Finally getting around to posting about my problem. My last gymkana event on the 30th of December I blew the motor. Somewhat, it didn't actually blow, but I lost cyliner 2 and 3's rod bearings. The cause of this is pulling excessive g forces and the oil being thrown against the wall of the oil pan starving 2 & 3 of oil. I stopped for the day after my 4th run because the car was making a horrible noise when revved. I was able to drive it home about 30miles slowly and just parked it until Honda reopened due to the new years. I was actually with a bunch of Honda mechanics at the gymkana. I attempted to drive it to Honda about 9 miles from my place and about half way there the car just died. Called a wrecker truck and had it hauled down.
Honda finally got around to opening it up, dropping the oil pan and checking what was wrong. It was exactly what I told them it was. I still don't know if it is going to be covered under warranty, and I will be a little upset if it is not, as I really didn't do anything wrong. The car afterall is a TYPE R (race) not a TYPE C (cruise) and if Honda would of just installed a baffled oil pan this problem wouldn't of occured. The main problem is that the rod bearings are paper thin, not exactly but they are really thin compared to B series engines.
So I would suggest if you are actually DRIVING your car as it was meant to be driven, invest in a baffled oil pan and save yourself the headache. This has actually happened to quite a few people. It may not be so bad on an actual circuit compared to doing gymkana where the car is tossed around silly, but there really is no point in taking the chance.
Still don't have the car back, have to go to Honda tomorrow as they called me tonight. Hopefully it is going to be good news, but I have a feeling it is going to be, sorry we are not warrantying this. If that is the case, I will never buy another Type R again, because what is the point when Honda went the cheap route and won't cover something that would of cost them an additional maybe 5000yen tops to have baffled the stock oilpan.
Chris
Honda finally got around to opening it up, dropping the oil pan and checking what was wrong. It was exactly what I told them it was. I still don't know if it is going to be covered under warranty, and I will be a little upset if it is not, as I really didn't do anything wrong. The car afterall is a TYPE R (race) not a TYPE C (cruise) and if Honda would of just installed a baffled oil pan this problem wouldn't of occured. The main problem is that the rod bearings are paper thin, not exactly but they are really thin compared to B series engines.
So I would suggest if you are actually DRIVING your car as it was meant to be driven, invest in a baffled oil pan and save yourself the headache. This has actually happened to quite a few people. It may not be so bad on an actual circuit compared to doing gymkana where the car is tossed around silly, but there really is no point in taking the chance.
Still don't have the car back, have to go to Honda tomorrow as they called me tonight. Hopefully it is going to be good news, but I have a feeling it is going to be, sorry we are not warrantying this. If that is the case, I will never buy another Type R again, because what is the point when Honda went the cheap route and won't cover something that would of cost them an additional maybe 5000yen tops to have baffled the stock oilpan.
Chris
