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Civic is still running well, however I bought a donor car for another project of mine yesterday, and I'm almost ready to pull the motor at this point. Enjoy this 2001 camaro where the front fell off
52 and change. That's how many miles I put on the civic tonight. No issues to speak of, aside from a lower than perfect warm idle oil pressure. Otherwise it's getting smoother by the mile. Oh except the mfactory LSD. Is a clunky son of a gun.
Edit: Yes I have abs issues and my EPS swap does not seem to be working. There will be discussions on this later but it will not be ignored. The car still drives fine.
My confidence is growing. I might actually be able to build a car! lol.
Last edited by chozobody; Jul 31, 2023 at 12:11 AM.
My buddy came and got the camaro shell after I got the motor pulled.
Made a poor short term decision and bought a 15kW generator and trailer at the auction. In 2 months from now, somebody should hit me up and trade me a Medium Duty Truck for it. lol
I like how you casually bought a 15kW generator trailer.
At the beginning of Covid, I started looking to the government auctions as a source for equipment to fix up and flip. This one just happened to be in the right sale at the right price for me. Needless to say, its purely a business move on my part.
Got another 30 Miles on the Honda last night. I did have an exhaust bolt from the downpipe to the midpipe loosen up. So I gotta jack the car up tonight and fix that.
Realized it was pulling way too much fuel during warm cranking, so that was addressed.
The "CAI" I made for the turbo dropped IAT's by about 20 degrees Fahrenheit, so that's a win.
Best of all, my GF hasn't left me over my shenanigans...yet.
Best of all, my GF hasn't left me over my shenanigans...yet.
I K20 swapped.
Less than 2 years later I K24 swapped.
I turbo'd that K24 but was forced to use a tuner I didn't trust. Blew up 8 months later.
Rebuilt the K24, had to beg a much more reputable shop for a tune.
4th gear exploded on track, so now I'm fixing the transmission. My wife still hasn't left but I'm sure she's considered a few times over the years.
Took the evening off. Well aside from cleaning up my kpro wiring. Removed the crossover for the rear o2 control since my PLX wideband is handling closed loop. Everything fits a lot nicer now.
Started working on the abs issue. Looks like its the front left wheel speed sensor. New one should be here in a couple days.
I also managed to pull codes from the EPS using a test light in place of an eps light on the dash. 22, 12, and 16 are the numbers it gives me. Cross referencing that in the ep3 02-03 shop manual leads me to believe this issue might be related to the wheel speed sensor. I wont loose sleep over it until I get that speed sensor replaced.
Yeah this one is a wee bit newer. Manufactured in 09 I believe.
The worst part about the whole ordeal was the shipping logistics guy sent a driver without telling him all the details. I told the dispatcher to send someone with a trailer I can back onto and tow the trailer off. Well the auction yard loaded it with the hitch facing his truck. Long story short, we used my truck, some come-alongs and a 2 ton engine crane to back it off his trailer. Wild day in my neck of the woods for sure. Dude was super professional though, and I can hire him myself without the 3rd and 4th parties for less than half my cost this time around, and he would make 50% more.
Oh no, I hate to hear it. Any thoughts on why? I thought you checked oil pressure and it was good? Rod bearing clearances out of spec?
Oil pressure was fine until it wasn’t last night. Single digits as idle. Rod bearings are my suspicion. Im pulling the pan tonight to visually inspect things.
This is how I see it,
The hard part of building a car is done. I might be adding "ate a bearing" to my checklist of automotive achievements though. lol
But for real, ill probably get the motor pulled on Saturday and figure out what went bad. But swapping a motor and doing bearings might not be too bad if I can keep the topside assembled.
Uncharted territory, or just a really good DIY? Only time will tell....
Not great, not terrible news. Got some Metallic flecks in the oil but no chunks in the pan.
Rod bearings are all fine. I'm going to pull the girdle tonight or tomorrow and check the mains. I might rest this evening since I already got the pan off.
Then ill peak inside the pickup tube and see if the oil pump is intact.
Quick update. Bottom end was inconclusive. Both rod and main bearings look A-OK. Oil pump is not in a million pieces, and my pickup tube isn't cracked.
However I found a loose motor mount bolt, and a leak from the oil filter sandwich plate. The same sandwich plate that houses my aem oil pressure sensor.
Either way I ordered a couple OEM Honda Oil filters that arrived yesterday. I'm going to inspect the sandwich plate gasket and re torque it, then using an oem filter do another change using the Liquimolly Euro 5w-30 i've been using for break-in.
I'm starting to wonder if I had a couple different symptoms that mimicked something worse. Car will be back to running the 1st half of the week. Ill report back then.
Quick update, nothing major.
Flushed the engine 2x with the remainder 5 30, switching to 5 40 with the next change. Car runs fine, no signs of the knock. Oil pressure still reports low in kpro via the aem pressure sensor once things get "hot". First start pressures and colder oil temps seem to have what I would call strong pressure. Does anyone know if there is a pressure difference between a reading taken at the sandwich plate vs the stock sender location w/ a T fitting? If so, I very well could have that 10+ desired hot oil PSI, and its an offset issue. Curious what others have to say.
Also, my front seal seems to be weeping, so I gotta pull the crank pulley/timing pulley off to inspect. I have the felpro "kit" arriving tomorrow. Luckily I don't even have to pull the exhaust.
Leak fixed, turns out it was just the pan.
Pulled the latest filter and it was way clearer than oil I drained from the 2nd round. This is also a good sign.
Switched to 5w-40 as well...that stuff is like syrup at room temp. Will observe pressures tomorrow when I shuffle cars around.
Since the "active" people usually look at this thread, do any of y'all have a "Clutch case cover" (21350-PLA-010) in decent condition? Mine's pretty deformed and wants to rub my flywheel. Of course for $.
