Honda Car Forum

Just bought a 98 civic and there's no owners manual.

Is there a valve adjustment requirement?

Same goes for spark plugs, anti freeze, and timing belt, automatic
transmission fluid.

67k for miles, dealer said he would order me a manual, but I would like to
take care of as much as possible while I am on holiday vacation.

Why do people take the owners manual out when they trade a vehicle?

Thanks Tom

Click on "maintenance schedule" below. This is for a 1995 Civic and so
things might be very slightly different from a 1998. But it might be a good
start.

http://icelord.net/honda/repair/Serv...l/CivicManual/

Otherwise, many public libraries carry Chilton's and the like for Honda
Civics. They may have the maintenance schedule.

You can go to
http://www.hondacars.com/info/custom...owserDetected=
True . Look down near the bottom and they tell you to click on a link to go
through the steps for ordering your own owner's manual. Not sure what it
costs, if it costs. Alternatively, call them at the toll-free number at this
site, 1-800-999-1009.

Timing belts are 60k or 90k miles. You could ask the 800 number above for
that.


"tflfb" <fuksatw@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:aM4Hb.73$Bg5.42048@news.uswest.net...
> Just bought a 98 civic and there's no owners manual.
>
> Is there a valve adjustment requirement?
>
> Same goes for spark plugs, anti freeze, and timing belt, automatic
> transmission fluid.
>
> 67k for miles, dealer said he would order me a manual, but I would like to
> take care of as much as possible while I am on holiday vacation.
>
> Why do people take the owners manual out when they trade a vehicle?
>
> Thanks Tom
>
>

If you are in the USA go to http://honda.com and register your car there
(click on "owners link"). By doing that you will be able to check the
maintenance schedule etc. for your car. You need the VIN to register.

You can also buy both owners manuals and service manuals from
http://www.helminc.com

tflfb wrote:
>
> Just bought a 98 civic and there's no owners manual.
>
> Is there a valve adjustment requirement?
>
> Same goes for spark plugs, anti freeze, and timing belt, automatic
> transmission fluid.
>
> 67k for miles, dealer said he would order me a manual, but I would like to
> take care of as much as possible while I am on holiday vacation.
>
> Why do people take the owners manual out when they trade a vehicle?
>
> Thanks Tom

Thanks for the info.

Tom
"Randolph" <trash@junkmail.com> wrote in message
news:3FECF195.FE3E7D75@junkmail.com...
> If you are in the USA go to http://honda.com and register your car there
> (click on "owners link"). By doing that you will be able to check the
> maintenance schedule etc. for your car. You need the VIN to register.
>
> You can also buy both owners manuals and service manuals from
> http://www.helminc.com
>
> tflfb wrote:
> >
> > Just bought a 98 civic and there's no owners manual.
> >
> > Is there a valve adjustment requirement?
> >
> > Same goes for spark plugs, anti freeze, and timing belt, automatic
> > transmission fluid.
> >
> > 67k for miles, dealer said he would order me a manual, but I would like
to
> > take care of as much as possible while I am on holiday vacation.
> >
> > Why do people take the owners manual out when they trade a vehicle?
> >
> > Thanks Tom

timing belt at 100.000 km 's !!!
or aprox 60.000 miles !!


tflfb wrote:

> Just bought a 98 civic and there's no owners manual.
>
> Is there a valve adjustment requirement?
>
> Same goes for spark plugs, anti freeze, and timing belt, automatic
> transmission fluid.
>
> 67k for miles, dealer said he would order me a manual, but I would like to
> take care of as much as possible while I am on holiday vacation.
>
> Why do people take the owners manual out when they trade a vehicle?
>
> Thanks Tom

tflfb wrote:
>
> Just bought a 98 civic and there's no owners manual.
>
> Is there a valve adjustment requirement?
>
> Same goes for spark plugs, anti freeze, and timing belt, automatic
> transmission fluid.
>
> 67k for miles, dealer said he would order me a manual, but I would like to
> take care of as much as possible while I am on holiday vacation.
>
> Why do people take the owners manual out when they trade a vehicle?
>
> Thanks Tom
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tflfb,

In Western canada, if the owner's manual is missing and the car is on a
dealer's lot, it sometimes means the car was an import / lease return
from eastern Canada (read: QUEBEC) and they don't really want you to
catch on when you see the French owner's manual, so they toss 'em.

'Curly'



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