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so my friend says he has a nineties accord that has a H22 vtec prelude swap in it and he wants to sell it to me and he says the guy he bought it cheap off of said the reason he sold it is because he was sitting at a light one day and put it in first and the motor locked up on him? soo idk how that could happen but could you guys possibly tell me what could have possibly gone wrong so that maybe i wont have to take it to the shop and get it dissected to find out whats wrong.? im just gonna end up gutting it and taking the engine and tranny and swapping it into into a really clean 97 civic i have that pretty much has all its show done just not all its go lol

 
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Learn some grammar, it'll take you far in life.

If the only reason why your considering buying the car is to get the swap, move on. Anything that could cause an engine to completely lock up is major, and would likely require a complete engine rebuild if its even possible to salvage the engine, which means the value of that engine is basically scrap metal. The typical cause of an engine being locked is coolant or water somehow making its way into the combustion chamber, water been sucked through a CAI is a possible cause.

 
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well i hope it doesnt come to that but im taking it to a local shop to get it checked out and hopefully its not any major **** but yeah im not buying it till i find out whats wrong with it....

 
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and its a forum not a mid term paper i have to write so i really dont give a f**k about grammer lol

 
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I understand what you mean dude, the quality of my writing on forums is far lower than it is in school, but its difficult to read or understand a giant run on sentence.

I'd be surprised if any shop is willing to give you an in depth diagnosis for free. Whats your buddy thinking about selling you the car for?

 
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Say again? couldn't understand?

 
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sounds to me like a bad swap job. those things are cheap to do anyways. the whole motor and trans you can get under $2k with low miles. then just pay labor to swap it maybe $1-2k or find a friend that will help you for some beer.

 
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sorry about my grammer guys but it locked up on the previous owner when he put it in first when he was sitting at a light once. the H22 has been swapped into a nineties accord.

 
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well all i really wanna know is what could have possibly gone wrong and what some of the predicted costs are..

 
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haha yeah true sorry about that. but yeah he said i could take the whole car for 300 so its not really a dent in my pocket im just looking to repair it if possible and take the engine and tranny

 
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and CIA? i dont know what that is a abbreviation for? lol sorry

 
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Cold Air Intake, its an after market intake that reaches down to the bottom of the car to pick up cool air. If you drive through a puddle, it could potentially suck up water and hydrolock the engine. Will the engine crank at all?

 
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ohhhhhh hahahaha i thought you typed cia not cai lol i know what cai means. i dont know if it will im supposed to meet up with him next week to check out the car and drop it off at the shop.

 
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well, do you have a place to keep the car? maybe it's easier to DIY if you know what you doing instead of taking to a shop.
for 300, i would take the bait and just tear it apart to see what's going on inside.
Will be really hard to diagnose anything with just that info.
but you will need to look what you would need to swap it in the civic as well. not sure if the mounts and harness of the accord will work on your 6th gen.

 
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yeahh thats what im thinking but hey im taking it to the shop before i buy to see what the damage is.. so we will see. i was just posting this to see if anyone has ever had that happen to them when they put it in first.

 
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ah, sorry. i am not able to help...