Cylinder Head?
11-12-2012, 04:30 AM
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Cylinder Head?
Just feeling the waters to see if anyone around the NC/SC area has a spare cylinder head around. I don't know if the shop is willing to fix mine yet but figured i'd go ahead and see. PM me with a price and location, condition etc.
11-12-2012, 07:36 AM
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11-12-2012, 05:51 PM
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Well i had some head work done, nothing major... just valve springs and retainers and then >2000 miles later it locked up.
Left TPhong's house and within 45 minutes i was doing 72 on cruise control and felt a shudder, then another, then the entire motor just stopped.
Quite a few of my friends came out to help me, and we found that the bolt on the front of the motor, that holds the timing chain came out.
Billman Quote:
"Undertorqued cam wheel bolt is the 100% cause, all else followed.
1-loose bolt allows camwheel to walk forward
2-there is a major oil gallery just behind the camwheel that allows the camwheel to be pressure fed
3-once camwheel walks away from head, oil pressure is lost and oil volume just pours into chain case
4-engine continues to run on 13 lbs oil pressure. It takes 10 or less to activate the oil light so you will have no warning
5-cams run bone dry, and heat up cam caps to a point where they become molten
6-cam caps melt, allowing cam cap bolts to become loose
7-addition pressure is lost under TWO specific cam cap bolts, specifically the TWO used in the VTEC oil pressure test
8-engine lower end suffers pressure loss, and lower end shreds"
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/989...-done-options/
Thats the thread.
Anyways, I may have a completely totaled motor. I don't know yet. I find out in the morning. I let the shop that did the work tow it out there and look at it.
So lets say... anyone got an F20 laying around... lol hoping its just head.
Left TPhong's house and within 45 minutes i was doing 72 on cruise control and felt a shudder, then another, then the entire motor just stopped.
Quite a few of my friends came out to help me, and we found that the bolt on the front of the motor, that holds the timing chain came out.
Billman Quote:
"Undertorqued cam wheel bolt is the 100% cause, all else followed.
1-loose bolt allows camwheel to walk forward
2-there is a major oil gallery just behind the camwheel that allows the camwheel to be pressure fed
3-once camwheel walks away from head, oil pressure is lost and oil volume just pours into chain case
4-engine continues to run on 13 lbs oil pressure. It takes 10 or less to activate the oil light so you will have no warning
5-cams run bone dry, and heat up cam caps to a point where they become molten
6-cam caps melt, allowing cam cap bolts to become loose
7-addition pressure is lost under TWO specific cam cap bolts, specifically the TWO used in the VTEC oil pressure test
8-engine lower end suffers pressure loss, and lower end shreds"
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/989...-done-options/
Thats the thread.
Anyways, I may have a completely totaled motor. I don't know yet. I find out in the morning. I let the shop that did the work tow it out there and look at it.
So lets say... anyone got an F20 laying around... lol hoping its just head.
11-13-2012, 08:34 AM
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Aight, so touching this thread up aswell!
The shop is paying for a new motor straight from honda (i am very excited)
They made this process as painless as possible, they did argue a bit, but hell, i would have too!
I will know within 48 hours what i am looking at time frame wise, and i should be getting the old motor back as well.
So far, i am still having a good experience at My Mechanic Automotive in Columbia.
Anyone know how to reset mileage? i will total this car to pieces before i sell it and id like to keep up with mileage etc closer.
The shop is paying for a new motor straight from honda (i am very excited)
They made this process as painless as possible, they did argue a bit, but hell, i would have too!
I will know within 48 hours what i am looking at time frame wise, and i should be getting the old motor back as well.
So far, i am still having a good experience at My Mechanic Automotive in Columbia.
Anyone know how to reset mileage? i will total this car to pieces before i sell it and id like to keep up with mileage etc closer.
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