EM2004

Whats up guys I need some help asap! I was driving on the 60fwy(so cal) yesterday about to hit 5th gear when all of a sudden i heard a snap and a big cloud of smoke after that. I pulled over popped my hood and smoke just started coming out of my engine I let it sit for a while and checked my gauges to see if it was overheated and nothing. I tried turning it back on and nothing I just got like a one click sound. We figure we just try popping the clutch at that time and still got nothing out of it. Im hoping it was just a piston or something minor. Maybe one of you guys had the same thing happen? help me out here please!

suds1485

sounds like you snapped your timing belt. same thing happened to my little brother not too long ago in his 90 si. how many miles were on your motor? pull your valve cover off and take a look

EM2004

ill check but i doubt its that cuz i just pushed my car up the driveway and it was leaking like oil f**** wack! ill take a pic right now

EM2004

blown piston *#%$#@&*

It Wasn't Me

Wow, yeah, that's definitely gone.



You gonna rebuild that engine, or buy a replacement? OR .. buy a replacement to use while you rebuild that one? It'd be nice to have a fresh "backup" engine.

EM2004

im actually thinking about buying a new engine....which one at this point idk lol ive always wanted a k-series but that would mean new everything lol but its worth it i guess as for my blown engine im actually thinking about keeping it and doing a rebuild lol might as well take advantage of getting to know my engine internally

MindBomber

Around here you could buy an extremely low mileage d17 for $500-600 no problem, so why rebuild?

I would only rebuild a d17 if I wanted to upgrade the internals.

EM2004

no way?! whats your location?

theineffable

lol..yea, D17's are worthless in some places. where i am, there are so many civics on the road that D17's sell for as low as $250.

EM2004

damn where at lol lowest i found was 550. I wouldnt mind saving a few 100 bucks lol. I have to take the bus or ask the honey to give me a ride to work

01_civic

what kinda engine u need? d17a1 or a2?

and where's bridgetown?

EM2004

its actually called La Puente,CA(SO CAL) lol but we call it Bridgetown

EM2004

D17A2 lol sorry i forgot to inlcude that part lol my head is not in the game at this moment lol

01_civic

lol oh ok. I'm from Rosemead so your'e not too far away. I actually have a d17a2 w. 80k miles sitting around at my parents house. shoot me an offer and i'll see if i can pull it outta storage.

accord_raffi

Did this happen just driving normally?

EM2004

haha stfu...I think I just made me a new best friend lol talk about luck well I just msgd you. Thanks

EM2004

haha well im not an expert in cars but.....no lol I had a full house in my car and long story short to avoid an accident i downshifted to 4th and dropped the clutch too fast(my mistake) redline shot yay up and....... . Im not going to sit here and tell you I was driving normal lol so im learning from my mistake now

accord_raffi

Haha fair enough. I've learned from some big mistakes too. I was just curious.

EM2004

Yo 01_Civic thanks for the engine going to be dropping it in tomorrow. Bought a new clutch and all the fluids. Excited to get my baby back and running as for my spare engine.....haha itll be a project ill keep you guys posted. Once again thanks man saved my life!

01_civic

np man, hope everything goes well for you (:

EM2004

so far so good bro.....I hit a small bump right now...Motor Mounts are done lol well the one on the left side and the one by the radiator. So right now im waiting for them to be delivered I want to get this damn thing in but from the looks of it im probably not going to be driving it until tomorrow afternoon or Wednesday...ill keep you posted

01_civic

if you need any other parts, just let me know. I got a buncha stuff still laying around (: like tan interior parts, mudflaps, downpipe, intake, blah blah haha

Daedlux

Im looking for a bunch of em2 d17a2 parts. Aftermarket mainly. Do you have anything for sell? Building on suspension right now and engine mods here and there.

EM2004

I have a question....is there anything i have to mess with or reset as far as the ECU goes?

jmvtec05

A reflash maybe???i know if you were to swap to a k, you'de have to reflash the k ECU...but i don't know if its the same for our d series engines..
(i blew my motor recently)haha. i'm tryin to find all the answers too