Since I've posted this just about everywhere, I can't withold you the enjoyment of laughing at someone's misfortune. In this case mine.

So I've been having some problems for a while now. Had a horrable knocking noise, that probably meant a spun bearing.
So friday we were off to the shop to take out the D16, in favor of a B16 swap.
After some fiddling I managed to get the D16 started and running, and after about 15 minutes of idling, it sounded "ok'ish". So after a test run through the neighborhood I decided it ran pretty good considering, and wanted to drive her into the shop honerably, instead of a disgraceful tow.

So after about 5 kilometres I turn up the on ramp of the freeway. End of 3rd gear, taking it pretty easy I'm going 100'ish Km/h. Just before I'm about to go into 4th and merge, I feel a slight decrease in power, followed by a loud THUD and 2 locking front wheels and my dash lighting up like a christmas tree. My screen got sprayed with oil, smoke from under the hood, and a nice blue trail in my rear view mirror. Sounding like an impreza for about 10 seconds, it hiccuped once, and then silence.

I coasted to the side of the road, where I popped the hood, to find this:


What a ******* mess. It's hard to tell by the pictures, and on the black paint... but EVERYTHING was covered in oil.
The firewall, block, misc parts, hood... the oil was dripping from mt oil pan onto the ground. I looked up, and saw that I pulled a 150 metre oil trail on the freeway.


So....the civic behind me, wich BTW also got treated to some oil, ended up towing me into the shop anyway. Wich, is a bitch when you get passed all the time by cars going to the raced a few miles up ahead. God that was humiliating.



So...at the shop. All of a sudden I notice the mileage.
180011KM.

I got ******* TOWED across the 180K mark! :'(
When we took a light, and looked at the mess under there, we found 2 holes and a nice bulge at the back of the block, and the timing had skipped a few teeth.

Well GOODBEYE, and **** YOU d16z5!


The rest of the pics @ here
Swap pictures up soon.

UPDATE

We pulled the motor, and here are the pics.

Feast your eyes on this. This plug was so ******* wet, that oil dripped off. Awkwardly enough, the plug electrode itself was ivory white. LEAN!


2 of my friends pulling the engine out. When we drained it, no more then 3 litres of oil came out. I think it holds about 5. :


Mandatory pic.



One of the holes... #2 cilinder. The other one is on #3, on the other side. Was too dark to take a pic. It was a tad bigger, with a nice bulge underneith it.

So....the end of my D-days. Here's a few spy pics for y'all.





More pics

Now with video.

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...have fun guys

 

I know your pain. My 91 DA blew a rod through the side of the block outside of Dalton, GA at 2 am, when a friend and myself were trying to get back to Lexington, KY. Talk about a long haul.

Which b16 are you putting in there and what are you using beside the swap itself. I have a b16a1 that is in perfect shape that was going to go into the DA, but that car is beyond help so now I am looking for a CRX.

Best of luck!

 

i would eat off that b16 block ... :drool: good luck

 

Towing Civic guy here

At first, all seemed well. The engine even sounded better after a few minutes of idling.

When he turned onto the highway (a long 180 degree righthander), suddenly a puff of blue smoke. Oil everywhere!

I followed him when he went to the side of the road. There was nothing else to do but towing!

SETI20, thnx for spraying my car with oil!