About a year ago a buddy and I were working on my car fixing some leaks I had. We ended up replacing the power steering and water pump seals, tube seals, valvue cover seals, oil pan, oil pan seal and oil drain plug. We also changed the spark plugs, wires, cap and rotor and did an oil change. Everything was looking good so we started her up. At first the oil light was on but after a few seconds it started blinking and then went away so we took her out for a test drive. The street right behind my house is 1/2 mile long so we did a couple passes up and down the street. On the third pass about a quarter way into it my car started making a lot of noise so I pulled over and the car just shut off. I started her back up and she was running real rough, sounded weird, like a knock in one of the cylinders. We get her back home and dropped the oil pan. There were little metal shavings and flakes all over. I am going to be working on my motor in the next couple weeks to try to get her running again. I am wondering what you guys think could be wrong. My buddy said that I probably spun some bearings and that I would just need to replace those and I would be good. So I started looking around for replacement bearings and I wanna get ACL race bearings but what size do I get? Do I just get OEM size or a little oversized? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Be sure to have your crank shaft thoroughly checked over for damage, roundness……… and your block meticulously cleaned out before replacing the bearing or you will again end up where you are now with bearing problems.
I would suggest just buy a used engine and put it in, or have yours rebuilt at a machine shop. You can put bearings in it but realistically unless you take the engine out and properly rebuild it, then as said above within no time you’ll be right back where you started. I wouldn’t assume it just needs bearings either, if the bearings are spun then there are likely many other internal parts that are near the end of their life.
if it is bearings, engine should be removed. then crank goes to machine shop. you’ll have to use plastigauge to figure out the size of the bearings
TBH, and i hate to say it, i would just replace the motor. maybe take it as a chance to upgrade. throw in a b20, maybe. they’re cheap as hell and newer. just my opinion
Thanks for all of the suggestions guys. I have been thinking about the motor, if I should just replace the bearings, rebuild or replace. I am on a TIGHT budget so I am trying to figure out what is the best option for me. I was thinking about a B20 but I read that it is real hard to get it smoged here in Cali. I have been looking for both b18s and b20s on craigs list but I dont trust half the motors on there, worried I will buy a blow motor or something that puts me in the same situation I am currently in. I have looked at going to shops but most of those motors are more then I can afford.
Could anyone tell me if I would be able to put a B20 in my integra and get it to pass smog? I read somewhere that it wouldnt pass smog because the B20 is from a “truck” (the cr-v) and for that reason it would not pass smog in cali. Is this true?