Hi folks
(Age 40, male, Accord Sport 57 plate, 118k).
I keep reading on here to make sure you read this post from beginning to end. So, as I couldn't sleep, either down to the mrs snoring, or my car giving my trouble, (betting on the latter as I'm used to the mrs now, finally, with the aid of ear plugs), I made a point of doing exactly that.
Jeez....I have read every word and it has taken forever! Now I have read it, felt compelled to share my experience too, although I'm not after answers now. So;
MPG is less normal, noticeably
Performance is down slightly, but not alarmingly
No juddering or hesitation, slight hiccup once prob every 2/3 months
6 month Intermittent EML is now constant for last week, P2004
Thanks to this forum, cleaned IMRC valve butterfly housing yesterday, gunky, but not massively.
Noticed yesterday, whilst idle, little arm on IMRC diaphragm flying saucer thingy was moving erratically on its own accord, (no pun), upon initial start, then stopped after a few mins when still idle, but rev counter when idle is always stable, usual well below 1K rpm. Noticed little spring loaded arm to butterfly did not move when revving too...not sure if that's normal? (Mrs helped, lucky me)! So, not sure if it is supposed to move or not when revving or accelerating? Maybe that will explain the lower MPG if it's supposed to move when accelerating?
So, I guess this issue can manifest itself as a multitude of symptoms, but thanks to this forum and some very detailed write ups, I'm more confident to have a look myself, rather than go to the not so friendly local stealer. I may have to go eventually to get a new FSV, but I'll start with the filter for it first.
Being a Sunday, I'll wait for half Halfords to open and get some electrical contact spray and do some DIY and some vacuum tests in the meantime.
I just wanted to extend a simple "thanks" above anything.
Regards