[eulbijif]

If you civic is overheating and you have a r18, there is a chance that you have a crack in your block. In the past 2 months I have seen 2 of them come in for this problehem and honda says there are some r18's. That the casting was to thin and the block cracks

 

[07LX]

Thanks for the heads up, I hope this doesn't happen on my trip.

 

[Mateen]

Waw. Something new pops out everyday. I have never heard of so many random problems with any cars. I can't imagine what kind of a shape my car would be in 3 years. hnoes:

 

[trickyazn]

and some r18 guys are going FI also.. something to think about.

 

[volvo9]

It happens. Volvo had a "pourous block" problem years ago with the early 960's inline 6 engine. Pretty similar to the R18's issue the aluminum was weak because of air or something, it'd crack and coolant would leak out.

Still sucks getting your engine replaced though, makes you wonder if the new one will do the same thing.

 

[Yodums]

If you civic is overheating and you have a r18, there is a chance that you have a crack in your block. In the past 2 months I have seen 2 of them come in for this problehem and honda says there are some r18's. That the casting was to thin and the block cracks

Yep. There were a few R18 owners that have reported their blocks had a crack in it.

http://8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42339

http://8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36207

http://8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33301

http://8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17693

I changed the title of the thread to a more descriptive one.

 

[eulbijif]

damn i have to replace another shortblock tommorow this sucks

 

[06CivEXJon]

Wasn't there a thread about this already? while ago?

 

[FG geek]

argh, @ 22kish

off to the stealership tomorrow... sigh, had to happen on july 4th weekend...

 

[My5tiC4L]

^^Ouch

 

[FG geek]

yup. im too mad about it. check your engines R18 owners. this can and probably will happen to you too.

 

[My5tiC4L]

Well I traded my R18 in for an SI so thats one R18 less I have to worry about. I just hope it doesn't happen to my mom's.

 

[FG geek]

yea, just keep an eye out for it. i have to bring in my car tomorrow but they told me they won't be able to look at it until monday!!! argh so frustrated. i hope they give me a free rental

 

[JD_LEE]

hmm..

thats weired..
bcause i used to have an EX a year ago
and i didn't like the power at all so i was going over half throttle almost all the time..:vtec: so after about 5 months while i was driving i found out that the temperature gauge was rising up very fast... i pulled my car off the way and thought it was just an oil/coolant burn off so i refilled both and the temp got lowered to normal...and i never found any problems occuring after that..... but what i don't get is that the temperature actually dropped back to "normal"... does this mean that my cylinder wasn't cracked ? i don't remember the whole thing but i found my engine bay full of smoke...

well... i got rid of that car and now i drive an FA5 so its not very important to know but just asking...

 

[asndragonboii]

oopdsssss

 

[Civic Pride]

This worries me now, am turbo and my R18 is doing fine for now, but if anything happens to it, like my block cracking or something like that, honda will say my turbo cause the problem and i will lose, nothing i can do about it..

But it seems to be rare problem, so am not to worrie about it, i will continue to boost all over the place with my R18:vtec:

 

[Special Ringpop]

I've seen three or four R18's at Walser Honda getting fixed for this.

Not cool.

 

[FG geek]

how long does it take to order the parts and install at the dealership?

 

[cheetos]

today i noticed a leak under my car. do you think i have the same problem?

 

[FG geek]

does it look like mine or those other people who posted? is it coolant coming right out of your short block?