I dont want to be pushy but when do we get our badges? Im a firm beleiver in Honda and I always encounter Honda vehicles on a regular basis that have WAYYY over 100,000 miles. I am proud to represent another Honda that has alot of miles one would say and still drop the jaws of those who challenge my "little high mileaged 4 cylinder".

 

What went with you 2 really high mileage guys in your engines? Just curious. Awesome life out of them, that's for sure!

 

About 6 months ago I started noticing slightly lower oil pressure than normal. Changed the oil and found gold flakes which usually means bearings .

 

Just passed 14,000 miles last week on an '02 I recently bought about four months ago. I absolutely love to drive this car and plan to keep my s2k for as long as she will last and I look forward to the many mileage-milestones ahead.

 

Congrats on the new one hommie! How many miles and f20 or 22?

How's it running now? World of a diference?

 

What sort of oil pressure were you seeing?
Did the engine still run fine besides that?

 

I was running mine hard through the canyons and heading up Palomar Mtn, when I heard a misfire and felt it down on power. I turned around and limped it back down the hill, but the tick got worse and eventually seized it up before I could get home.

Retainer clip broke on the valve........sucked the valve into the top of the piston...........banged a hole in the piston and so on and so on.

Unfortunately this is a common way for this engine to die. It lived a good long life for me. I am proud of it and have it in the shop as we speak getting another one put in. I just can't see driving anything else.

-Hockey

 

The oil pressure gauge I'm using isn't the best, but it works "good enough". I don't generally go by actual psi, more by needle position. I started to notice about a 10psi difference at normal highway speeds (5k rpm). It generally was about 85-90psi and dropped to about 70-75ish. That was my first indication that all was not well.

Car still felt fine for quite a few thousand miles while I sourced a new motor. Then a few days before I did the swap, I did a 1000 mile road trip and burned through a quart of oil and was feeling a bit sluggish. I figured it was time.

Dmitriy -

I found a low mileage 03 f20 and picked up a ap2 trans while I was at it. Car feels great although I only got to drive it a couple days before it went into the body shop. Some lady came into my lane and took out my pass fender and part of the bumper.

 

Sorry to hear that man! Hope the paint comes out a good match. But the Black hard top + tint looks awesome. BTW

 

Im on 118K