Someone on a local forum said that since the h22 is an interferrence engine if it runs out of fuel or the fuel pump breaks than my valves could bend. Is this true? Also if i were driving at lets say 120 Km/hr and i turned the ignition off what could happen? Will my ignition break or will i damage my engine?

 

think dude.

if you lose fuel or spark you somehow think that the internals of your engine morph and start slamming into each other? lol no

an interferance engine means that if the timing belt breaks the valves could hit the pistons.

 

so if i run out of fuel or my pump goes its not going to blow my car up?

 

read again dude, no.

your car will shut off, thats it.

 

Yup, you got it, man. If you run out of fuel, the lack of gas causes a significant vacuum in the combustion chamber. This pulls the piston up while the valve is still moving. Eventually it hits the valves in each cylinder causing irrepairable damage.

You should stop driving your car immediately!!

 

haha no..been there done that. also bent valves from throwing a rod. but the iterference **** is for the timing belt. and you run a good chance of bending vlaves if it snaps while driving

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AndyD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yup, you got it, man. If you run out of fuel, the lack of gas causes a significant vacuum in the combustion chamber. This pulls the piston up while the valve is still moving. Eventually it hits the valves in each cylinder causing irrepairable damage.

You should stop driving your car immediately!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

are you telling me that if you run out of gas you will bend a valve..if so thats totally wrong.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by preludefien &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you telling me that if you run out of gas you will bend a valve..if so thats totally wrong.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol sarcasm

 

Buy a set of wrenches and take apart your lawn mower. If you can't figure out how that works then go here and try reading about it.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm

You have those long *** winters up there WTF do you do with your time?

 

The h22 is only an interference motor in vtec. So if you are driving below 5000 and you timing belt snaps there is a good chance that you will not damage anything.

Many other honda engines are interference all the time and if the timing belt breaks you are valves are dead.

So you have the wrong definition for a term you should know. An interference engine has nothing to do with running out of gas.

 

just me, but I would stop for gas BEFORE I run out, and don't think about what could happen...and I sure as hell aint planning on turning of the ignition on the middel of the highway

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kulrevon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The h22 is only an interference motor in vtec. So if you are driving below 5000 and you timing belt snaps there is a good chance that you will not damage anything.

Many other honda engines are interference all the time and if the timing belt breaks you are valves are dead. </TD></TR></TABLE>

seriously? I never knew that I figured the h22 was like the h23 so just to clarify.. if my timing belt breaks out of vtec my valves will be ok? or is that just good news that wasnt meant for me today?

 

I've cut off my car going down the highway many times (5spd, neutral of course) just to get my check engine light turned off

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jaywoodz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've cut off my car going down the highway many times (5spd, neutral of course) just to get my check engine light turned off </TD></TR></TABLE>

I used to do the same if my check engine or breaklight light was on. just keep it in gear and throw the ignition of and back on.