Need for rocker cover to be grounded??

Mine used to connected directly to the Cover not the valve cover dome nut on my b16a2

I suppose, if somehow, by some freak accident/stupidity/ignorance that the cam cover and other parts of the engine got covered in water....
then a ground strap would come in pretty handy?

I've heard of ppl jetting their engines down with a hose and flooding the spark plug holes with water... so its not impossible.

Oh yes,I've done that twice!

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Originally Posted by twing

Now, can you accept the point that the strap is not for head ground, but it's for the rocker cover ground ?

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No, the strap is on the stud that holds the rocker cover down. That stud goes into the head, so the strap is for the head ground.

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Originally Posted by claymore

And thinking that it is put there to prevent people from getting shocked from flying spark plug wires I mean come on that is the most ridiculous statement from a person that usually knows what they are talking about. Look at any other car and there is no wire you mean they went from worrying about poor shade tree mechanics working on their cars to not caring at all .......please

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Get off your high horse Claymore. I have given you a vaild reason why it may be done. If a bit of constructive criticism rubs your the wrong way, then its time to get over yourself.

i polished my oem brown grounding wire for more conductivity lol
on the b18cr series its actually on the nut of the rocker cover
but who cares run it on your motor if u want
if u dont want it then dont run it
really simple
honda put it there for a reason minute it may be

ive noticed a bigger grounding wire that leads to the gearbox on my civic. and im just putting out a q for u guys. in the honda manual it says when u jump start the car u should connect the -ve terminal to the engine rocker cover grounding wire. im not quite sure why, cause ive never seen anybody do this.

Claymore. Let me put it this way. You have asked a question. The strap is indeed there (on some). I have answered the question to my best abilty to honestly help out and lend a hand, and see no other reason why it is there. As for a source? Labels/peice of paper mean nothing to me, but 13 years in the electrical industry. 9 years railway signal engineer, design, testing, commisioning. 4 years senior designer, mining & building services (electrical). And if it helps, my dad is a mechanic a super nice guy (rubs off on me :p), and I also have a AD in civil structural engineering. But yeh, as said its all just a bit of paper in the end.

why don't we just ask/email honda?

so claymore in your professional expertise in this area
what would you recommend us simple ozhonda people do
ground or not to ground
do you think honda should of not put it in there in the 1st place ?

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Originally Posted by dsp26

why don't we just ask/email honda?

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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

goto go out.. but heres their R&D website.. i'm sure someone can find contact details in there:

http://world.honda.com/RandD/