OT: Engine failure

suit on behalf of owners of Honda CR-V vehicles (model years 2016, 2017 and 2018) that are prone to engine oil contamination.

eriencing fuel contamination of the engine oil that results in the failure of engine bearings and other internal components. This may result in catast rophic engine failure and even stalling while driving."

Sounds like bollix to me.

I doubt if you'd find it funny in the outside lane of a busy motorway.

Then who would you turn to?

Excess fuel due to injector etc failure can certainly cause excessive engine wear in short order, due to contaminating the oil, and could also cause it to cut out.

But no surprise some on here don't understand injection.

Unless you're Tammie Jo Shults, a catastrophic engine failure can be deadly.

Unless you're Patty Wagstaff, a base to final stall is deadly.

cobblers

depends on height and power reserves

Son has a Honda and the transmissioinwent out at about 130,000 miles. Cost him $ 4,000 to get it repaired. That particular transmission had known problems and the company did warrenty them for 120,000 miles, but not enough for my son.

I bought a new car about 6 months ago. Started to buy a Honda,but glad that I did not and stuck to the Toyota that I have bought for the last good number of cars and trucks.

No shortage of links on the web suggesting that there is a problem.

Eg.

Tim

So, a warranty claim. Why "class action lawsuit"?

Oh I dunno, the treehuggers made a fuss over VW's emissions. Some people have too much time on their hands.

Cars break down all the time. If you can't cope with your engine cutting out, you shouldn't be driving.

I've never needed a lawyer. I use the person fit for the task in hand. A doctor, a mechanic, a bricklayer, you know the people who actually do work.

My neighbour actually just paid =A32000 for a van with 135,000 miles on = it. I did laugh when he showed me it and couldn't get it to start.

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Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- = living in the sky -- who watches everything you do, every minute of ever= y day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does no= t want you to do.. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a speci= al place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, wh= ere he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream an= d cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! ..But He loves you. -- Geor= ge Carlin

I've only ever had one Honda. The automatically engaging 4WD (WTF? Why not just on all the time?) took about 2 seconds to engage, by which time the front wheels had dug a hole, absolutely useless. The engine gave up after I converted it to LPG (professionally at great expense) because apparently Honda use s***ty valves that can't handle extra heat and the whole engine warped.

Not in a car. So you've never had a car give up because of an electrical fault, you forgot to put fuel in, etc?

In message , James Wilkinson Sword writes

But it certainly focuses the mind if your engine goes totally dead when you're doing the legal limit in Lane 4 of a busy motorway! This is not a situation they often teach you to cope with.

Try a rear hinged bonnet flying up...and totally obscuring the view

Why would you be driving that slowly?

And I've had a front tyre blowout at 20mph over the legal limit (=90mph) - never told how to cope with it, but did just fine. An engine stopping, why the f*ck would that be a problem? You just can't accelerate any more. Not being able to stop is a problem, not being able to accelerate is not.

Had that, just peered underneath it, there's usually a gap.

In message , James Wilkinson Sword writes

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Certainly not if your engine isn't firing!

Lane 4 is not a place you ever want to stop - no, never-ever - not at all at all.

As I said above.

The best you can do is to disengage the engine, signal left, pray (probably for the first time in your life) that vehicles on your left will give way to you - and try to coast over to the hand shoulder. Assuming you survive, consider it a bonus if you have enough momentum to take you on to the next emergency phone.

Speeding isn't a real offence, you just get a fine, unless you can talk your way out of it, which is a 75% chance.

A car will not just stop with no power. Momentum will keep it going for a very long time. Simply indicate and move over gradually. It's not rocket science. Do you actually have a license?! Do you know what a clutch pedal does?

Or take the mobile from your pocket.