This car is a total piece of crap. Don't get me wrong. I am sure that the previous owners had taken care of it, it would be a sweet machine. It handles nice when it drives. It looks nice. Just so many problems.
Was burning oil when we first got it. So we decided to put a totally rebuilt head on it. Which stopped the burning oil. But now it is leaking coolant out of the side of the motor. Going to re-torque the head to see if that fixes the problem. Either that or we have bought 2 defective head gaskets. Cause we just replaced the head gasket again, thinking that maybe the first time it slipped or something.
Replaced the axles all in one unit. But I guess with this model bolts like to seize up. So one side went good and easy and the other side took 2 days. We had to cut the wishbone out and put a new one in as well as the axle. Which was two trips to the auto wreckers.
It generally is a nice little car. Just wish it would stop with the problems.
Good gosh, the car is old enough to vote.
I'm sure it treated its original owner well.
Why don't you allow the poor thing to retire with diginity, rather than calling it "crap"???
I know this car has high mileage
But my question is Is this honda "civic" Si or honda "accord" Si?
The 1986 Accord Hatchback was available in only two models, the DX and LXi model. The LXi is fuel-injected, and a few luxury appointments, including power windows and cruise control. The DX model is fueled by a carburetor. "Si" refers to a Honda Civic, not an Accord. BTW, I bought my 86 Accord DX hatchback brand new 20 years ago, and now have 340K miles, all on the original engine and 5 speed manual transmission. Never broke down on the road. Never leaked any fluids. About 8 years ago, experienced a weird problem that might have been fuel related vapor lock, where the engine lost significant power, but only during very cold weather (a rare event in Calif), but the car still got me home, and the next day, in warmer weather, ran just fine. Replaced the fuel pump, and a problem with the master cylinder/vacuum, but everything else has been normal maintenance. It still runs strong, and 31 mpg. A beautifully engineered car.
I hear ya buddy about the car breaking down a lot. When I received my '86 Accord, I had $1,000 saved up just in case, and I was glad I did. I ended up having the head resurfaced, new head gasket, valve cover gasket, tune up, and exhaust done in one shot and that finally stopped my oil leak. Good luck with this, or any other future Honda's.
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