DCFIVER

Damn. I shifted from the bottom of third(7200 rpm's) into second instead of 4th. Now major power loss. Idle is fine and I 'm not misfiring. I took the valve cover off and snaped all the springs they all popped back fine. checked valve clearances and they are ok too. But when I nail it from a standing start it feels like there is no VTEC. I can rev all the way to 7200 rpm's but when I shift i fall back to 4000 rpm's. Same thing happens in 2nd gear. Shift and fall to 4000 rpm's. In 3rd gear all is slightly norma.l Car pulls and when I shift I fall to around 5200 but still not as much pull as before. What do y'all think. Tranny??(hopefully) Open to any other tests I should perform I have full shop access

prelittlelude

do a compression test

i bet you bent valves, sorry to hear it man!

AndyD

iTrader: (1)

You didn't misshift, you MONEYshifted.

Good luck with the rebuild.

prylwd

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AndyD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You didn't misshift, you MONEYshifted.

Good luck with the rebuild. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Hahahah. Yea most definitly bent valves.

high_revs

bent valves my friend..

97lude

bent valves

eMpAtHy

hrmm, i wonder how many bent valves he has.

john d

gl

DCFIVER

damn.

PirateMcFred

What's your setup? Stock H22? If you had stage 2 cams or less and a nice VT upgrade then I might think something other than bent valves...
Pirate

mafia

Awww, sucks to be you gl

darkEN4thgenlude

sorry to hear...dat sucks

Monkey Fing a Coconut

ill be the 80th person to say bent valves as well so i can get my post count up 1 too

flyrod

do a compression and/or leakdown test. that will help you determine if valves are bent without taking the head off. It could have been a lot worse though...

RemerLex11

damn i got lucky i did that TWICE and got away with it.

vwong

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eMpAtHy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hrmm, i wonder how many bent valves he has.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would say all 8 exhaust valves.

I know of at least 2 other Prelude owners and myself who mis-shifted the same way. And all of us had bent all of the exhaust valves. Intake valves were fine though.

RacingLude

I wouldn't drive until you know. If the valve is bent, it might break off. Then you'll get to rebuild your bottom end also.

VisPreludeVtec

i've done this twice, lucky I caught it in time before i screwed it up. Good luck with the rebuild

RemerLex11

WTF is that add in your post?? thats bullshit i hope nobody falls for that supercharge your car in 5 min ROFL

eMpAtHy

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vwong &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I would say all 8 exhaust valves.

I know of at least 2 other Prelude owners and myself who mis-shifted the same way. And all of us had bent all of the exhaust valves. Intake valves were fine though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol, there have been pictures of worse than 8 valves..i remember someone on here had 15 valves that bent. :\

DCFIVER

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by flyrod &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do a compression and/or leakdown test. that will help you determine if valves are bent without taking the head off. It could have been a lot worse though...
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What am I looking for with a compression test??(it's easiest and the quickest so I'll do that first)

vwong

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lol, there have been pictures of worse than 8 valves..i remember someone on here had 15 valves that bent. :\</TD></TR></TABLE>

Since I don't frequent this board, I haven't seen the pic. But 15 bent valves? That gotta sucks.

DCFIVER

So I finally got around to compression test. Readings are: 200,190,185,210.
Look ok to me. Does it indicate any problems to any of you. By the way the car IDLES fine and I have no backfiring or missing occuring. Y'all still think it's the valves??

Techna600f4i

Damn bro it does sound as if you bet valves,

A compression test will tell you in what or how many cylinders..

ive done that once, got away with a blown Vtec pressure switch!!!

Good luck

Techna600f4i

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cb7-R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So I finally got around to compression test. Readings are: 200,190,185,210.
Look ok to me. Does it indicate any problems to any of you. By the way the car IDLES fine and I have no backfiring or missing occuring. Y'all still think it's the valves??
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185 Is a little low, but now too bad, may have a slightly bent valve,

is your check engine light on?