Member Contributer Dutchy Posted October 17, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 17, 2014 a wrecked VFR engine.... A member on the dutch VFR forum posted this one.... In April, he bought a used 2002 (which turned out to be imported from the UK) with 73k km's on the clock. Did 4k on it this year. While doing a ~110MPH run on the motorway, heard a rattle, left the motorway, blue smoke, stall.. A dealer opened her up and found Valves snapped off, connection rod through the carter... They reckon this engine had possibly never seen any maintenance in its life causing this Glad for him that he did not do an enzed_viffer and 2nd hand engines do not cost the world.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted October 17, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 17, 2014 +1 never changed the oil ! Or the gear driven cams lockup!! Oh 2002 no gear driven cams .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Mohawk Posted October 17, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 17, 2014 It's a Vtec silly, most seem to have at least one cam chain give problems by 50K miles, but I'd put money on it never having had the valves adjusted, as so many people are scared of them. The Vtec makes it much harder & worse for the home mechanic. The gear driven cams are so simple compared to any bike with a camchain, I'm amazed that more bikes don't have gears. Still bad news for the poor chap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer SamW Posted October 17, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 17, 2014 Seized the piston in the cylinder, I would vote for a bad/dirty injector leaned out the one cylinder. Could be old/no oil, but that would have shown up in the crank shaft or connecting rods on the crank shaft side. Possibly in the cam shaft, but then more than one cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud786 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I don't know that you can simply write it off as a maintenance issue, could have been a hair line crack in a piston , rod ,bearing. valve or anything such as that, which simply exploded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspanglish Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Does he need a motor? I have one lying around somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer rangemaster Posted October 18, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 18, 2014 Hmmm...valve head broken off, cam chain slipped a tooth (or two) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RollinAgain Posted October 18, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 18, 2014 A little JB Weld and it will be as good as new Rollin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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