As the subject reads, today I had some car troubles.

I was almost home from driving back from my final today in Bloomington, IN up at IU. Cruising down the interstate I heard a strange sound, but it sounded like the bearing going out of one of the pulleys. Since I had been meaning to change it for like a month, the noise sounded like the pulley, so I pushed forward cussing at the stupid pulley which had last 40k miles but stated to last 100k. Car idled fine, no CEL, no Oil lights, vacuum was reading good and car had perfect trottle response. So I'm on the highway almost back to Louisville, KY and all of the sudden the noise gets really loud, I happen to be on the phone with a buddy and I tell him that either my header just sprung a new whole in it (which wouldn't be anything new) or I'm throwing a rod bearing, but since I had just topped off the oil the night before and had only driven the 200 mile round trip, I figured it had to be the header. Fast forward 10 seconds.................BOOOOOOMMM

Engine dies, I look behind me and see a gigantice cloud of white smoke, cars were swearing back and forth, I guess they thought the world had ended. I coast into the median, where more smoke comes out of the engine bay. tell my buddy on the phone that looks like engine just threw a rod. Open the hood to find oil on the block and head still in good condition. After some hunting and clearing away the smoke, I notice that behind my crappy header is a new 4 in whole in the block with a rod showing threw.

So the prelude is now officially dead, but I just got a new coffee table from my block. Hopefully will find new motor on monday and get it in before too long. This had to happen on my senior year finals week, I'm scheduled to graduate Saturday (may 10th). What's worse is that I just pulled the motor from my hatchback to have it sent to the machine shop to be bored over with the new forged internals. So out of my two cars, one has not motor and the other now needs a new motor.

Atleast the motorcycle still runs, but my guess is it will rain all week

Cliffs Notes: Prelude threw spun rod bearing, blew whole in block, hatchback has motor at machineshop, 3 finals in bloomington and no cars. OH yeah, and I took a 31 page final in my Auditing class this morning that riped me a new one.




Modified by seen4ever at 6:56 AM 5/5/2003

 

Um....Congradulatios on graduating, I guess. Sorry to hear about the car(s). Good luck with finals....I know I'm gonna need it.

 

what fuel management were you using?

 

i currently own 3 cars, and i am driving one of my dad's company trucks..... yeah, i know how it is

 

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just the stock JR management stuff, yet I doubt if the fuel management lead to a rod bearing being spun, with a rod coming threw the block. My guess is my oil pump went out, hence why I didn't hear the noise when I stomped on the gas or when i completely let out of it, only during mild cruise at 10 vacuum. I guess I should have just stomped on it into the boost range and held the break, but once bearing start to go out, that means pulling the motor anyways, so either way it had to come out. I'm starting to think getting a new motor might just be the cheaper route compared to rebuilding my other block with new pistons/rods, etc.

 

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just the stock JR management stuff, yet I doubt if the fuel management lead to a rod bearing being spun, with a rod coming threw the block. My guess is my oil pump went out, hence why I didn't hear the noise when I stomped on the gas or when i completely let out of it, only during mild cruise at 10 vacuum. I guess I should have just stomped on it into the boost range and held the break, but once bearing start to go out, that means pulling the motor anyways, so either way it had to come out. I'm starting to think getting a new motor might just be the cheaper route compared to rebuilding my other block with new pistons/rods, etc.</TD></TR></TABLE>
um well i dont think you can rebuild that block if it has a hole in it...and man, ive seen sooooo many JRSC h22 blow up..makes me wonder???

 

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um well i dont think you can rebuild that block if it has a hole in it...and man, ive seen sooooo many JRSC h22 blow up..makes me wonder???</TD></TR></TABLE>

recheck my post, i'm buying a new motor this coming week, I dont' think there is enough JB Weld in the world to hold that piece together, it like a 3in gash. I was commenting that it may be cheaper to buy a longblock than to rebuild a motor without a hole in it.

 

post a pic of the block

 

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there ya go, hole is behind header, but once motor comes out, i'll get a better pic. Ordered a used JDM longblock today that is supposed to be in great condition, guess I'll see....

before pic