so thats what happend about 15 miles after i got my oil changed. i turned the car off before it locked up on me (so i guess thats a good thing) but im trying to get another engine. leath acura doesnt want to they say that it didnt cause no damage, but all they did was fill it up with oil and give me my key back. the only differance i feel is viberations on the clutch and gas pedals over 4k rpm and the engine sounds rough my car has 23000 miles on it and all you rsx owners know how quiet and smooth it feels. ive been real cool with the dealer and im trying to work with them they are just not giving in

 

make sure they give you new motor it is there f*ck up and they should deal with like professionals.

 

Seriously, thats their bad. Tell them you plan to contact Honda and file a complaint. Not screwing on an oil drain plug properly?? C'mon who do they have to fire to get that done right.

 

file a report while your at it.
they simply forgot to tighten the oil drain plug and that was the cause of the engine damage. it makes sense to me...

 

Sorry to hear what happened.

Their fault, new engine.

That's one joint I wouldn't considering taking my business to.

 

thats y you change your oil yourself.....now if you get a new motor out of it, i may start taking my car in to get my oil changed constantly, just so eventually someone will expletive up. j/k.....sorry to hear that man, good luck with it all

 

if they wont give you a motor explain how that probable put sever wear on it and could and will lead to big problems down the road. Also when they say no tell them you are contacting there headquarters

 

This has happened to me...thankfully i shut the engine off immediatly...had about 4 quarts oil still in it.

The towed it in free of charge and changed the oil and filtered it all to make sure there was no metal in it....

i get free services now

 

you should have drove it till the motor ran out of oil and locked up the motor if you wanted a new one.

Honda's not gonna make the dealers replace the engine if it wasnt damage.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NVS_RSX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should have drove it till the motor ran out of oil and locked up the motor if you wanted a new one.

Honda's not gonna make the dealers replace the engine if it wasnt damage.</TD></TR></TABLE>


he just said he feels problems with the motor

 

dont play the "nice guy" with them otherwise they will just keep running you in circles. file a report with headquarters, threaten them, tell them you are gonna get a lawyer; basically light a fire under their asses. make sure that they understad you are serious. they fucked up plain and simple and now they are trying to weasel out of giving you the new engine that you deserve.

 

Basically the stuff everyone else said, just make sure you make it clear that it was in excellent working condition when you dropped it off and since you got the keys back, it aint been the same, so it's something they did while ****** around under that hood.

Good luck man, and keep us updated.

 

uggh, it does soo much damage to engines. try and get it replaced. imagine spun bearing, cams that eat it, and much much more.

 

FYI...I've been talking with Thomas about his ordeal. Seems they love to do half assed work on his car. While having some recall tranny work done, they didnt tighten front arm and it came loose while he was driving. Nice, huh? I talked with him today, charged him up and hopefully he was going up there to be firm with them. I told him LEAST they could do is get a leak down test done. And, if a bearing is going due to starvation, they ought to be able to tell by dropping the pan. He's a young kid and they are just trying to brush him off.

 

Piston rings aren't really affected by oil starvation because they don't rely on oil pressure directly.

Oil starvation will kill all the bearings very fast and it's possible this ordeal put alot of wear on the bearings. The Good thing is there is an easy way to tell. Tell them to check the oil pressure and compare them to the specs. For example, cold idle = xxpsi warm idle = xx psi, 4k rpm = xx psi. These are the specs you typically see in the manual. If you motor has less pressure than the specs, your engine is worn.

Excessive wear on the bearing will increase vibration.


It would help if you gave us a more detail description of what exactly happen. This way we can tell about how long your engine was without oil.

 

I would get a new engine if you could just to be safe...