On 12/22/2011 04:37 AM, C. E. White wrote:
> "jim > wrote in message
> ...
>> 1. you don't change your oil at all
>>
>> 2. you then ignore the oil warning light!
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/6547293983
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/6547293977
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/6547293973
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/6547293969
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/6547293959
>>
>> these from a dead civic d15 engine with a blocked oil pump pickup
>> strainer.
>
> Who's car?

friend of a friend.


> I know it is not yours.

indeed.


> I've never actually seen anything that
> bad, although I've heard stories about things like that.

i've seen honda motors with bearing damage from over-tight timing belts
a number of times. and distressed cams from excessive idling in city
traffic. and a whole bunch of thrown rods. but this is a first for me
with total oil system blockage.

on draining, the oil in the motor was like lumpy hot chocolate, only
cold and without the milk. and it had crunchy chunks with stringy bits
in it.

as for the cause, my money's on "unscrupulous shop ripping off lady
driver" because the driveshaft and steering rack boots had been
stanley-knifed too. mind you, the driver ignoring the oil warning light
"for a few months" didn't help.

anyway, a new junkyard head and this motor's purring like a kitten - the
bottom end, now the strainer's cleaned out, is in great shape.
extraordinary given the oil starvation.


>
> Ed
>
>


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