[QUOTE]Originally posted by autoxEX
[B]Is the #4 cylinder really obvious to see?

 

As I remember, Jason, you made little of the #4 cylinder problem in your first posts, but included some great pictures, for everyone's interest, of your F20C's disassembly.

When my problem came up, you were kind enough to point me to reread the previous thread, and my service people did read your thread and it informed them as to what to look for.

I thank you for posting it. If this problem is very rare , the flurry of bad comments will blow over.

There are two good things about the publicity here. First, I think we'll all be more likely to follow the manual's recommendations on break-in. Second, if any more owners develop the problem, they won't feel they did it themselves. They'll know even properly pampered and cared for F20Cs can get sick.

Barry in Wyoming....

 

Barry, Thanks for taking the time to detail everything, both before and after. It's both informative and useful, should another S2000 owner need ammo (lets hope not) with a baulking dealer.

Jason, Thanks for the great pictures.

Tech tips and warnings are only as reliable as the people providing them. It's a shame so much of the other off-the-wall stuff works its way into the threads.


[Edited by dlq04 on 01-30-2001 at 08:46 PM]

 

Hmmmm...Didn't even think of that...

 

I stopped by the dealer yesterday to check up on my car and found out that they had pulled the head off of the motor. Here is what happened to my motor:

Apparently, the rod bearing that connected to the rod and piston broke. They had pulled out the bearing and it was sitting there in what looked to be my oil pan, but the bearing was split in half, I took some pics and I'll post it as soon as I can. This caused the rod and piston to break loose and begin clanking against my cylinder walls. However, I don't know which cylinder it is or what caused the damage. Anyone want to step in here, I'm no mechanic.

I can tell you that it was NOT due to driver abuse, power shifting, over revving, (oh, this is my favorite question I was asked, "did you add alcohol to the motor") and all those other typical questions that are asked when a motor fails. I broke in the car perfectly varying my RPMs, the throttle, and the amount of time I was driving it. I hit vtec a few times at 600 miles but didn't even go WOT until after 1000 miles. The only mods I have on the car is Rick's leather accesories which is good for about +5 hp to the wheels which probably caused the engine to fail on me.

The short block on the car was also pulled yesterday and sent back to AHM for them to inspect it, so I'm supposed to get a new short block in this week. While they have the car apart, I have requested to install a Toda flywheel and perhaps a new clutch? I'm not sure about the clutch though, it's a "Honda clutch" (that's the name of it) designed by one of their parts guys and its supposed to have much more grip than the stock and Mugen clutch. However, seeing that my car is barely a month old, I may just do the flywheel and settle with the stock clutch for now. Does anyone know where I can get a Toda flywheel asap, like overnight? My car is scheduled to be back on the public roads next Thursday, but I'm not holding my breath.