Is there a shop that you trust your s2000 to be taken too somewhere in southern california? I'm located in the Santa Monica area.

I need to have a compression test/leak down test done on my car. Lately, my stock exhaust has been fuming visible smoke (white) and my MPGs have dropped from 24 (when I first bought it), down to 20, and now I'm at possibly 9-10 mpg (after a 1/4 of a tank, i'm only at 35 miles).

Any help would be appreciated. I would like to take care of this ASAP before my car takes a dump on me.

thanks.

 

well i cant point you to a shop but i can check out your car for you.....

miles on car?
drive it hard?
race events?
misshifts?
rev limit pings?

i will need to know all those things when i see it..

 

http://www.alisoviejoautoservice.com/ Ask for Shane

or

http://www.corner3garage.com Ask for Nima

 

Excellent Honda mechanic with plenty of experience.

Tony Fuchs Racing
7554 Winnetka Ave.
Canoga Park, CA 91306
818-341-1424

 

awesome. thanks guys.

and santos:

- 29K miles.
- hit VTEC probably once a day.
- no race events.
- i misshifted the other day, but i don't think it was too bad, b/c i depressed the clutch as soon as i heard the high revs.
- what are rev limit pings?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by llxzxll &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
- what are rev limit pings?

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When you bounce the revs off the limiter.

 

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When you bounce the revs off the limiter. </TD></TR></TABLE>



<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by llxzxll &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">awesome. thanks guys.

and santos:

- 29K miles.
- hit VTEC probably once a day.
- no race events.
- i misshifted the other day, but i don't think it was too bad, b/c i depressed the clutch as soon as i heard the high revs.
- what are rev limit pings?

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was it doing this prior to your last mis-shift?

 

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was it doing this prior to your last mis-shift?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah. my MPG was at 35 miles after 1/4 tank already at that point, and my stock exhaust was smelling like i was running no cat.

 

how long has this been going on?
you bought it and was at 24 then down to 20 now 9 u say?

 

for the most part, when i first bought the car, it was averaging 20-24. i'm not sure if my short commutes city driving has anything to do with the drop, but right now, i'm down to 9-10 mpg.

 

and whats the time frame???
you sure its white smoke? there isnt a tint of blue to it?

 

Your car is done. Probably a blown head gasket. Do not drive it anymore. Doing so is only making it worse.

 

Safety auto on El Cjon blvd. , sand diego califonia

AKA sdsu

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by S@nt0s &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">and whats the time frame???
you sure its white smoke? there isnt a tint of blue to it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i'm a bit color blind, so it's hard for me tell with any certainty.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EauRouge &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Your car is done. Probably a blown head gasket. Do not drive it anymore. Doing so is only making it worse.
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a blown head gasket = engine death?

i recalculated today, and my MPGs r at approximately 14 mpg (without VTEC). i didnt notice the smoking today, so i'm really unsure. i'm not in my car very often daily, since my commute is about 2miles to work.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ITRbroham &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">http://www.alisoviejoautoservice.com/ Ask for Shane</TD></TR></TABLE>

for shane

 

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i'm a bit color blind, so it's hard for me tell with any certainty.
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have a friend look at the color of smoke to see if it has a tint of blue .. blue tint=oil....

 

If you know something is wrong w/ the car, why are you asking on HT? Take it to a mechanic to have it looked at ASAP. You can find another shop to do to the work, but first determine what is wrong w/ the car.

 

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well that is why he is asking because he want his car taken care of

 

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well that is why he is asking because he want his car taken care of</TD></TR></TABLE>

Fixed or diagnosed? Can't fix something if you don't know what is wrong with it.

 

ben arias aka supertech on s2ki.com

he's a mechanic at diamond bar honda.

mostly works on s2k's ..there are PLENTY OF VOUCHES for this guy on s2ki including myself.

909 241 3099

(tell him jared sent u)

 

friend of a friend... heard good things