6th Gen Honda CivicIn the years from 1996 to 2000 Honda released it's 6th Generation Honda Civic. This Honda Civic had a more aggressive front end and overall body style. It was an instant hit among import tuners.
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My son's 96' EX had the cam seize, and the gear spun on the cam.
I'm gonna pull the cam out tomorrow to see if it can be reused.
I know that Honda calls this an interference motor, but I also hear that it may not be.
Might I get away with new bearings and a cam polish up?
I suspect that the car was driven for several weeks after the gear started to
spin, so I doubt the valves would have been spared impact with the pistons if this is indeed an interference engine.
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Honda's are interference motors. Check your valves before throwing things back together and trying to run the car.
Honda heads do not use cam bearings either, they simply use journals machined into the head and rocker arm assembly. The cam itself is probably fine and so are the pistons, but I'll bet dollars to donuts that some of the valves are not.
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You can do that if you like. It takes a lot to mess up those journals and it's usual a low-oil situation that causes them to get messed up.
If the gear spun, there's a good chance the keyway on the end of the cam is now a circular groove instead of a keyway anymore. Check that first. If that is bad, you now a cam to source or get repaired, new cam gear, possible journal damage, possible/probable bent valves, etc... It would be much cheaper to just pick up a used D16Y8 cylinder head and swap it completely out and be done with it. That way you're only into it for around $100 for the head and $40 in gaskets.
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This thread (T.E.A.R.S.) was inspired by speedfoos. We all know about his very public and very obscene battle against his car's engine.
There's a good chance that I'm not going to answer your PM.
