Disaster !
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Disaster !
Hi All,
Disaster last night! Took the S out for an early evening spin in the Cambridgeshire countryside. Car felt wonderful
Driving through a village I started to hear a change in the engine tone - sounded a little rougher, a little tinkly.
Leaving the village I started to accelerate (gently) only to be greeted with an awful rattling sound and plumes of smoke coming from the engine bay
Pulled over and called Honda Assist to collect me.
I have been complaining to my dealer about a misfire & a dodgy clutch for over 3 months now ("don't worry mate, it'll probably be nothing!") - I hope this isn't connected.
Earlier that day I did fit new windscreen wipers - maybe they contributed
I biggest concern, however, is the new oil I topped up with that day - Castrol RS. Anyone had any problems with this oil before?
Anyway, being transferred to the Honda garage this morning - I'll post again when I know what's wrong.
Chris
Disaster last night! Took the S out for an early evening spin in the Cambridgeshire countryside. Car felt wonderful
Driving through a village I started to hear a change in the engine tone - sounded a little rougher, a little tinkly.
Leaving the village I started to accelerate (gently) only to be greeted with an awful rattling sound and plumes of smoke coming from the engine bay
Pulled over and called Honda Assist to collect me.
I have been complaining to my dealer about a misfire & a dodgy clutch for over 3 months now ("don't worry mate, it'll probably be nothing!") - I hope this isn't connected.
Earlier that day I did fit new windscreen wipers - maybe they contributed
I biggest concern, however, is the new oil I topped up with that day - Castrol RS. Anyone had any problems with this oil before?
Anyway, being transferred to the Honda garage this morning - I'll post again when I know what's wrong.
Chris
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Originally Posted by StevenM,Sep 3 2005, 09:21 AM
I have been using Cartrol RS for a couple of years now and not had any problems.
I have used Castrol RS in both my current (and previous) S2000 with no probs at all
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What was the oil level before if you'd just topped up?
Has it been using a lot of oil recently?
Had it had the oil bolt recall work done on it?
I'm thinking the misfire might have been an early sign of the piston cracking. The bets on this amongst a few people at work is that the extra squirt jet is to provide additional cooling to the piston due to a cracking concern. If it's finally split and gone bang the ratting would be the con-rod trying to cut the engine in half, and the big oil plume would be the oil getting into the exhaust and burning off.
Let me know what they find
Has it been using a lot of oil recently?
Had it had the oil bolt recall work done on it?
I'm thinking the misfire might have been an early sign of the piston cracking. The bets on this amongst a few people at work is that the extra squirt jet is to provide additional cooling to the piston due to a cracking concern. If it's finally split and gone bang the ratting would be the con-rod trying to cut the engine in half, and the big oil plume would be the oil getting into the exhaust and burning off.
Let me know what they find
