I fugged up tonight and shifted from 3-2 at about 9 grand. engine light came on and my idle sucks now. do you think i screwed my valves or something? I am going to acura tomarrow to get it checked out......

 

do not drive it anymore!

your valves are fucked

pray you didn't drop one...

 

wow. I am soo depressed now. i ran a 19.8 cause i slamed on the brakes and coasted home

 

i will call them to tow it tomarrow morning. At least i don't have to work tomarrow.

 

Do not drive to avoid any further damage!!!!! Your valves are bent for sure!!!!!


[Modified by citanest, 4:26 PM 11/2/2001]

 

it happened 3 miles from home. i coasted it there. I did it like 20 minutes ago.

 

yea your valves are definitely bent....same thing happened to me..your car sounds like a powerful v8 and it's quite expensive to fix i say just buy skunk2 valves they are probably cheaper and better than the type r ones...just my .02

 

bent valves for sure.......do a compression test

 

is this under warranty?

 

yeah you fugged your valves.. check this.. last month, one night coming back home i was so tired that i couldnt even feel my hands.. i was doing like 90-100 redlined 4th.. slowly try to move to 5th.. i had no strenght to push the damn shifter far right and just move it up... 3rd!! release the clutch semi-slowly.. at that instant i was in a tunnel.. all i saw was that brigth amber needle and 10K!!! i thought it was over.. so i clutch in and start yelling.. then slap it into 5th and gas it.. to see what happens.. all seemed fine.. i guess luck.

if i were you take it back to the dealer and tell them it happened out of the blue.. just pretend you dont know what's going on.. hopefully they will replace it for free

 

i need to wash the shoe polish off my windows for sure

 

but don't be suprised if they don't cover it under warranty. It's not a factory defect afterall.

yoshi - who hasn't mis shifted yet *touches w00d*

 

thanks guys you are all awesome. that was the first time i missed shifted too. touches wood also. but feels it is too late

 

You probably bent all your exhaust valves. Expect about a $600-800 repair bill.

No it's not covered under warranty cuz you fugged up, and not the car.

Warren, aka Zingerboy

 

How about upgrading your valve springs and retainers just in case you accidentally do it again.

 

someone here in southern california got it covered under warranty. It just depends on the dealer and how sympathetic they are. Some are just nicer than others.. But all in all, just try the dealer.. they can't lose nothing..

 

Probably bent all your exhuast valves maybe your intake valves too and possilbly and hopefully you didn crack any valve guides.

 

It sounds like you did bend some valves. Check what code it's throwing. i did the same thing, but i didn't do any engine damage. I did fry my clutch, and they replaced it under warranty.

good luck


[Modified by ITR 01-0907, 4:33 AM 11/3/2001]

 

It will be more than just bent valves.I did the same, it bent the #3 rod and bent 2 of the valves in cyl #3.I hope your dealer won't give you any trouble.The warranty reciept for my works was $4,200.It was an entire shortblock replacement along with the head being taken down and checked for possible damage plus 2 new valves.

 

bye bye valves, well at least some of them

 

warranty should cover it, it happened to my friends R and they covered it, just dont tell them what really happened.

 

Ralph,
your application to we-todd-did racing is in the mail.

D

 

how are you liking the gun metals D? this sux. the truck just towed it to tischer acura about 5 mins ago. hope it all goes ok..

 

Bad Boy01GSR...just out of curiousity, where in TR do you get your work done? (assuming you don't do it yourself) when I left there, there wasn't too many tuners out there willing to take apart engines...

 

I have heard the ECU will log overrevs (thus giving the dealer ammo to not fix it). I would reset the ECU just in case, and hopefully clear it. Just disconnecting the battery for a while will reset it. I don't know if it would clear the part you want cleared, but it is worth a shot.