"My day wasn't so bad after all..."

Viralphrame · Post by **Viralphrame** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:17 am

I liked my car alot. It looked halfway decent (rice, http://www.sonicstrike.net/users/viral/civ_1.jpg <- example), and it got me to work/school and back. Yay. Life was good.

So I'm driving home from a friend's house on the 30th, and pretty darn quickly after pulling out of his street, it sounds like I'm dragging tin cans. (Which, by the way, I wasn't.)

I pull over and pop the hood, oil is splattered over everything and there's a nice big, pitch-black pool of it raining onto the street under the car. It's pretty late so I park it and walk home.

Next day (31st), I tow it home and finally get to see what the damage was.

http://www.sonicstrike.net/users/viral/IMAG0060.jpg - One
http://www.sonicstrike.net/users/viral/IMAG0061.JPG - Two
http://www.sonicstrike.net/users/viral/IMAG0063.jpg - Three

It was a little 1.5 liter economy engine with around 220k miles on it, throwing a rod at 2 AM in the morning. Quite exciting, actually, got to wake the parents to tell them that my car had blown up.

If you stick your finger in the hole, you can actually move the broken rod up and down a little, which is pretty funny in itself.

Luckily, I have another car. Awesome. If this had been my only mode of transportation, I'd have been mighty pissed since this kind of ★■◆● isn't the thing you can take to the shop over the weekend. (duh)

It's late now, and I need sleep.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:55 am

That sucks.

What year is your honda?

Viralphrame · Post by **Viralphrame** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:25 am

Unix wrote:That sucks.

What year is your honda?

It's a 1994 Honda Civic DX coupe.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:30 am

So passeth "teh car" RIP.

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:34 am

did you edit it from "My dad wasn't so bad after all..." or is my dyslexia acting up?

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:11 pm

So when was the last time you checked the oil?

bash · Post by **bash** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:23 pm

220,000 miles is pretty impressive. I'd say it was about due.

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:03 pm

woodchip wrote:So when was the last time you checked the oil?

x2

It takes more than just 220.000 miles for a 1.5 liter four-banger to throw a rod..

Nice experience though. There's some videoclips around on the net (I believe I posted them here at some point) showing kids turbocharging a block and upping the boost till the block threw a rod (or all four at the same time

). At like 20lbs of boost or something.

Viralphrame · Post by **Viralphrame** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:37 pm

Tricord wrote:
woodchip wrote:So when was the last time you checked the oil?
x2

It takes more than just 220.000 miles for a 1.5 liter four-banger to throw a rod..

Nice experience though. There's some videoclips around on the net (I believe I posted them here at some point) showing kids turbocharging a block and upping the boost till the block threw a rod (or all four at the same time ). At like 20lbs of boost or something.

Is it that BMW one? Yeah, I've seen it, there was metal parts melted into each other inside the cylinder.

If it's not, I'll need to check it out anyway.

Anyway, I went to get the oil changed awhile ago, but their entire bay lost power and I hadnt had the money or time to do it lately after that.. ah well. Once again, thankful I have two cars once again.

And, like I said, the oil was as black ay my car, so most likely it could be contributed to that. *shrug*

Fusion pimp · Post by **Fusion pimp** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:55 pm

Actually, Honda's are notorious for week rods and wrist-pins. It is the weakest part of the bottom end and quite possibly the whole motor.

B-

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:46 am

As soon as I saw that picture, i thought "Threw a rod" ... and indeed I thought correctly.

Time for a new engine, or a new car, since it would probably be cheaper.

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:23 am

JB Weld

Sickone · Post by **Sickone** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:27 am

actually honda's are known for going much much longer.
IF YOU CHANGE THE FRICKEN OIL - at least keep it topped off so it isn't low.

Hell I had 240k on mine, and I beat that thing every inch of that 240k... the person I sold it to is still loven it and driven it

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:41 am

Sickone wrote: the person I sold it to is still loven it and driven it

Sounds like the "tail" pipes are just the right size.

Fusion pimp · Post by **Fusion pimp** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:18 am

Weak..

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:28 am

I had an Accord 4 cylinder that had nearly 300,000 miles on it when I sold it and it was still kicking.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 11:38 am

My Mazda 626 has 295,000, and it still purrs, since I've made sure to get regular oil changes, and I don't drive it too hard. I plan on keeping it at least until 300,000 or more (although that should be just a few months).

On the other hand, I didn't maintain my last car (a '74 260Z) very well, and drove it hard, so it didn't last me beyond 165,000.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:26 pm

I had an '89 Accord that when I bought (for $1,000) it had 200,000 miles on it and when I sold it (for $1,200) it had 315,000 miles on it.

I love Honda's and whoever made the comment about the oil is absolutly right. The only problems I ever had with my Honda were seals getting old. But replacing seals isn't that difficult.