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Nailgrease's advice is spot on. If you want the most effective items focus on these:

- Buy either S-VCM or VCMTuner II linked above by Winston. You do not need a mechanic to do this. They are very easy to install following the instructions that come with them.

- Change your oil with a high quality synthetic and filter every 5k miles or less. Your regular oil change shop should be very capable of this, just make sure you're not getting the $30 oil change special or whatever. The supplies alone should cost at least that.

- Check your oil frequently - you're probably burning some and you do NOT want to run low.

- Use only top tier fuel.

TOP TIER - High-quality Fuel Performance Standard - TOP TIER™

TOP TIER is developed and enforced by some of the leading automotive manufacturers and supplied by participating fuel retailers.

www.toptiergas.com

That will probably get you in a lot better spot. Simply firing all the plugs with VCM should prevent the spark plugs from fouling and causing misfires. So that by itself will be huge.

If you want bonus points you can just ask your dealer or shop to replace the PCV and clean the MAF. Neither are difficult or expensive. Probably 1 hour of labor to do both. You could even ask your shop to install the VCM disable device, your dealer MIGHT not do that however.

 

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Would that keep the oil from getting to the spark plugs? Sorry to ask so many questions. I’ll look up these up and see if I can figure it out! My husband is a carpenter and can build/rebuild anything but I am the one that tries to take care of my car. 🤞🏻I’m just worried about my daughter driving it and the possibility of the engine locking up from this issue. (I had read some of the posts and one man said his pilot locked up on his wife while she was driving and it scares me.) Thanks for all your help!

Your engine is only likely to "lock up" and strand you if you let it run out of oil. Frequently checking the oil and adding it when needed should prevent that even if it continues to foul the spark plugs and run poorly. Your owners manual has instructions on how to check the oil. If you don't have an owners manual Honda has them online too.