prelude has lost its sweetness - Page 3 - Honda Prelude Forum

merlinbadman · 04-16-2010, 08:01 AM

Perhaps take the car to the rolling road? then you'll know exactly how much power its making.

lviii · 04-16-2010, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dontbuyprelude

it wont die. its a honda. it will limp on 1 leg till i give it a permanent nap. i feel like its all my fault for not being more careful about the car i bought.

thanks for all the ideas and sympathy guys and girls maybe.

Sorry to hear it

. . . reading this made me hug my Lude this morning . . . OK, I didn't really, but I thought about it . . . .

I know it stinks to know her days are numbered, but does anyone know from experience whether any additives on the market are known to truly help with restoring compression?

dontbuyprelude · 04-16-2010, 03:35 PM

i bought a nice kandn oil filter and now i wanna return it and use some crappy fram

its a junky engine anyway

KraserK · 04-16-2010, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dontbuyprelude

Ladies and gentlemen,

im sad to report that another h22 has bit the dust. it probably tastes bitter. anxiety filled the garage as i slowly screwed in the compression tester. 180, 155, 130, 155. NO! this cant be happening! i tasted salt as i wiped tears from my eyes, adding a tablespoon of oil to each cylinder. 205, 210, 220, 195. alas, there was nothing i could do. i broke down in tears. my heart torn in two as i write this. she will active some miles longer till a new heart can be transplanted an unknown number of miles later.

i thank PO for their support and ideas.

Holy Sh%t dude sorry to hear that. I should not have said get the compression test

. Those figures are far apart but she will last man! Just baby her.

Lude Acts · 04-16-2010, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by lude4lifeh22

I concur.

My mom has been driving for 40 years and she has A LOT more she good to improve her driving skills to meet mine. There is a lot more in driving than just how long you have had your license LOL.

Haha. No doubt, Simon. My mom is afraid to get in my car. She sucks at driving. She goes like 10 mph under the speed limit and avoids freeways like the plague.

Lude Acts · 04-16-2010, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dontbuyprelude

Ladies and gentlemen,

im sad to report that another h22 has bit the dust. it probably tastes bitter. anxiety filled the garage as i slowly screwed in the compression tester. 180, 155, 130, 155. NO! this cant be happening! i tasted salt as i wiped tears from my eyes, adding a tablespoon of oil to each cylinder. 205, 210, 220, 195. alas, there was nothing i could do. i broke down in tears. my heart torn in two as i write this. she will active some miles longer till a new heart can be transplanted an unknown number of miles later.

i thank PO for their support and ideas.

You need to do a leakdown test before you give up. You could just need a valve adjustment. You don't know for sure what is causing bad compression until you leakdown.

dontbuyprelude · 04-16-2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lude Acts

You need to do a leakdown test before you give up. You could just need a valve adjustment. You don't know for sure what is causing bad compression until you leakdown.

i adjusted my valves first. then i did the comp test. when i added a tablespoon of oil to each cylinder, the compression evened out all across the board so its the rings.