AboutGary J. Meyer II Expertise The types of questions I can answer would be related to Honda automobile diagnosis and repair procedures. I can't diagnose every car via email because some tests just require a good old fashion road test.
Experience I am a Honda automobile technician with twenty years of new car dealership experience. My first few years as a Honda tech date back to when Honda cars were still offered in carburated models. In the last few years, I've been exposed to the integration of hybrid powered cars, the Natural Gas powered GX Civic, and electronic features ranging from voice activated GPS navigation to power sliding doors. I have been certified as an ASE Master Technician and passed the L1 Advanced Engine Performance test in 2000. I opened my own independent import repair shop specializing in but not limited to Honda automobiles in 2008. Operating my own shop has re-energized my enthusiasm for automobiles.
Publications a few articles www.articlesbase.com, advertisement in East Coast Ink Magazine Spring 2009 and Fall 2009
Education/Credentials ASE Certification, attending American Honda's training center and web based training American Honda provided, New car dealership management training
Awards and Honors 3 time Honda Top Tech finalist, achieved Honda Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum Level Training status,achieved a training level of 99 percent of all current American Honda Traning center Modules and self study proformance modules in 1999, Re-certified ASE Master technician, L1 Advanced engine performance ASE certification
Question I just had my 2000 Honda Accord 75k servcing. I was told the battery needs replacing, as the CCA was 350 and volts were 7.8.
The car starts fine, I drive on average 5 miles/day and live in warm weather. Do I need to replace the battery, or recharge it, or neither?
Answer Your car has a battery with cold cranking amperage rating of around 455cca to 550cca if it has the original battery. With that said a read out of 350cca should give it a noticeable slower crank. A battery with 7.8 volts wouldn't start the car. So either that was misstated or not true. In fact, the industry standard for a bad battery was one below 9.6v when loaded with the old VAT-40 tester. The new hand held digital battery testers used in most shops these days work very well. These battery testers are also equipped with thermal printers for printing the test results. I'd ask for your battery test print out. Autozone parts stores use the same tester and they typically test batteries at no charge.
