(98 ex coupe, 85,000 miles) so yesterday i pull out of my garage and my engine is making some very lound noise, kind of like marbles thrown into a metal fan. i open up the hood while its idling and it seems to be a belt squeaking, so i decide to try to drop it off at the shop so they can look at it this morning. on the way to the shop, i have trouble getting above 4,000rpms, and as i said, very loud. about five miles from my house, my engine starts smoking and the smell of gas is overwealming. i stall out at a stoplight for 5-10 minutes, finally get it started again, and a few hundred yards later i hear (over the metal/marble gargle) an explosion sound and the car dies. i coast into the next parking lot, tow truck comes and picks the car up. haven't heard from the shop yet, any idea what this could be? i looked under the hood, no visable problem other than some smoke, and the passenger compartment smelled very strong (like gas) i'm fearing my timing belt snapped, causing some internal damage. the weird thing is that my check engine didn't light up, flash, nothing. any ideas?

 

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Not good.

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Seriously, not good.

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This is possible, however, if your timing belt snapped, it's more of an instantaneous thing, not something that you would be able to drag out for 5-10 miles. Unless, it slowly was breaking apart, little piece by little piece. Anything's possible though. I would just wait and see what the shop says. Good luck with that.

 

internal bearing maybe???

deff. not good and i hope that this wont hurt ur wallet to fix

 

Sounds like it was a rod bearing and you trying to rev past 4k was the dumbiest thing ever. You should always granny drive your car if you think something is wrong with it so nothing like this could happen.

Did you pop your hood after the explosion, you might have seen a nice big hole in the block.

 

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Why in the world would you rev your car up after hearing funny noises?

Seriously... the problem is not going to work itself out if you rev it up... all you did was make the problem worse, you might have even blown your engine...

 

i apologize, i was not implying i reved over 4k. i was "granny-driving" it. the loud noise happened at about 2.5k.

 

no hole in the block or anything visable like that. just smelly and a little smoke which dissapated after five minutes.

 

spun a bearing... I'd say 95% sure... and then by driving it you seized the crank and the loud noise would be your rod snapping or something similar.

 

Maybe you have a really bad blown headgasket, and or warped head. THe explosion was probably a backfire leaking out somewhere.
Yea, your engine sounds pretty fuxz0red.

Oh I just read it again.. I think what bbarbulo said is more the story.

 

http://www.hmotorsonline.com can probly help you out.........


Modified by 95cxhatch at 4:01 PM 3/14/2005

 

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I'm thinking the same thing. I'm very suprised you don't have a huge hole through the block.

When was the last time you checked the oil? Your motor is barely broken in at that milage...

 

i kinda wish something like this happened to me so i would have an excuse to swap

 

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swap time

 

i just had my oil changed on thursday. they also tightened my throttle cable at the shop, said it was "about to fall off."

 

heh might wanna make sure the shop actually put oil in the engine.

you probably spun a bearing and broke a rod.

 

Is the car at the shop that changed your oil? If so I would go down there and check you oil ASAP, before they just call you and tell you your ***** is screwed and you have to foot the bill. If the shop messed up in any way then it is there responsibility to fix the damages! Thats why it is key for people to know just a little about what they have. I check my oil all the time, I also change my own oil, taking it to a shop is having some kid doing it for you. Not saying they will always mess up or that I never do, you just have to check over things.

 

im not reading all the posts after the main post. but, it sounds like missfiring but insano style, the same exact **** actually happend to my 99 si... it wound up being the ECU got fried IDK how and i had an injector that was severly clogged or broken, but that was after i installed 2 dizzys thinking that was the problem cuz i had no spark and my car stopped working after it ran like a VW (sooo loud and slow) i heard a POP when trying to get hurrrr home and then smoke came from my hood LoL, but i smelled fireworks (sulfur) when it happend, hahaha i love my fooken Honda!

 

oh and i thought my timing belt snapped too but it was just the stupid ECU and injectors cuz i heard a huge POP CLUNK CLICKITY CLANK dead. hope this helpz GL man!