My Car Died 1 Hour Ago!!!!! R.i.p. - Honda Prelude Forum

tastyratz · 07-21-2002, 01:09 PM

i was driving my car on the highway and i was doing like 80 today then i started hearing a clacking noise. loud. so i pulled over (oil light was on) checked my oil. it was fine. then i left to go back home and it got so loud that i pulled over. i was there for 30 min before i got someone with a cell phone and gave me a ride home with my girfriend (we were on the way to the beach) came back with my dad and he drove it home. i followed in my moms maxima. i almost cried as i heard the sound get louder and smoke pour out from my whole engine and all over the car. it kept stalling. we got back to my house and popped the hood welcomed by a cloud of smoke and saw oil EVERYWHERE. my oil pump went. my engine is toast. i cant afford this right now i need to do a whole swap. i figured i want to get an h22. anyone know the best place to get a CHEAP h22 preferably locally. im from massachussetts. thanx

brendon2k · 07-21-2002, 01:35 PM

The oil light does not mean that your oil was low. It means that you had low oil pressure which is very bad. Maybe your oil pump went out. Whenever you see the oil light you are not supposed to keep driving your car.

bdaddy · 07-21-2002, 01:51 PM

hmm ever heard of stating the obvious???

buddy sorry to hear about your engine!! you might try www.hondamotorsonline.com they have great prices and for 1100 you can get the h22 long block that comes with the vtec and i tlaked to the guy the other day from there and he said it will bolt up to your engine!! you only need a new ecu!! hope that helps out!!
bdaddy

ophdeheezy · 07-21-2002, 02:38 PM

yea, an h23 tranny would bolt up to a h22 longblock.. my homie is the owner of hondamotorsonline.com, tell him james sent u

tastyratz · 07-21-2002, 03:45 PM

more trouble than the block. theres oil everywhere so that means everything else didnt get oil. i need probabbly alot more
and i figured id get the package deal.

tastyratz · 07-21-2002, 04:55 PM

i wanna to buy that package deal from him with the h22. buuuuut. im low on cash. how much do you think i could get it for from knowing you. and what do you think survived this that i could sell to make back the cash?

brendon2k · 07-21-2002, 05:51 PM

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Originally posted by tastyratz
i wanna to buy that package deal from him with the h22. buuuuut. im low on cash. how much do you think i could get it for from knowing you. and what do you think survived this that i could sell to make back the cash?

Where are you located? My friend is looking for a h23 head or scpecifically the valves.

go pre · 07-21-2002, 09:10 PM

what's the difference between the longblock and the complete package? if my h23 is running fine can I just buy the longblock and perform the swap?

tastyratz · 07-21-2002, 09:55 PM

i think the head and valves are the most of my problems. thats probabbly the junkiest part. i think the sound was valve tapping pistons.

94LOOD · 07-21-2002, 10:03 PM

oooooo man, that hurts. thats no fun at all, sorry man

Z · 07-21-2002, 10:03 PM

Uh... from what i think of your problem your whole motor is screwed. Probably shot all the oil out, leaving all the moving units inside the motor to have no lubrication. You are looking at a whole new motor.

Good Luck

Fast&furiuslude · 07-21-2002, 10:19 PM

i drove my car like 4 days with the oil light coming on at idle,i know im a idiot but yesterday when i changed my filter it came off really easy so i prolly wasnt gettin any pressure and now the light doesnt come on.

grlielude · 07-21-2002, 10:30 PM

Is that really true about the oil pressure??? I went around a sharp turn the other day and my oil light came on for about 2 seconds and went off, hasn't been on since...........I also changed my oil since then too and my filter was as usual hard for me to get off.......

DudewithaLude · 07-21-2002, 10:32 PM

what are you supposed to do if the oil light comes on? stop and get it towed to get checked out?

Z · 07-21-2002, 10:55 PM

Well, if it comes on, pull over and turn off the car right away. And then check around, check ur oil (see if u got any) and around the engine bay for leak.

But for tastyratz, he had a clacking noise too, which made it worst, and he shouldn't have drove it afterwards.

tastyratz · 07-22-2002, 04:03 AM

i had the noise but it seemed obviously cooked already so it was cheaper than a tow. i have no aaa or anything

Forbidden · 07-22-2002, 05:20 AM

tastyratz: if I were you I'd check what a long block includes, if you get the IM and exhaust manifold/downpipe you'll have everything you need to swap your engine. You'll only need a VTEC ecu which is not that expensive (I got mine for 150$CDN). Even if you ran out of oil your tranny and all the other stuff should still be alright.

Crate · 07-22-2002, 06:24 AM

ya, i just ordered the h22 from him (Steve) at hondamotorsonline. engine shipped w/in 8 days. Good shape and all.

2625 shipped to my door.

I was going to go with alongblock swap.. but then i just broke down and got a full swap. I'm parting my h23 out as well. I threw a rod, so the head should still be in good shape. And i already have the tranny sold.

go pre · 07-22-2002, 07:07 AM

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Originally posted by Crate
ya, i just ordered the h22 from him (Steve) at hondamotorsonline. engine shipped w/in 8 days. Good shape and all.

2625 shipped to my door.

I was going to go with alongblock swap.. but then i just broke down and got a full swap. I'm parting my h23 out as well. I threw a rod, so the head should still be in good shape. And i already have the tranny sold.

what is the difference between the longblock and the full swap??

Forbidden · 07-22-2002, 07:45 AM

Full swap usually includes tranny, ECU, wiring and stuff like that and Long block is just the engine block and head, though I'm not sure of everything that's included in a long block. I think you'd have at least the IM though...