Honda is known for producing high quality vehicles, but even the Honda engines must be properly in normal operation, before being broken. New engine components must be properly lubricated and covered first. Break by not following procedures increase engine wear and less effective.

Instructions

1. ccelerate slowly when driving. Avoid high speed, if possible. The internal engine components are very fragile in mint condition. Not to breed or revving your engine.
2. Avoid constant speed during engine braking. If you are traveling at highway speeds, change the speed every 10 to 15 miles. Remain at a constant speed of the engine oil force at a location that limits the lubrication of the engine.
3. Not brake aggressively. Extreme brake presses on a new engine so that it to stop and start at irregular intervals.
4. Avoid heavy loads during the adjustment period. Honda Civic is not recommended for towing in any way, especially not during the engine break-in period. Do not overload your vehicle with heavy objects, the extra weight your engine for the first few hundred miles will affect.
   

Tips and Warnings

• The break in period recommended is 600 miles. Once your vehicle has accumulated 600 miles, they can normally be used. Follow the break-in. Recommendations, if the vehicle is new or installed a new engine

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Regular tire rotation is important for the tires on your Honda Civic. The warranty on most tires require tire will be updated regularly to keep the warranty in force. Regular rotation will also help the maneuverability and traction capabilities of your Civic.

Instructions

1. Set the parking brake. Put the transmission in park for an automatic or in first gear for manual transmission.
2. Jack up the front of your Civic with the hydraulic cylinder. The Civic has a spot on the cylinder of the cross behind the front bumper. Place two candles on the lifting points behind the front wheels. Lower the front of the car on jack stands. The front wheels must be on the floor.
3. Jack up the rear of the car and place the stand on the front jack point behind the rear tire. The point of taking the rear tow hooks.
4. Remove loose to all four wheels and tires with the wrench and spin-off lug nuts. Hold the nuts at each corner and record the initial positions of the tires.
5. Rotating the tire by moving the front wheels and tires of the rear axle on the same side. The rear wheels are on the front axle moved and went to the other side of the car.
6. Install the wheels and tires on the new site. Use the wrench on lug nuts in a model of transition, you pull on each wheel
7. Lower the car is made by reversing the order lifting. Jack up each end of the carriage, remove the jack stands and lower the car on the ground.
   

Tips and Warnings

• Loosen the lug nuts slightly before lifting the car in order to facilitate the removal of the wheel.
• Tighten all bolts after driving the car about 60 miles. Translocated nuts tend to loosen when the vehicle is driven.
• Do not use the jack of security that comes with the car turn the tires. Tire rotation certainly requires a good jack and axle stands.
  

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If the heating system in your Honda Civic is not the production of hot air, it can be a number of reasons. The main cause is a faulty heater. You must ensure that there is not another reason, however, especially the replacement of the base is complex and time consuming. Other causes may be a thermostat stuck or worn hoses. The good news is that the heating system is not suitable for solving problems Civic as difficult as its counterpart in the climate system more complex.

Instructions

1. Check the status of the drive belt air conditioning compressor. Replace if damaged or worn. Imagine the tension if necessary.
2. Check the hoses on the system. Look for cracks, stains or heavily damaged, and the oil bubbles or seepage through the joints. Replace hoses, where any leaks, deterioration or damage.
3. Locate the capacitor and check for foreign objects such as leaves or insects inside. Clean the condenser air or a special "comb".
4. Look on the passenger seat floor or steam / antifreeze vapor out of the vents on wet carpet. This means a heater core is leaking, replace the kernel.
5. Check the condition of the thermostat. It is likely open when the engine takes a long time to warm themselves stuck or closed when the lower radiator hose is not hot when the engine is hot glued. Replace the thermostat if it jams.
6. Feel both heater hose near the firewall. If one of them is cold, this means that a blockade is stopped in a tube or the radiator or heating control valve. Disconnect hoses and hose down to rinse with a hose the kernel if it removed a traffic stop, hoses and all. When the kernel is further blocked, replace it.
   

Tips and Warnings

• The operation of the heating system at least once a month for 10 minutes, particularly in winter, preventing the system, the pipes to protect dry or chapped.

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