HEEEEEELP!!!!!! engine failure???

thething96 · Post by **thething96** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:20 pm

The engine is n/a for now. As far as I know, it's never been boosted. I think I'm going to rebuild it, might as well. As soon as the engine is out, I'll post what I find. Hopefully this topic will help out my fellow Honda brothers from other mothers.

thething96 · Post by **thething96** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:25 pm

Well, the engine is all apart. Long behold, the effin oil control rings were the culprits here. Head gasket was good, pistons were good(pistons had a black coating on them, I've seen other type r pistons, but never with this type of coating). New pistons are going in, new belt and water pump as well. I thought the engine was going to be a p.o.s, but internally everything looks good, very good. Thanks everyone for their feedback, hopefully in the future, someone will use this post in their time of need.

g.t engineering · Post by **g.t engineering** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:36 pm

maybe the oil rings seized or the cylinder bore is damaged

now you can send me those old piston for my good advice .

thething96 · Post by **thething96** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:42 am

I still don't know what the black coating is on them, but who knows.

ge0ne · Post by **ge0ne** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:34 am

Post a picture of them... It is not the usual ITR piston coating?

thething96 · Post by **thething96** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:04 am

YASSUUUUU!!!

thething96 · Post by **thething96** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:09 am

I will post a picture of the pistons soon, but I've done a couple of type r builds with friends and none of their pistons were coated black(usdm engines).

thething96 · Post by **thething96** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:56 am

OK, I was done with putting the engine back together. Last time the engine was burning oil it was from the oil control rings. The head was pressure tested an all, new valve seals, no valve job(valves were good). We started the engine, AND ITS STILL BURNING F***ING OIL!!!!!!! New cp pistons and rings were installed, so what the hell is doing this, any thoughts of ideas??

Adam Hopkins · Post by **Adam Hopkins** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:36 am

Oil still in the exhaust?

thething96 · Post by **thething96** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:15 am

Yeah, it was burning a lot, looked like a smoke machine on wheels. We took the header off and for some reason, cylinders 2,3, and specially 4 had oil. Did a compression check and it had 220 psi all the way(on stock type r compression).

Post by **Bugermass** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:36 am

one time a friend of mine accidently hookedup the PCV line directly to a port on the manifold and it was sucking up oil into the motor while it was in vaccum.. we pulled the head once for new vavle seals, and we pulled the pistons once for new rings.. He was always the one to take it apart and put it back together so I never noticed the vac line.. Finally one day I was like wtf and started looking at everything.. I found the vac line hooked up to a port in the back/bottom on the manifold and that had been the problem the whole time lol..

thething96 · Post by **thething96** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:52 am

mmhhhhhh... My car is originally a 99 gsr and we just dropped in a 98 type r. I noticed that the gsr engine had more connections and sensors than the type r. I'm currently hooking up the pcv valve hose directly to the top plug on the manifold, and now I have nothing plugged to the canister(under by the battery) Could that be it?

thething96 · Post by **thething96** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:31 am

AT LAST!!!! Long behold, the pcv valve just made me its b1tch. It was the freacking valve that took a dump and started suckinh a whole bunch of oil. Thank you guys for the info, it all helped and just made my life much easier. For anybody reading this thread and having the same issue, read all the posts and it will help you a bunch. My car is now running like a champ, thanks again.

Post by **Bugermass** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:32 am

hahahah, damn I just had this feeling lol. . . Glad you got it sorted out ..

xenocron · Post by **xenocron** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:40 pm

thething96 wrote:AT LAST!!!! Long behold, the pcv valve just made me its b1tch. It was the freacking valve that took a dump and started suckinh a whole bunch of oil. Thank you guys for the info, it all helped and just made my life much easier. For anybody reading this thread and having the same issue, read all the posts and it will help you a bunch. My car is now running like a champ, thanks again.

so might this have been the same issue before you popped the head off?