My brother in law was driving my car. He said he was going about 75mph when he tried to downshift to 5th gear, instead he selected 3rd. He said the rpms went up to somewhere around 8000. At that point he immediately shifted back to sixth gear. He drove for another 5 seconds, when he heard ticking noise from the engine, he pulled over the car and shuttoff the engine. When he tried to restart the engine it wouldn't start, the engine wouldn't turn over. The car was towed to my house at this point. I pulled the spark plugs, one of the plugs had obvious impact damage. I am assuming the engine siezed since it will not turn over. I checked the oil level it was normal. I'm planning on taking the car to honda specialist this week to asses the damage. Would a misshift like that cause that kind of damage, since the engine was not overreved? I've only had the car for about a month, it has 43k miles it is 2002, did not have any problems before this incident. I am assuming the engine will need a rebuild, would it be better to get another engine?

 

I think brother in law owes you a new engine .

 

I bet he went well over 8000 rpm but, did not have the heart to tell you

 

Yeah he's paying for it.

 

Thats what I'm thinking.

 

It's bad enough he fugged up your engine. To add insult to injury - he's bullshitting you about the details.

 

tell him to google proper shift technique.

 

I probably should have before I let him drive my car.

 

or maybe he thought he would finally register on here so he could post and get some advice

 

I'm a little ashamed to admit, but I over revved my car about 1 or 2 months into ownership. Missed 4th, went into 2nd. From the look of the tach and the sound of the thing, I think I hit at least 10k, easy, on an ap2. I immediately clutched in, but I still bent a valve. Car was still drivable, though. Your bro had to have gone higher than 8 (that's not even redline for you).