should I be worried about these lobes?
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should I be worried about these lobes?
got my f20b in and I'm a little worried about these lobes, or am I being too paranoid? Please advise
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Easy to see the oil that WAS in there was run for way way wayyyyy too long. It looks like mud. I wouldn't trust that motor if it was me no matter how good they cleaned up the outside.
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a guy off ebay, for 800 shipped. I've spoken with the guy on the phone and he seems legit. 1 sec and I'll post more pictures of the engine
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Re: should I be worried about these lobes? (Bense)
That oil really looks horrendous. You could probably clean all that up using something like AutoRx (http://auto-rx.com/pages/faqs.htm), oil forum guys at Bobistheoilguy swear by this stuff. It works very well.
Normally people perform routine maintenance like tbelt, water pump, etc, but in this case might not be a bad idea to change bearings as well.
Normally people perform routine maintenance like tbelt, water pump, etc, but in this case might not be a bad idea to change bearings as well.
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Re: should I be worried about these lobes? (Bense)
is that the passanger side exhaust cam with the worn spot?
i damage my oil pan, conitinued to drive it, made some god awful noises and finally died (yea yea i was dumb lets leave it at that). when i pulled the vc off it looked worse than that. what i am trying to say is that lobe does not look good to me. i am not an engine expert, but...
as someone mentioned replacing the bearing maynot be a bad idea. might as well go ahead and get some performance cams.
best of luck.
i damage my oil pan, conitinued to drive it, made some god awful noises and finally died (yea yea i was dumb lets leave it at that). when i pulled the vc off it looked worse than that. what i am trying to say is that lobe does not look good to me. i am not an engine expert, but...
as someone mentioned replacing the bearing maynot be a bad idea. might as well go ahead and get some performance cams.
best of luck.
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that head looks really bad bense... but i've seen worst than that and their car ran fine... lack of oil and lack of mantiance... i'll take a picture of how it should look for you today once i get to work i'll rip my car apart at honda.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vinuneuro »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What'r your intentions for this engine?</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc2-guy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that head looks really bad bense... but i've seen worst than that and their car ran fine... lack of oil and lack of mantiance... i'll take a picture of how it should look for you today once i get to work i'll rip my car apart at honda. </TD></TR></TABLE>
you're just the guy I need to talk to, If I want to replace the mains/rods/thrust bearings, would you help me do this? I'm just worried because this thing is supposed to see some real high rpms.
F2D project in a 94 CX hatch
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc2-guy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that head looks really bad bense... but i've seen worst than that and their car ran fine... lack of oil and lack of mantiance... i'll take a picture of how it should look for you today once i get to work i'll rip my car apart at honda. </TD></TR></TABLE>
you're just the guy I need to talk to, If I want to replace the mains/rods/thrust bearings, would you help me do this? I'm just worried because this thing is supposed to see some real high rpms.
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Also you can send the oil off to have it analized, theres a service that does it, can't recall the name of the place. I'm sure there is enough left in the motor to have it looked over.
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yeah the #4 Exh Vtec lobe looks a little worn but I would pick it up for that price if my intentions were to replace the cams like you said.
Modified by skunked at 8:36 AM 12/8/2006
Modified by skunked at 8:36 AM 12/8/2006
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skunked »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah the #4 Exh Vtec lobe looks a little worn but I would pick it up for that price if my intenetions were to replace the cams like you said.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah, I think it will be all right if I run some detergent oil stuff in it and baby it until I it cleans out some. I'm just debating on tearing the block down
Yeah, I think it will be all right if I run some detergent oil stuff in it and baby it until I it cleans out some. I'm just debating on tearing the block down
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bense »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Yeah, I think it will be all right if I run some detergent oil stuff in it and baby it until I it cleans out some. I'm just debating on tearing the block down </TD></TR></TABLE>
I would run a compression test and go from there. Maybe pull the pan and make sure you don't find any other fun stuff before you start it up.
Yeah, I think it will be all right if I run some detergent oil stuff in it and baby it until I it cleans out some. I'm just debating on tearing the block down </TD></TR></TABLE>
I would run a compression test and go from there. Maybe pull the pan and make sure you don't find any other fun stuff before you start it up.