S A
GOOD IDEA
RIGHT OVER HERE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER
STEERING FLUID MAKE SURE YOUR POWER STEERING
FLUID IS AT THE UPPER LEVEL WHICH IT IS ON THIS
VEHICLE YOU CAN SEE IT CLEARLY RIGHT THERE IF IT
WAS LOW OR IN THE MIDDLE JUST ADD SOME TO GET
BACK TO THE UPPER LEVEL ON THE POWER STEERING
FLUID IT'S ALSO A GOOD PRACTICE TO ONLY USE HONDA
POWER STEERING FLUID THERE IS AN ADDITIVE IN
THERE NO I SHOULD SAY HONDA POWER STEERING
FLUID IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR HONDA POWER
STEERING SYSTEMS HONDA STEERING SYSTEMS
IF YOU USE OTHER POWER STEERING FLUID YOU HAVE
A CHANCE OF EATING THROUGH THIS RUBBER HOSE
CHECK YOUR BELT YOUR SERPENTINE BELT
LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET A SHOT OF IT RIGHT DOWN
THERE
YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE CHECK THAT LOOK FOR
ANY WORN AREAS CRACKS IF YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED IT
IN 100,000 MILES GO AHEAD CHANGE IT THERE'S A TOOL
THAT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO RELEASE THE
TENSION ON THE TENSIONER
HELPS QUITE A BIT WHEN YOUR GETTING THE TENSION
OFF THE TENSIONER WHEN YOUR CHANGING THE BELT
OUT
THESE BATTERY POSTS AHVE SEEN BETTER DAYS
YOU CAN SEE SOME CORROSION ON THE BATTERY
TERMINALS SO YOUR BEST BET GO AHEAD TAKE THIS
TAKE THESE OFF AND CLEAN THEM OFF WITH A
BATTERY POST CLEANER YOU CAN PICK THEM UP AT
O'REILLY AUTOZONE OR JUST A STEEL WOOL BRUSH
A STEEL ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A TOOTHBRUSH BUT
IT HAS STEEL BRISTLES ON THE END OF IT GO AHEAD
AND CLEAN THOSE UP BUT BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT OFF
COMPLETELY MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CODE IF YOU
HAVE A HONDA FACTORY STEREO MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE THE CODE THAT WILL ACTIVATE THE RADIO
AGAIN ANOTHER THING TO CHECK RIGHT HERE
ONLY DO THIS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD
GO AHEAD POP YOUR RADIATOR CAP OFF
LOOK INSIDE THERE MAKE SURE THE FLUID IS ALMOST
TO THE FULL SPOT THIS FLUID IS GOOD ANOTHER
GOOD THING IS TO LOOK AT YOUR RADIATOR CAP MAKE
SURE THIS ALL IN TACT I'VE SEEN IT WHERE THIS
WHOLE ASSEMBLY RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY GONE
IS MISSING THERE IS NO SPRING
THIS VAN THIS HONDA ODYSSEY HAS 134,000 MILES
ON IT SO
IT'S NOT A BAD PRACTICE TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE
THIS RADIATOR CAP WITH A HONDA RADIATOR CAP
GO TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP TO GET THIS
I ACTUALLY PICKED ONE UP FROM O'REILLY
COUPLE YEARS BACK AND I PUT IT ON AND AFTER
AWHILE IT STARTED LEAKING HAD A LEAK WENT BACK
TO A HONDA CAP THE LEAK WAS GONE SO
THERE ARE SPECIFIC TOLERANCES THAT IT'S LOOKING
FOR ANOTHER THING IT TO CHECK IS THE RESERVOIR
BOTTLE WHICH SITS RIGHT HERE THERE'S A HIGH AND
A LOW MARKING WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARM YOU
WANT THE COOLANT IN THE MIDDLE LET ME SEE IF
I CAN GET DOWN THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT
THIS RESERVOIR BOTTLE IS LOW SO GO AHEAD AND TOP
IT OFF WITH YOU CAN EITHER USE TYPE 2 BLUE
COOLANT OR O'REILLY'S SELLS A GREEN COOLANT
THAT WILL DO AS WELL
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU RIGHT HERE I HAVE A VIDEO
ON THIS ACTUAL PROBLEM BUT IT'S QUITE A COMMON
OCCURRENCE I BELIEVE THE HOOD ROD PROP CLIP IS
BROKEN PROBABLY HAVE SOME TEETH MISSING IF I
TURN IT
YEAH
THERE ARE SOME TEETH MISSING DOWN THERE
SO I ACTUALLY A VIDEO ON THIS ACTUAL FIX AND I
WILL PUT A LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW
ACTUALLY SHOW YOU HOW TO FIX THIS SO YOU DON'T
HAVE THE PROBLEM THIS UH HOOD ROD COMING OUT
ON YOU ANOTHER THING YOU WANT TO DO WHEN THE
ENGINE IS COLD
IS CHECK YOU OIL
SO RIGHT HERE I'M PULLING OUT THE DIPSTICK
SO RIGHT THERE YOU SEE CROSS HATCHED MARKINGS
THE UPPER LINE IS WHERE THE OIL SHOULD BE WHEN
IT'S COLD IF IT'S BELOW THAT POINT GO AHEAD
ADD SOME OIL
RIGHT HERE IN THE OIL FILL PLUG YOU SEE FIVE W
TWENTY SO THIS THIS ENGINES IS CALLING FOR
FIVE W TWENTY BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE OIL ON THIS
VEHICLE JUST A LITTLE HIGH BUT THE ENGINE
IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT WARM SO YOUR BEST BET IS TO
CHECK CHECK THE OIL AND THE COOLANT FIRST
THING IN THE MORNING AFTER THE ENGINE HAS
COOLED DOWN COMPLETELY WHEN IT'S ICE COLD
SO GO AHEAD STICK THAT IN THERE
ALSO ANOTHER GOOD THING CHECK BACK HERE
THESE ARE ALL THE HOSES USED IN THE HEATING
SYSTEM THESE ARE COOLANT HOSES THERE IS
COOLANT GOING THROUGH THERE MAKE SURE THERE
ARE NO LEAKS ALSO RIGHT HERE RIGHT BACK HERE
THAT'S YOUR BLEND DOOR
FOR THE HEAT FOR THE HOT AND COLD SO IF YOUR
NOT GETTING HEAT FOR ANY REASON OR COLD
GO AHEAD MAKE SURE THAT THIS CABLE RIGHT THERE
IS ACTUALLY WORKING I'VE SEEN IT WHERE THIS
CABLE BREAKS OR THIS STEM RIGHT HERE BREAKS
OFF OR THIS MECHANISM FAILS TO WORK CORRECTLY
AND THEN YOU LOSE ALL YOUR HEAT SO
ALRIGHT GUYS JUST A QUICK FLYOVER OF
THE THREE POINT FIVE LITER J SERIES ENGINE HONDA
ACURA
IF YOU HAVE FOUND ANY OF MY VIDEOS HELPFUL
PLEASE CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING TO BUNDYS GARAGE
ON YOUTUBE
QUESTIONS COMMENTS CONCERNS YOU CAN
ALWAYS EMAIL ME AT BUNDYSGARAGE AT GMAIL DOT
COM
AND LIKE ALWAYS I'LL KEEP''M ROLLING FOR YOU.