it has been toooooo long since i have posted on here, man...i miss the car scene though.

anyways...so my 90' crx si, SOHC ZC engine hooped out on me..i was getting onto the freeway, i gunned it a lil bit but not slammed the gas pedal. as i got onto the freeway, i traveled a few hundred yards then...bam....no engine, not running at all.

as i was getting onto the free way, i heard this abnormal sound like it was almost bogging, but it wasnt.
i pulled over, tried to start it but nothing...soo here's the symptoms:

it will crank but not turn over, sounds like its not getting any spark at all.
battery is fine, lots of juice.
checked all the plugs, and all of them were flooded with oil, both sides of the plug, white side and electrode.
plugs dont look to be fouled or anything though.
checked the oil and there isnt any antifreeze or anything milky.
oil levels are good.

bout a month ago, when ever i reached 3k RPM it would start to have a vibrating sound in the engine bay though.

i dunno what to think on this one, either head gasket or head seals? possible timing belt broke?
shouldnt be the piston rings cause how likely is it that all of them went at the same time?


please help a fellow honda dude out?

thanx for everything guys

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" I think i seen a lamb still alive on the side of the road...it was still twitching....so i backed over it with my jetta " - kenny blankenship - mxc

"sex over 60, is like shooting pool with a rope"

You need to do a compression test or better yet a leak down. With a leak down test we will be able to tell a ton of stuff.

do the plugs smell like fuel?

Are you getting spark? Remove a plug and reattach it to the cable. Crank the engine and see if it sparks while the engine is being turned over.

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how can i do a compression test when the car doesnt run?

i havent check the fuel smell in the oil yet. but i will tomorrow.

i will also check for spark tomorrow too.

i was also just going to take the valve cover off and see if the timing belt is snapped too.


thanx john.

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" I think i seen a lamb still alive on the side of the road...it was still twitching....so i backed over it with my jetta " - kenny blankenship - mxc

"sex over 60, is like shooting pool with a rope"

A compression test needs to be done without the car running. You disconnect all the plug wires and crank the car three times while a compression gauge is screwed into a cylinder. You take the measurement and then repeat the steps for all the other cylinders. These measurements are compared to each other and the norm for that engine. A leak down test is somewhat similar but more comprehensive.

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alright, so today it was nice outside and i decided to take initiative and took the valve cover off to see if the timing belt was broke.

sure enough it was broken, i lifted it right out.
so now what do i do?! do i take the chance of replacing the timing belt and seeing if the internals are all fubared? or what?

whats your opinions?

i was told that the SOHC ZC engine is a non interference motor? so it shouldnt of messed up anything when the T-belt broke.

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" I think i seen a lamb still alive on the side of the road...it was still twitching....so i backed over it with my jetta " - kenny blankenship - mxc

"sex over 60, is like shooting pool with a rope"

so this tues i'm going to see if i can just put in a new timing belt. lots of people are sating that the SOHC ZC is an interference motor, and i have about a 20% chance that the head is still good. *crosses fingers and toes*.
we'll put the new t-belt in, run it and we'll go from there i guess.

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" I think i seen a lamb still alive on the side of the road...it was still twitching....so i backed over it with my jetta " - kenny blankenship - mxc

"sex over 60, is like shooting pool with a rope"

It'll be fine mate, just put that new belt on and try, nothing to lose right?

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Funny seeing the same people on here still

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