Jason81NA,82RBtt Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 I posted a message during this winter about having to remove a piston from a friends 1990 Honda Accord (bad crank journal). I removed the piston/rod combo, removed the rocker arms, unhooked the injector and connected a old L28 injector to the harness, (keeps the check engine light off) and placed a hose calmp over the crank journal to keep from loosing too much oil pressure. I also removed the spark plug wire going to that cylinder. Well he put about 10,000 or more miles on this "little 3-cylinder that could". He was saving-up to get a VTEC motor swap. Well yesterday he let a 16yo friend drive the car (Owner is 21yo) and this guy wiped-out and went into a ditch and hit a driveway drain, went into the air and took out the top half of a 5ft wood fence, cleared the lower half. They landed in a cow pasture and ran over and destorying the "Yellow top" "optima" battery that somehow left the engine. Everyone is OK but the car is totaled. Moral of story: Even a weak 3 cylinder Accord can catch-air at the hands of a teenager whom doesn't respect it. Drive Safe Jason PS: I alway thought that the crank breaking in half would end the life of the motor, guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_racer1999 Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 holy sh!t! that's crazy.... that poor car. anyway, it shows you the durablity of japanese engines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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