Well it finally happened! Mrs.O van left her WALKIN! Good thing she was able to coast into the parking lot! The good new is it gives us the opportunity to have a look at the theory and operation of a Honda charging system. So come along as I test the system, replace the alternator on her Honda Odyssey and verify the repair! -Enjoy!
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Love your videos Eric the detail towards analysis and all the humor that goes on love watching them
Eric thanks for posting all these great videos i am working on a 2012 accord se with same problem .Using a autel mk808bt scanner replace alternator and battery but once in a while bat light comes on but goes off.I will find it i don't give up very easy THANKS FOR ALL THE VIDEOS.
don't You live at the same place?? 🙄
This South "Mian" Auto channel is the bestest.
You be nice to your lady Eric!! She is very respectful and sounds like much more to you! You both are made for each other. 😎☺️
Hondas are known for reliability, wonder what he'd rather have for a person vehicle?
You are in trouble Eric.
Fix my car so you can get home.
That's what I heard her say.
I can't thank you enough, just watching your video helped me solve my no power alternator situation(after installing a new one)I had just bought the van and installed a dashcam, pulling and not re-installing the # 18 fuse in the driver's side fuse panel, which is the computer link to send 12Volts to the alternator!!! Your channel is great!
"The people want to see what they want to see"
… Yes. We want to see Mrs O. We don't really care what Eric is doing 🙂
Lmao !! 🤣 a mechanic that hates working on his own vehicles …I'm a truck driver that hates driving after work ..im divorced but I know yr pain …
It’s the positive battery cable going to the starter it’s old.
621k subs! Nice. Just had a friend with a MC that was stranded. Shorted wires was the problem.
could always stay over night in the shop!
I work on cars for a living. Just bought one of these vans for the wife. Knowing you have your wife drivn one of these gives me comfort on my decision cuz i know you probly the same as me that you dont wanna have to wrench on your stuff alot at the end of the day either
I love how the watermark in the corner of the video says "South Mian Auto" lool
Mrs. O is demanding the best customer service possible 😁
Remember if mama not happy nobody is happy
My grandfather bought an odyssey, he knows nothing about it, or even how the work half the buttons in it, freakin thing got a turbo in it, idk what and old man needs that much go in a mini van lol.
I had a 06 Kia Sadona I got for scrap, I fixed it up a little and used it for work, That thing had a 3.8 v6, and holy shit that thing was quick, it was way quicker than my grandfathers odyssey, and it was just naturally aspirated, too bad I ended scrapping it because of the break hydro boost crap, the modual went bad and and costed nearly $700 to replace, wasn't worth it.
The shoe maker's kid's go barefoot!
Mechanics come in two flavors, part changers, and troubleshooters. Correctly changing parts is a complex skill on several types of cars, on modern cars, figuring out what parts need changing is a much higher skill. As in all human endeavors, the 80%/20% rule applies. 80% of the time the problem is just what it appears, 20% of the time you're trying to fix symptoms, not the underlying problem.
I've driven behind people whose brake lights are on 90% of the time, it's obvious they drive with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake. My own wife didn't drive two-footed, But her car needed a brake job every two years or so, The brakes on my car are about 11 years old.
If I'm going down a steep grade, even though I have an automatic transmission, I downshift. If I see that I'll need to stop in the next 1 or 2 minutes, I'll take my foot off the gas…If nobody is behind me who needs a warning, I often downshift. It often turns out I never touch the brake pedal at all.
I'm easy on a car, no jackrabbit starts and stops. My 2004 Honda Accord with the 2,4, 4 cyl engine still runs perfectly…It did need a starter motor 7 years ago. (I suspect the alternator is just plain wearing out, it has iffy bushing sounds) but that's it.
This dude is such a D-bag
I have watched loads of your vid's and you always refer to her as Mrs O, what is her name?.
My wife's 2008 Suburban had a square wave that was applied to the alternator stator, so how much charging it did was determined by the duty cycle of that square wave. If the stator is not energized, no power is drawn from the alternator, so if you turn it on and off 100 times a second, you'll only push coulombs to the battery during the little intervals when it's high. Maybe that's how your Honda works?
If you get that baby up to about 80 before it dies, you can coast a LOOOOOOONG way….
My wife’s alternator failed in our driveway. Lucky girl
I usually just use a multimeter on the alternator usually if it is between 13-15V it's good,. Also disconnect the positive post and see if the alternator can keep up
""Drive it woman"" pmsl i feel your pain bro lol
Do you have a Scope on a Rope? LOL
why not tackle that alternator from the bottom side?
Why Oh Why do the car manufacturers make the engine bay so bloody small, and then keep cramming more and more gear in there. I used to have a 1968 HK Holden and you could get IN the engine bay with the motor. What a difference 50 years makes.
Dude, why you always look high on something?
After 43 years of marriage. Happy wife happy wife. Also you can sleep at home vs shop tonight.
Pretty wife!
Eric, I feel your pain. Hondas a a pain in the neck when it comes to their alternators. They are right near the cv shift on that side I believe.
Thanks for putting a smile on my face you guys
Hard to find a good mechanic lol
Eric, thoroughly enjoy your excellent videos! I have read that cars of recent manufacture (8-10 years ago) begin employing charge management systems to more properly address the charge cycles required by AGM batteries. When replacing these batteries it’s advised to reset the PCM with a scan tool to relearn the proper charge cycles for a new AGM battery. However watching this video just today, it seems obvious to me that the charge characteristics are based on the dynamic load characteristics of vehicle as you covered in this video. That seems more likely the correct approach for proper long term battery maintenance the “relearning” in the article I read. Could you please offer your comments. Thanks so very much for your channel and including your family in many of your presentations. Some of Mrs O’s expressions about some of your comments is quite humorous and uniquely cute!
Cars are not designed to be repaired. It is disgraceful.
i don't like hondas either..i didn't want it but she wnated now we have the same problem and if it's this pain to fix it..i'm just telling her we are paying for it to get fix…
Would it Coe out toir side and timing chs
As my dad would say (RIP), "And the Cobbler's kids go without shoes!"….ha ha ha
That looks about as much of a pain in the ass as my rx350
Mrs O is very beautiful good job Eric
Okay. I haven’t watched this video yet but this MAY be the most important vehicle you have worked on. Lol.
As you said the alternators use a load sensing circuit but they also carry 12 diodes piggy backed onto the heat sink versus the usual six as found in your typical alternator. These alternators are not specific to this series of Honda V6 engines, they are also found in certain models of Toyota such as Camrys 1.8 Corollas, Rav4s and a few of the pickups. Honda does not offer the regulator, rectifier or brushes separately, it comes as a complete part with the stator and end frame included. However once you test the rotor and stator for continuity and those windings are good, its easy to replace the regulator, rectifier and brush pack components which are available from places like Ebay etc.
You have a great understanding of electrical knowledge. I am an electrical engineer and my hats off to you
The cobbler's kids have no shoes. LOL
“Whatever is wrong is wrong now” put it on a shirt!
But its for the children. Walk home, its good for you.