Specs: B16a, no motor work- pretty much stock except for headers, exhust, and intake.

Anyway, I was driving down the road when I hear this insane sound like my cat and muffler disconnected (not a pop, the bad exhust sound)

Anyway I immediately turned the car off and checked underneath, nothing.

I popped the hood, nothing.

So I started it back up thinking that if it's just exhust I will worry about it when I get home. Well I drive like 30 secs and the sound is scary, (as in i'm broke and somethings f'ed up).

So I stop again and pop the hood. And to my amazement the spark plug wire cover is flapping, like air is coming out of the spark plug holes.

The car is still on the side of the road, I'm waiting to get it towed.

Anyone have any ideas?

and i'm 99.99% sure there was the right amount of oil, if that changes anything.

 

Any questions, answers? Need help pretty bad.

 

I'm not to sure on this but does the car run right, like did it accelerate at its normal pace when you tried to drive off again, it seems if there is air coming out of any hole on the head it would have to be losing compression causing it not to go, maybe you threw a rod, but like i said, dont take my word just a guess

 

I was hoping that I didn't throw a rod, but that's what I thought at first.

The acceleration was very slugish.

 

Also the car ran with out smoking or over heating for like 30 minutes, then f'ed up as I was getting off the high way, it was immediate, no warning.

 

Does it sound like a jack hammer? Check your plugs. I think one has loosened enough to pop out of the hole..

An easy and quick fix too...

 

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X2 , a plug probably worked its way loose and air is escaping through the threads

 

Awesome man, thanks.

It sound like I have a hole in the exhust, only coming from the engine.

 

Going to get car now.

 

Well, I got back to the car and took the spark plug cover off and tried to fire the car.

if you are looking down at the motor counting the plugs as: 4 3 2 1

Plug 3 flew out as I tried to crank it, so I determined where the air was from.

So I went to get new plugs and changed them. Plugs 4 and 2 changed perfectly. Plug 1 had oil in the bottom, and plug 3 (I assume) is stripped. It wouldn't engage the new spark plug.

So I got the car towed home.

Any new thoughts?

 

the oil is probly from a leaky valve cover gasket o-ring and you will probly need to have 3 helicoiled

 

this happend to my eclipse and my crx. my crx the plug just screwed back in but me eclipse had to get rethreaded. it was kind of a pain or whatever but its fixed now. just take it in to a shop and tell them to check the threads oin the head. good luck
-Kyle

 

Thanks a lot guys. I will post back up after I try some stuff.

Again thanks.

 

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