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D16A6 catastrophic engine failure - Click HERE for Original Thread

kevito_
My CRX engine came to pieces today driving home after the meet at West Ed. I guess I was correct in thinking that the bearing was shot and that the rod knock was only going to get worse. I thought she'd last at least a few more days, but after going up Groat Road the engine erupted into a pile of smoke, flying metal, spraying coolant/oil and various other awesome things.

Here are some photos... enjoy!




^^ First look at the engine bay

^^ Look what I found on the road...

^^ Nothing cleans your radiator better than coolant and oil.

^^ Another angle of the engine bay

^^ Ah, thats why the oil pressure was reading zero.

kevito_
Now for more details...



^^ Lots of debris just behind the radiator...

^^ Painted green!

^^ Painted even more green!

^^ One hole in the block... (if you look closely there is another hole just above-and-to-the-left of it.

^^ Enhanced detail of the two holes in the block.




The engine will still turn over and run, believe it or not. I opted to not try and drive it anymore as I don't want shit flying out and breaking my radiator and other things...

AudiInProgress
NOICE!!!!!!!

RotaryJunkie13B
I think me and shawn drove by that

JoshP2002
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hahahahaha, thats awesome man! Hope you get all you need come Tuesday!

Invalid Zero
Oil and coolant on Groat? You jerk! :lol:

RADRIDE
quote:
Originally posted by Invalid Zero
Oil and coolant on Groat? You jerk! :lol:



It will make it easier to drift now!!

R.K.

2HIGH~PSI
quote:
Originally posted by RADRIDE
It will make it easier to drift now!!

R.K.



lol

P.S. nice sig pic!

kevito_
quote:
Originally posted by Invalid Zero
Oil and coolant on Groat? You jerk! :lol:



It didn't blow up on Groat Road south of Westmount... it blew near the traffic circle at Circle Square, so Groat is still good to drifto :D

Invalid Zero
quote:
Originally posted by RADRIDE
It will make it easier to drift now!!

R.K.

YES!!!! Toooooookyoooooooo!!!!!

Geofux
I'll be posting my pics of it tonight.. Might be able to see connecting rod in one of my photos.

I would have posted them last night until I realized I had to work at 1 and I needed sleep. :p

All in all that was pretty awesome. I'll also upload the video of it running afterwards. :p

erraboards
thats crazy.. just talking about it lasting forever at west ed good luck to getting another one quick

EK9Hatch
Lol shitty deal. Looks like you'll need some bubble gum to fix that up!

Jamie

dance_of_curse
that sucks i missed it, i headed out from st albert i had to work at 930 today, lol but then i guess thats what happens when you start making indian smoke signals everytime you accelerate :p

Ayeso
Wow, I tore apart an A6 yesterday that looked almost similar to that, it would have thrown a rod through the block as well but it let loose at idle so it only mangles the rod and part of the main girdle...

Why did it let go like that?

Low on oil and spun a bearing or something?

Just old and tired?

tokes
Were you driving in St. Albert a couple nights ago (tuesday or wednesday) past the wendys off st. albert trail at like 3 or 4 in the morning?

I saw a yellow CRX driving past me and he gave it some gas and it clearly sounded like rod knock to me :p

kevito_
quote:
Originally posted by tokes
Were you driving in St. Albert a couple nights ago (tuesday or wednesday) past the wendys off st. albert trail at like 3 or 4 in the morning?

I saw a yellow CRX driving past me and he gave it some gas and it clearly sounded like rod knock to me :p



Yup, that was me. :) I thought the rod knocking sounded a lot meaner than it did without it!

The engine was old, tired, worn out, burning tons of oil... it was time for her to pass on. B16 soon :) Hopefully before this Friday it will all be ready.

tokes
Just rebuild it and turbo that bitch! Get a new block, vitaras + eagle rods, zex cam, cheap turbo kit with a T3/T04E 57-trim, and throw a ton of boost at it for a little more than a stock B16 ;)

arabian_ryda
haha this was too funny yesterday.

me and kevin are just crusin i had my windows down i hear this loud knocking so im lookign at my gauges and turn down the radio cause i think its my car then i look up at kevins car and sparks and smoke is just billowing out the back of it and he even drove it for like 2 blocks before he pulled off to the side. fucking lil honda engine didnt give up.

SilverFire
So it finally died... Probably a good thing. Now you won't have to worry about it going pop again anytime soon.

T-LAV MRV
or worry bout the warped head givin up the ghost lol.

mike

kevito_
quote:
Originally posted by arabian_ryda
haha this was too funny yesterday.

me and kevin are just crusin i had my windows down i hear this loud knocking so im lookign at my gauges and turn down the radio cause i think its my car then i look up at kevins car and sparks and smoke is just billowing out the back of it and he even drove it for like 2 blocks before he pulled off to the side. fucking lil honda engine didnt give up.




Thoughts going on in my head:
"Give it more gas, it's starting to really lose power now. Power is now inversely proportional to noise and the bad noises are getting louder... Fuck it, I'm going to floor it so the failure will be spectacular. *CLUNK* Holy shit thats a lot of smoke, but at least she went out with a bang."

my Honda

skiontwintips
quote:
Originally posted by kevito_
It didn't blow up on Groat Road south of Westmount... it blew near the traffic circle at Circle Square, so Groat is still good to drifto :D


Wow.. were you driving with a friend in a white accord when this happened? I was in the blue EM2 that sped by you then slammed on the brakes when I saw the EPS cruiser on groat...

You pulled off the road suddenly just before 111th ave and tripped me and my buddy out if that was you..

midnite
Pretty sure Miro (arabian_ryda) above has a white accord

kevito_
quote:
Originally posted by skiontwintips
Wow.. were you driving with a friend in a white accord when this happened? I was in the blue EM2 that sped by you then slammed on the brakes when I saw the EPS cruiser on groat...

You pulled off the road suddenly just before 111th ave and tripped me and my buddy out if that was you..



Yeah, that was me... I suddenly had no oil pressure so I wanted to check it out before trying to go further.

I tried to catch up with you with all I had, but the engine just couldn't do it. I think that contributed to the death of the engine, too ;)

skiontwintips
quote:
Originally posted by kevito_
Yeah, that was me... I suddenly had no oil pressure so I wanted to check it out before trying to go further.

I tried to catch up with you with all I had, but the engine just couldn't do it. I think that contributed to the death of the engine, too ;)



oook it all makes sense now.. I saw you pull off and park immediately but the presence of the cruiser was throwing me off a bit. Sorry for inspiring engine death :)

kevito_
quote:
Originally posted by skiontwintips
oook it all makes sense now.. I saw you pull off and park immediately but the presence of the cruiser was throwing me off a bit. Sorry for inspiring engine death :)


It's all good... I wanted her to go out with a bang!

cxserver
I have a 2nd gen b16a now, takes way more of a beating than any d i owned. Get a b then build the d for boost lol, or be like loccoin and build a b18 turbo beast. mid 11s DD ftw lol.

doom26464
i have seen a d16 throw a rod right threw the block and rad pretty crazy. For the amount of abuse though tuff little motors.

Geofux



more images and the vid @ http://geof.lolshame.com/cars/crx/

oldraven
quote:
Originally posted by Invalid Zero
Oil and coolant on Groat? You jerk! :lol:



Oil and coolant on Groat = 3-4 Litre bikes down

Murderer!


:beer:

arabian_ryda
quote:
Originally posted by skiontwintips
Wow.. were you driving with a friend in a white accord when this happened? I was in the blue EM2 that sped by you then slammed on the brakes when I saw the EPS cruiser on groat...

You pulled off the road suddenly just before 111th ave and tripped me and my buddy out if that was you..



:lol: :lol: :lol:

cop checks his rear view.. nothing there....5 seconds later he checks it again 3 hondas with young guys in them going 10 under the limit

kevito_
More detailed pictures:


^^ Up close to the holes blown in the block.


^^ A look inside the bigger hole... nice crank!


^^ View of the hole behind the exhaust shield.


^^ Blown out oil pressure sensor and various other damages. At least the filter stayed on!

skiontwintips
quote:
Originally posted by arabian_ryda
:lol: :lol: :lol:

cop checks his rear view.. nothing there....5 seconds later he checks it again 3 hondas with young guys in them going 10 under the limit



rofl :lol:




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