I was goin' down the 215 in the Vegas area in 5th gear at 85mph. All of a sudden my car started to lose power and my engine started to smoke. A second after that, my engine turned off and my brakes weren't working. To pull over, i had to use my E-Brake. The weird thing is, i didn't hear any explosion and next thing you know, it dies. When i pulled over, i busted out the flash light and saw oil come out of a hole on my block like a faucet. What do you guys think caused it ?? I'm thinkin' of gettin' a ZC or a SOHC VTEC for a change.

 

you broke a rod it could be caused by to much oil not enough oil you could have sucked up water it could be number of things that caused the rod to brake 1 and 4 rods brake 1dt for some reason

 

were u having low Oil problems?

 

wow that sounds horrid. was it the stock motor?

 

geez that sucks. take apart the motor, probably snapped a rod.

 

very similar thing happened to me, goin about 80, passes someone, doin about 95, loose power, runs shitty, didnt blow a whole in my block though luckily, think i just fried my piston rings. need to do a compression test to make sure.

 

You guys think so? Thanks for your input. I found a SOHC VTEC for 750 off a '94 EX. So that will be my new engine.

 

$750 seems kinda high for a z6, but maybe they go for more where your from.


Yager-

 

please dont tell me you went to ken's auto!

you might want to try dis and dat...they have some good prices

all the other junkyards in vegas rarely have anything newer than 91

for 750...might as well go with a b16 or buy a sohc zc for 500 from HMO..only a 3 1/2 hour drive