On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Chris S wrote:

> or those early '90s Honda distributors that regularly wore out
> their bearings in a bit over 60K miles,

Honda owners refer to this as the "dreaded red dust" (sort of like we
refer to the "dreaded coolant drip.)  If it gets out of hand it can seize
and break the timing belt.  It's a few specific years that are affected.

Hondas also seem to have a piston slap problem.  Almost everyone with a
Honda with more than 50,000 miles on it has noticed it.  Doesn't seem to
hurt them, though -- they still make it well past 100,000 miles.

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