99 type sh died at stop and wont start - Honda Prelude Forum

2ludez · 01-10-2012, 09:20 AM

Hey guys new to this forum,but having problems with a type sh I bought to flip. Car has 75k on it,perfect condition and ran amazing!! Drove it for 2 weeks and on day pulled up to a stop sign and it died.. Never started back up and dropped it off at acura where a friend is a tech there,and was told that compression was 0 in 3 cylinders and 75 in 1 cylinder... Any ideas on what could have happened... My 1st guess was timing belt but its still in perfect time.. Didnt drive it hard and didnt go through any water..

Kronn 98SH · 01-10-2012, 02:34 PM

head gasket?

zfinatic · 01-10-2012, 08:55 PM

Would have to be head gasket. What are your coolant levels? What does the oil look like? Does the motor turn? Can you hear any combustion what so ever?

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Too_Funny · 01-11-2012, 01:28 AM

Tell your buddy to do a leak down test on it. Also tell him to check the oil. I have no idea why people don't do this first. With no oil there is no seal between the rings. Also, seriously; zero compression, that sounds like user error. Since your car wasn't running I am sure its user error. To do a compression test properly you need the engine warm up first. Ask him to check everything by steps and not jump to a compression test first. Spark, fuel then compression.

2ludez · 02-15-2012, 03:12 PM

Well no water in oil,coolant is full and green and the freind that was to fix the car quit his job today.. He says the car is in perfect time but i dont think so.. it sounds just like my 92 lude did when it skipped a tooth... also before it stopped the check engine light started flashing rapidly

zfinatic · 02-15-2012, 07:23 PM

Did u pull the codes?

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2ludez · 02-16-2012, 06:29 AM

There are no codes

bouckarooo · 02-16-2012, 06:37 AM

Check engine flashing is indicative of misfire occuring.

Sounds to me like your timing went out and you smashed some valves.

minilogoguy18 · 02-16-2012, 07:16 AM

Probably still rocking the original t-belt, low mileage means nothing when a rubber belt is 14 years old.

bouckarooo · 02-16-2012, 08:28 PM

Many times, the lower timing cog on the crank will chew off some teeth then your cam gears appear as if they are in correct position and the belt will still be quasi tight, but the crank has rotated and is in incorrect position relative to the cam position. This leads to bent valves and major loss in comrpession.