Coolant

Honda Type 2 blue coolant comes premixed and does not need diluting. Mixing coolant types is a common cause of gelling in older Hondas.

The interval is completely different on early cars. The 2000 and 2001 maintenance schedule calls for the first coolant change at 45,000 miles or 3 years and then every 30,000 miles, because those cars did not use the long life formulation. The familiar 120,000 then 60,000 mile figures only apply from 2002. An owner of a 2000 or 2001 car working to the later schedule would be roughly 75,000 miles late on the first change.

The system holds 1.72 US gallons when refilling after a drain. The 2.01 gallon figure is the total including the reserve tank and what stays in the engine. Both figures are unchanged across all ten model years.

Capacities checked against all ten owner's manuals, 2000 to 2009. Intervals checked against Honda Owners Site maintenance schedules for 2001 and 2002.