Acura TL 200K DIY maintenance saga - Part 3 - Tick tick tick tick tick tick

After work on Tuesday I stopped by Brian's to hopefully finish up on the car.  Really, all that was left was to put together a few things.  But, like the day before, we decided to add something else while we were there.  I had read that the EGR ports on this engine need to be cleaned periodically, and I had never done it before.

But first, we put all the parts around the timing belt back together.  Engine covers, drive belts, power steering pump, side motor mount, and cruise control.  I was originally hoping we could do a complete power steering fluid flush, but opted instead to just refill the reservoir with fresh fluid to save time.

Everything back in place on this side. Look at that cool new magnetic parts tray!

Acura TL 200K DIY maintenance saga - Part 2 - Strip all the threads!

After working on getting the timing belt replaced on Saturday, we took a day off and resumed after work on Monday. 

I stopped by the Acura dealer and picked up two bottles of coolant because I realized that O'Reilly had sold me the wrong kind.  Then I returned the wrong coolant and instead picked up another work light, because I'd noticed that being able to see sufficiently down in the engine bay was problematic.  Hopefully another light would help.

Acura TL 200K DIY maintenance saga - Part 1 - We'll get started right after getting this $@%#$! bolt off

Well the old Acura just ticked over 200,000 miles.  Overall things are looking good, with a few small issues to take care of that I haven't gotten around to yet.  200K though means all of the expensive maintenance I shelled out beaucoup bucks for a hundred thousand miles ago is all due again, most notably the dreaded timing belt.

New Addition to the Garage - Odyssey Transmission Fluid Change

First of all, sorry for the lack of updates.  I've been lazy, we have a new baby, and I've been working on projects around the new house (which reminds me, Havener Homestead is also behind on updates).

Anyway, new baby means we needed to replace April's Mustang with a mom-mobile.  Something that would hold five of us comfortably (especially considering two of us are over 6' tall) with extra room for luggage or camping gear and/or extra people.  We decided on a used 2006 Honda Odyssey.

Behold in all its glory!