my honda s2000 died on me today....took care of it and everything...got it at 18k miles has like 19k miles now...i drove it normal on the freeway today and mah engine check lite went on....it was workin fine and like 2 miles later mah engine got weak...i pulled over and wat i heard was a clanging noise hittin the head of mah engine...i dunno prolly rod, valves, pistons....i dunno i'm not sure...got it towed to the honda dealership...wat do u guys think is the problem and how much u think it would cost... i think i bent mah valves and broke mah rod...

 

hey you go to centennial right? I live up by santiago and have the 02 berlina black. I graduated from centennial and know some peeps who know you. That sucks to hear that. To me it sounds like you might have bent a valve. Honda Cars of Corona sucks so stay away from there. Go to Honda World in Westminster off the 22 or Weir Canyon Honda. Where did you buy the car from? You may have taken car of it the 1000 miles youve had it but how was it taken care of before? Later dude

 

**** man thats gotta suck

 

do you have warranty?

if you do...thank god! haha

sorry to hear that though man.

 

o yea i seen u a couple of times on the road 9k fever....i alrdy have it at the lincoln honda dealership...oops...plus if i wanted it to be fixed at westminster i would have to get it towed again...y would honda cars of corona differ from the one in westminster...i'm sad..mah S broke before mah piece of crap camry

 

i bought it from a guy in costa mesa...he sold it because he was gettin divorce...it was an old guy prolly in his late 40s...he kept the body in good shape and told me he kept the engine in good shape too but i dunno....the rear tires were pretty bald havin only 18500 miles on it....how many miles should the bridgestone potenza last?? now i don't have mah S for graduation, parties and girls n e more....dammit honda suks *** i'm gonna sell it...jk..maybe tho

 

with spirited driving the potenza's only last like 8k-10k I have 18k and im about to get new ones. Im going with s03's this time cause they stopped making the s02's. See what honda says then compare that price with westminster honda world. Later

 

guess wat guys!!....one of the best day of mah life if dis news is true....the honda dealership told me dat the repair were gonna be 10000....i was like o shiieet i'm screwed forever....a loose spark plug fell into mah cylinder and blew mah motor up ....but he said it was honda's fault...so the manager at honda cars of corona is gonna make honda send me a new motor for free!!...he will tell me monday....yay

 

that sounds like a big relief. keep us updated on what happens. and if it ends up costing you anything.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by s2000RiCeR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">guess wat guys!!....one of the best day of mah life if dis news is true....the honda dealership told me dat the repair were gonna be 10000....i was like o shiieet i'm screwed forever....a loose spark plug fell into mah cylinder and blew mah motor up ....but he said it was honda's fault...so the manager at honda cars of corona is gonna make honda send me a new motor for free!!...he will tell me monday....yay</TD></TR></TABLE>

You're one lucky kid! Glad to hear that man 10'gs on a repair, I'd kill myself

 

anyone else tired of seeing "mah" when it should be "my"?

 

lol hahah yea i was bout to kill myself too rite then and there when i heard 10k estimated repair.....i did some research i saw that there is a lot of problems like this in the early s2000s...its a spark plug recall...and many people blew their motors due to loose spark plug...so 00-02 s2k owners watch out for dat!

 

sucks

 

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...and "dat", and "u"...

 

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...and "dat", and "u"...

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no kidding! mah , dat, etc... proper english please.
glad everything turned out in your favor. GL.

 

damn that sucks...what kinda problems do the s2k's have that we should look for?

 

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/...12092 - Here's a thread where the guy stated his cousin blew his motor due to a spark plug falling into the cylinder as well.

Is this your cousin bro?

 

yea i think "thats" him

 

How does a spark plug drop into the motor? Is it just the bottom portion of the plug thats defective?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VolpeOwnsU &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How does a spark plug drop into the motor? Is it just the bottom portion of the plug thats defective?</TD></TR></TABLE>

They were not torqued down as tight as they should be due to an improper washer in the spark plugs. It was somewhere around 12lb/ft from the factory, and the spark plugs would start to backout and eventually the threads would be damaged and the plugs or pieces of them would get "sucked" into the engine. The fix, dealers would install new spark plugs that were to be torqued down to a higher spec.

 

Yeah, there was a TSB on them, I don't know what years were affected.

 

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no kidding! mah , dat, etc... proper english please.
glad everything turned out in your favor. GL.</TD></TR></TABLE>

English you idiot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Be3LiCiOuS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do you have warranty?

if you do...thank god! haha

sorry to hear that though man.</TD></TR></TABLE>

he should at only 19k miles ...i hope?

 

my used motors comes w/ a warranty!