My civic's engine blew up Part 2

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30-04-2008, 09:18 AM
aaronng

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Originally Posted by destrukshn

but was his car dead stock standard?
nops, so it does void the warranty, especially with a open intake in such a place where it would attract alot of dirt and water.
i remember in his previous thread that he did run through a puddle of water with a cai, and water did get int he combustion chamber, which takes a very big part of his motor giving way.
so in my point of view, honda does have the right to void his warranty, on his motor.

Ahh! I just noticed the snapped rod in the photo. My bad. I thought it was some other damage.

Bob san, no picket sign for you!
30-04-2008, 09:41 AM
warwick108

didn't the honda tech's say that the blow engine was caused by excess revving? or some cr*p like that? arnt you driving an auto? what excess revving? doesnt it cut off at around 6800rvvs? the engine blowing up was not caused by the modifications and thats even stated by honda tech's..
30-04-2008, 11:04 AM
T-onedc2

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Originally Posted by warwick108

didn't the honda tech's say that the blow engine was caused by excess revving? or some cr*p like that? arnt you driving an auto? what excess revving? doesnt it cut off at around 6800rvvs? the engine blowing up was not caused by the modifications and thats even stated by honda tech's..

even if the mods aren't to blame, they still void the warranty. It would be purely out of goodwill if they cover this, and for 11k I don't see it happening.

The lawyer would know he doesn't have a case but will get paid anyway so he's happy to help.
30-04-2008, 12:02 PM
tommmoe

yeah man, any car dealership will void warranty if you have ANY modifications on your car, i know you've prob been told this before, but just k20 it lol
30-04-2008, 12:09 PM
aaronng

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Originally Posted by T-onedc2

even if the mods aren't to blame, they still void the warranty. It would be purely out of goodwill if they cover this, and for 11k I don't see it happening.

The lawyer would know he doesn't have a case but will get paid anyway so he's happy to help.

The only way I think that he can have a chance with this case on excess revving is that the engine is advertised for 103kW @ 6300rpm. If they can't guarantee that the engine runs reliably at 6300rpm, then why are they advertising 103kW?
30-04-2008, 12:26 PM
Bob san

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Originally Posted by aaronng

The only way I think that he can have a chance with this case on excess revving is that the engine is advertised for 103kW @ 6300rpm. If they can't guarantee that the engine runs reliably at 6300rpm, then why are they advertising 103kW?

good point. also goes to show u how well the R18a holds up to mods lol. the R18a is SOHC and has a plastic intake manifold and a block thinner then a piece of paper. thainland quality hmm...

sorry to mention this now but my car is manual, i don't like driving autos lol

anyway yer they mainly said i over revved the car and that was pretty much there only excuse. and my protest is that its a factory honda ecu with a rev limiter...

yer they are just using the mods as an excuse not to pay for it, oh well i learned that the hard way. ive also heard stories about this particular dealer, like alot of transmition failures on stock cars and guess what? honda claims they blew up their box from over revving...

ive also heard that some ppl at subaru have had replace their engines and repairs on their cars when their cars are well out of warranty, just out of pure good will :(

lesson learned? im sticking with toyota next time :thumbsup:

also today i recieved my 2nd letter from honda saying my car's 2nd birthday is coming up, and i should consider trading it in...

goes to show you how well their organisation is.
30-04-2008, 12:51 PM
aaronng

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Originally Posted by Bob san

good point. also goes to show u how well the R18a holds up to mods lol. the R18a is SOHC and has a plastic intake manifold and a block thinner then a piece of paper. thainland quality hmm...

sorry to mention this now but my car is manual, i don't like driving autos lol

anyway yer they mainly said i over revved the car and that was pretty much there only excuse. and my protest is that its a factory honda ecu with a rev limiter...

yer they are just using the mods as an excuse not to pay for it, oh well i learned that the hard way. ive also heard stories about this particular dealer, like alot of transmition failures on stock cars and guess what? honda claims they blew up their box from over revving...

ive also heard that some ppl at subaru have had replace their engines and repairs on their cars when their cars are well out of warranty, just out of pure good will :(

lesson learned? im sticking with toyota next time :thumbsup:

also today i recieved my 2nd letter from honda saying my car's 2nd birthday is coming up, and i should consider trading it in...

goes to show you how well their organisation is.

Not the block's fault. The rod gave way. If you had sucked in water before, and couple that with high RPM, that can happen. BTW, what RPM did you rev up to? A rev limiter DOES NOT protect against overreving during a misshift.
30-04-2008, 01:36 PM
denot

Just drop the car from a hill to hit a big tree. Then claim insurance for write off!!! Ooppsss.. no, dont do that pls... this is a bad advice :p
30-04-2008, 01:53 PM
Bob san

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Originally Posted by denot

Just drop the car from a hill to hit a big tree. Then claim insurance for write off!!! Ooppsss.. no, dont do that pls... this is a bad advice :p

i kinda wish that did happen lol claim insurance straight away :p

but hey life was never meant to be easy

arrong - when it happened i was driving at 3000rpm... 2nd gear about to shift to 3rd. doing 60km on 80 on springvale road (read my first post).

but yer i don't care wherether it was water, mods or revving anymore. im just not happy with the way honda handle this case. their attitude towards this is beyound belief

gona get the car fixed soon and just wanna drive it to enjoy it
30-04-2008, 01:54 PM
sitta

yea, get your insurance to cover the car hehe, drop it off a cliff, otherwise if they quote 11000 just to change the engine to r18, get k20 instead
30-04-2008, 01:56 PM
xtercii

I remember in your previously deleted thread you mentioned something about your CAI sucked in bit of water or you drove through puddles in the rain right?
30-04-2008, 02:01 PM
SiReal

Hope all works out well for you Bob. Very unfortunate.

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