My plans have gone straight to hell! I have a deal worked out on a long beach blue NSX, and my car was to be sold. I took it into the dealer last week for an oil change/new battery and to check on a faint tap that started a couple of days before. I figured that it was a belt that needed adjusting or a timing issue, and I wanted it to be 100% for the new owner. It turns out that my bearings are shot. My car is a 2001 with 68k and I have the oil changed regularly. The Honda claims guy came out and said that tey weren't covering the claim because the cause is "lack of lube", and that the oil was very low when it was brought in. I've been fighting this for about a week and a half now. They've taken everything apart (which I now have to pay for) and they're telling me that I'm screwed so needless to say,I'm extremely frustrated. They want to charge me $6000 to replace the short block. I'm considering having the car taken on a rollback to first state motorsports for some work now that the engines out. I figure, why pay all that money to make it stock again. So I'm considering keeping it. I guess my question is what would you do? Should I just spend the money on the S and have the motor built? If so, what should I have done? We discussed replacing the shortblock witha brand new one and just adding a comptech SC, but I don't think I'll be happy with that. What can I do now that the motor is out and apart that would really make a difference in performance? Perhaps I'll go FI as well, but I'd rather not do it to an otherwise stock car. What about displacement? Should I have the internals upgraded? What would you do?

 

Your 01 is well past the 3yr/36k, so you are probably dealing with an extended warranty.

You'll be in for a battle with them, where you will need to have all the documentaion of EVERY oil change and at what milage if you are to have any hope of them covering a repair.

Whatever your warranty company is, you'll have to do the fighting with them directly.

 

ttt

 

i say drop in a used motor and sell the car as you originally planned.

 

After 2 weeks of fighting, Honda has agreed to pay for all the parts to be replaced. Shortblock/head, gaskets etc. I have to pay the labor only. I'm also having a new clutch put in while the motor'tranny is out. I'm very happy with the way that this worked out. Whoever buys the car will end up with a basically brand new S for half the cost.

 

Was it an extended warranty claim that they 'paid'? HondaCare? or just 'goodwill'?

 

It was through Honda care but they referred to it as a "gesture of good will". I was so dissapointed that they didn't want to cover it after all of the Honda products that I've owned. I explained it reasonably to the supervisor aty Honda Care, and they agreed to meet me in the middle. He was actually a really nice guy, and I felt bad about all of the yelling that I did earlier on lol.