Broken #4 Connecting Rod at 15,000 miles
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Originally posted by infinitebass
Cause?
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Cause?
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OK, I'll speculate.. rod failures are often brought on by seizures and the only comments we have regarding those are the European TSB (that we don't need here) where there is inadequate piston cooling / lubrication. So the questions are: do you have the upgraded bolts, and have you been running extended periods at high speed.
The typical dealer diagnosis will be either you overreved the engine or had inadequate oil in the crankcase.
The typical dealer diagnosis will be either you overreved the engine or had inadequate oil in the crankcase.
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And to further speculate ... it could be a consequence of the infamous "#4 cylinder failure". Barry from Wyoming has a nice history of #4 cylinder failures documented in this forum - here's one link, and here's a link to a thread about a thrown rod with few miles on the engine.
Regarding Sebring, I may be coming up for just the one day, so I'm not sure about the room situation yet.
Regarding Sebring, I may be coming up for just the one day, so I'm not sure about the room situation yet.
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My engine too suffered a catastrophic failure as a result of #2 con rod failure.
Honda blamed it on an overrev even though there was no valve damage whatsoever. Several cylinder bores were scored.
Oil was never low.
To this day honda denies the warranty claim.
Fvck Honda
Honda blamed it on an overrev even though there was no valve damage whatsoever. Several cylinder bores were scored.
Oil was never low.
To this day honda denies the warranty claim.
Fvck Honda
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From: The Armpit of Florida
Originally posted by cdelena
OK, I'll speculate.. rod failures are often brought on by seizures and the only comments we have regarding those are the European TSB (that we don't need here) where there is inadequate piston cooling / lubrication. So the questions are: do you have the upgraded bolts, and have you been running extended periods at high speed.
The typical dealer diagnosis will be either you overreved the engine or had inadequate oil in the crankcase.
OK, I'll speculate.. rod failures are often brought on by seizures and the only comments we have regarding those are the European TSB (that we don't need here) where there is inadequate piston cooling / lubrication. So the questions are: do you have the upgraded bolts, and have you been running extended periods at high speed.
The typical dealer diagnosis will be either you overreved the engine or had inadequate oil in the crankcase.
Engine has never been over reved!
The car is an early '02 and I haven't changed the bolts.
Your going to have to define "extended."
