2001 honda civic HL

[samthecarman]

i lost a bet for the super bowl so now i have to do some maintenance on a 2001 honda civic, and was wondering if there was anything special to look at or specific problem areas that comes up on these cars (any TSB's etc...). the car has 41,000 miles on it, so i figure i just need to replace the pcv, fuel filter, and the normal checks (cv boots, fluid levels, suspension, etc...) just looking for anything perculiar to these cars, thanks.

[hxgaser]

HL??? You mean a HX? Anyways, nothing special to look for. You probably don't even need to worry about PCV or fuel filter. Just do oil, check air filter and to a visual inspection of CV boots and suspension components. Perhaps replace the break fluid if you haven't done so, and check the brakes for unusual wear.

[BrodyP]

Sold mine exactly at 41K best tune up ever

[samthecarman]

well looked at the civic today, not to much wrong with it but went to napa got some parts, they gave me a fuel filter, but when i looked i could not find the filter at all, and i looked good. but yea the decal on the car said HL, and it has a 1.7L engine, w/rear drum brakes ? did I overlook something w/the fuel filter ? also napa did not have a rear brake cylinder for the car either but it definatley had rear drum brakes. Napa had a fuel filter i could not find, but did not have a rear wheel cylinder ? anyway any explaniation would be greatly appericated. thanks.

[hxgaser]

Unlike traditional domestic vehicles, fuel filter is located at the rear of the vehicle right behind the left rear wheel.



It's the item number 12 shown on the picture. As far as the rear brake cylinders are concerned, don't worry about replacing them unless they are leaking. 41,000 miles should not really cause any problems with the cylinder.

But I am curious... HL? That is odd. I have never heard of it. Only civics that were sold in the US were DX, LX, EX, and HX. I guess there were some LNG civics but they were not sold to the public as far as I know of. Anyways, now you can replace the fuel filter, but just make sure the tank is less than 1/2 full when you replace it. I am not particularly sure about the Civics but a lot of cars just drain fuel when you have more than 1/2 full tank. Just to be safe.

[samthecarman]

thanks for the diagram, it helps out a lot, yea HL was on the back of the trunk lid. I am not that familiar with all the different civic models, and it is not my car so I don't really know where it came from. I do know that it is the extreme base model did not even have a CD player, and is a manual transmission, which i don't think the transmission matters. When i pulled the boot back on the rear brake cylinder there was some hydraulic fluid on the inside of the boot, but it did not drip out, figured it was starting to go, but since Napa did not have any rear wheel cylinders, i let it go, considering the car is going into storage in about a week. anyway thanks again.