i had a bad engine experience
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i had a bad engine experience
about six months ago after installing an AEM cold air i had the filter fall of the pipe (the metal clamp broke), some dirt or debris sucked into the engine, and then the car never ran right afterwards. I dont have the time or money to do an engine rebuild so I sold it (99 civic Si) to my uncle a project car, and he found that it had scratched cylinders.
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ever since that happened ive been very paraniod about dirt getting into the engine of my new car.(for good reason i guess, i mean it really messed up the last car). you have all kinds of guys running around with "ractive" or "apc" intakes that are pretty much worthless, you have people rebuilding engines in theyre garages where there is alot of dust present, etc. If you happen to get i few particles of dirt in your engine i would think it would just blow out. One of my friends tells me that any little particle can get pressed up against the cylinder walls when the fuel air mixutre explodes and causes damage to the engine.
whats the real truth. would it take like a piece of gravel or something ( which is what i think got sucked up into my old car) , or can a little dirt do alot of harm?
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now.
ever since that happened ive been very paraniod about dirt getting into the engine of my new car.(for good reason i guess, i mean it really messed up the last car). you have all kinds of guys running around with "ractive" or "apc" intakes that are pretty much worthless, you have people rebuilding engines in theyre garages where there is alot of dust present, etc. If you happen to get i few particles of dirt in your engine i would think it would just blow out. One of my friends tells me that any little particle can get pressed up against the cylinder walls when the fuel air mixutre explodes and causes damage to the engine.
whats the real truth. would it take like a piece of gravel or something ( which is what i think got sucked up into my old car) , or can a little dirt do alot of harm?
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Re: i had a bad engine experience (Sport_Injected)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sport_Injected »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">about six months ago after installing an AEM cold air i had the filter fall of the pipe (the metal clamp broke), some dirt or debris sucked into the engine, and then the car never ran right afterwards. I dont have the time or money to do an engine rebuild so I sold it (99 civic Si) to my uncle a project car, and he found that it had scratched cylinders.
now.
ever since that happened ive been very paraniod about dirt getting into the engine of my new car.(for good reason i guess, i mean it really messed up the last car). you have all kinds of guys running around with "ractive" or "apc" intakes that are pretty much worthless, you have people rebuilding engines in theyre garages where there is alot of dust present, etc. If you happen to get i few particles of dirt in your engine i would think it would just blow out. One of my friends tells me that any little particle can get pressed up against the cylinder walls when the fuel air mixutre explodes and causes damage to the engine.
whats the real truth. would it take like a piece of gravel or something ( which is what i think got sucked up into my old car) , or can a little dirt do alot of harm?
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I think you should always have a filter. I don't think dirt caused scratched cylinders unless it was like that for a while. I can see gravel doing it though.
now.
ever since that happened ive been very paraniod about dirt getting into the engine of my new car.(for good reason i guess, i mean it really messed up the last car). you have all kinds of guys running around with "ractive" or "apc" intakes that are pretty much worthless, you have people rebuilding engines in theyre garages where there is alot of dust present, etc. If you happen to get i few particles of dirt in your engine i would think it would just blow out. One of my friends tells me that any little particle can get pressed up against the cylinder walls when the fuel air mixutre explodes and causes damage to the engine.
whats the real truth. would it take like a piece of gravel or something ( which is what i think got sucked up into my old car) , or can a little dirt do alot of harm?
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I think you should always have a filter. I don't think dirt caused scratched cylinders unless it was like that for a while. I can see gravel doing it though.
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Re: i had a bad engine experience (eda6 hb)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eda6 hb »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I think you should always have a filter. I don't think dirt caused scratched cylinders unless it was like that for a while. I can see gravel doing it though. </TD></TR></TABLE>
dirt definitly did not cause it. it had to be alot of debris in my opinion to cause damage.
I think you should always have a filter. I don't think dirt caused scratched cylinders unless it was like that for a while. I can see gravel doing it though. </TD></TR></TABLE>
dirt definitly did not cause it. it had to be alot of debris in my opinion to cause damage.
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