i bought a 88 CRX SI from this guy for 7 bills but he said somethings wrong with the motor. he was at work one day and start redlining the car 4 time on neutral and on the fourth time the motor went puff. he said the car will start but it wont go over 2 1/2k RPM. need alot of help here.

THANKS.

 

Well for $700, if the chasis is straight, and the interior is decent its a steal. Remember, you can find another motor and swap it yourself for less than $400. Also its an Si :D - Darrell

 

Sounds like
1) Broke the timing belt
2) Floated a valve or two
3) Blew a rod or four
4) Had massive bottom end failure

Any if not all of the above.

 

broken timing belt wouldn't be able to start the car.

 

dr i choose 2

 

Ok, let me rephrase.

Skipped timing belt resulting in but not limited to any of the following -

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dr_latino999 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sounds like
2) Floated a valve or two
3) Blew a rod or four
4) Had massive bottom end failure

Any if not all of the above.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

no rust on the body and the interior is really in good condition

 

well hope i can figure out wats wrong with the motor cuz i just sold my Y8 to my boy.

Thanks for the help.

 

Do a leakdown test and a compression test, and if you get odd readings pop that head and give the internals a look.

 

thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1990hf &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no rust on the body and the interior is really in good condition</TD></TR></TABLE> wow for a michigan car thats a hell of a deal ,i used to live in michigan and could never find any without rust......

 

i know, i was pretty surprise myself and its not bondo either cause i did the magnet test.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1990hf &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i bought a 88 CRX SI from this guy for 7 bills but he said somethings wrong with the motor. he was at work one day and start redlining the car 4 time on neutral and on the fourth time the motor went puff. he said the car will start but it wont go over 2 1/2k RPM. need alot of help here.

THANKS.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Borrow a friends distributor and see if that helps. If you have a code 8 or 9 that will keep your car from going over 3k rpm.

 

the guy said theres nothing wrong with the distributor but i'll check it again myself

thanks

 

look at the front of the block for a 2.5" diameter hole and oil shooting from it. oh wait, that was my buddies hatch when he revved his engine to like 13k. i should dig the video camera up and upload that somewhere. haha. but seriously, sounds like you blew a rod to me, just like what his car did.

 

got the car running normal. the guy blew the head gasket so i just put a new gasket and my 89 si head on it.

thanks every one for helping out.