dont wanna discuss the details of what happened but i need a new rod cap and i know you cant mix and match rod caps... so im going to need a new rod... will this throw the balance off in the motor? if it helps any the rod has the ink marked as "25" also the color came off on the bearing i remember them being a green bearing is this correct? If it helps at all on the block its in a 2001 ITR


so basically my question is
1. getting a new rod from acura just one and replacing one will it throw off the balance on the motor?

 

Take the old rod and new rod to a machine shop that has a rod fixture and gram scale for balancing. I don't know what the condition of the old rod and cap are in, but they can tell you whether they can work with it or not. If the masses are similar within a gram, then it will be fine to just drop in.

 

the old rod cap got sucked up by the streetsweeper...