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15:21 Now, There's your cracked valve cover 🎉

You're mistaken. It's just an oil seal like any other. The valve cover is 1/8 thick cast aluminum. There are no cracks in the cover and it has 310,000 miles.

Hope this helps!!

@@ChiefStones that’s a good idea. Maybe I’ll try that.

@@ChristineD8093 it's nice. Gives about 3 or 4 flashes then turns solid.

That's not a bad idea.

The sub frame bolts or the bolts holding in the compressor?

@@clintsearcy3252 Hi Clint, Great videos! The compressor bolts are stuck. The main frame/sub frame bolt is also frozen. I decided to leave the compressor and removed the A/C clutch yesterday per your video. :).The friction plate was full of rust. The water pump is wobbly, so the removal is today. Because of the amount of noise, I'm thinking I should inspect the timing chain slack while I have it apart. I recently checked the oil screens, VTOC and by the tensioner but did not find any irregular sediment. There are no error codes, but the noise is bad enough that there could be a tensioner problem?? Maybe? Thanks!

Experience is the best teacher.

I'm glad it helped.

All I do to reset codes is unhook the battery for a minute or so.

@@clintsearcy3252 Yes I have done this aswell, And the check engine light, VSA & traction control lights all went away, Reving is past 3K aswell, But the p2646 & p2647 codes, Either never went away or came back… I’m thinking I gotta get a OBD2 reader to manually erase those codes (Limp mode is killing my gas mileage)

Rock on!

I had some of those super bright brake lights for a few weeks. Then I realized "Wow... I'm a super douche bag for blinding everyone behind me with these." So I swapped them back. But these things are just silly. Props to the guy for trying to use his turn signals I guess but these blinky lights just make that a moot point.

@@clintsearcy3252 I just thought I’d give people an extra warning that I was stopping. Plus I no longer drive at night due to those fantastic OEM cloudy headlight covers and I have night blindness. I will ask my friends to let me know if they are blinding or annoying to them….

@@ChristineD8093 Oh boy, that's not fun. I polished out my headlights and that worked ok. But after I hit the deer I just replaced them.

@@clintsearcy3252 do you have a video showing how to change a serpentine belt?

I think you may be right.

I can't say. I've never tried it.

I can't say. I've never tried it. Plus I think getting the lines off is easier from the underside.

@@clintsearcy3252 Agreed, it's top and bottom.

It's easier than it seems.

No, I don't believe the Element has separate PS filter.

@@clintsearcy3252 i believe this to be true, only reservoir screen at bottom

Never.

I hates them.

Exactly!

Glad it was helpful!

Very true. Dealing with TPS is a very different thing.

I am, there are folks who say that you should not jack up a car using moving suspension components and I won't say they are wrong. But everyone once in a while I do it this way.

Interesting idea. I've mounted a lot of ATV and mower tires but never a car tire.

@clintsearcy3252 I'm always careful to mark the tire and rim before. If I need to break the bead on both sides to completely remove the tire, I have the tire re balanced if it's been over 10k. Dish soap works very well. I just have factory steel rims.

I've never let not knowing what I'm doing stop me from doing it!! ALL AHEAD FULL!

It's got its pluses and minuses for sure.

You're welcome!

Shhhhh!! you're ruining by brand!

We don't get a lot of salt here but what little we get gives me headaches.

Only when it rains👌 This is high level, high quality video👍

To the top!!

Ummmm... I would have to take that to an alignment shop.

@@clintsearcy3252 the two bolts on the tie rods fix alignment car rides straight again

@@JazzFlightProduction There ya go.

I keep a manchette in mine.

Hope it helped!

Great!

I hope this video helps.

Honda 72520-S0X-A53 Roller Assy., R. Slide Door Center

@@clintsearcy3252 thank you so much

If you can get the door panel off you need to pull down on the point where the cable used to hook.

@@clintsearcy3252 got it! I was worried you can’t unscrew the panel when it’s closed but they’re just barely accessible. Thanks man!

God bless you, citizen.

My pleasure!

I used to edit out the mistakes but then I figured out that showing the imperfection of the process made things much more relatable.

That may be an issue. I chased this problem for months before I got it to go away. I think in the end it was gunk in my oil pan that kept fouling out my VTEC. Once I did enough oil changes it finally started clearing up. I change oil and filter every 3000 to 4000 miles now.

I hope this helps!

This stuff says it need to be applied several times for very damaged plastic. Which mine is.

Glad it helped!

I just grabbed one off ebay. I thin RockAuto has them too.

Interesting. I'm flattered. Id like to see Sara N Tune and Derik from VGG on there too.

One day I'll get back to doing good videos.

Clint, have you had to deal with the Air Mix Control Motor in your Element yet? We tripped over to the coast yesterday, and because we’ve had an unusually long hot summer we haven’t used the heater yet, that is until last night. Guess what, yep no heat. My best guess using Honda’s service manual (volume 2), is the air mix control motor 🤔 The manual makes it sound easy, but 🥴

The worst oil leaks I have seen on my Hondas have all come from the VTEC gaskets blowing out. This Van included. Have you found out where yours is coming from?

@@clintsearcy3252 I replaced the VTEC solenoid pack with Honda OEM that included the new gasket. I need to put dye in the oil. I've got too many vehicles, lol!

@@Rusty-Shackleford69 One thing I learned early on about that gasket is that if you don't get the torque right on those three bolts that hold the VTEC on it will leak like crazy.

@clintsearcy3252 Thank you, kind sir! I will re check the torque! Since installing a year ago, I've picked up a much better digital torque wrench.

Bummer. It may be time to go under the car.

Glad it helped you out!! I love CRVs