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Gracelder
Joined: 30 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:35 am Post subject: Engine Failure |
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| My 2006 Ridgeline motor seems to have failed with some pretty serious internal damage. Techs are discussing with Honda engineers on how to resuscitate the patient, rebuild or replace. Anyone else out there had an engine blow? |
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Hawk 51
Joined: 03 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: Engine Failure |
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Haven't seen or heard of any ... keep us abreast on Honda's findings ..good luck.
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Ridgeline2006
Joined: 02 Oct 2005
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Location: South Florida
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| My 06 is still going strong with 53k on the odo. How many miles did you put on it? What kind of conditions, etc.? |
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Gracelder
Joined: 30 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:59 am Post subject: |
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My 06 has less than 16k on the odo, no off road, garaged and pampered. I primarily commute aprox 10 miles round trip to work 5 days a week, have only towed a boat once and a U-Haul trailer once with a sofa and a love seat as the load. At least once a month do a 100 mile plus run somewhere.
Dealership has not yet determined full extent of damage. Appears at least one of the cams is not turning. They have not yet pulled the heads to see if the values collided with the pistons. Will know more this week after dealership consults with Honda engineers. |
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Ridgeline2006
Joined: 02 Oct 2005
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Location: South Florida
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Bummer to have such a dramatic problem with such a 'new' vehicle. Please keep us up to date. |
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Gracelder
Joined: 30 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Well have not talked about the cause yet but there are bent valves and the dealership has ordered new heads for the engine. More later after I get a probable cause of the failure and information on what remedies Honda considers acceptable for a defective engine slipping through it quality assurance, making it's way out into this truck. |
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Waterbug
Joined: 02 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:50 am Post subject: Re: Engine Failure |
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Bent valves or pushrods usually indicates a broken timing belt. (Valves remained open when piston came up). However, since they are replacing the heads, I would assume that the failure occurred in a rocker arm assembly. Failed rocker arms usually result in a valve not opening, not in a valve remaining open. It must have been a really strange failure mode.
EDIT: It is also possible that it was a broken timing belt and that Honda wants the heads for failure analysis reasons. |
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Gracelder
Joined: 30 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| Waterbug: Thank you for the mechanical insight! This makes sense and will be very helpful in validating the dealerships opinion of what caused the engine failure. |
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