[Sreejith80s]

I was told by 3 shops my number 4 cylinder was toast and needed a new motor. Took it to Honda for them to do the work and the service manager asked if he could try some more diagnostics before testing the motor out. J series motors are notorious for carbon build up on the piston rings. They used BG EPR in excess, even putting the #4 cyl at BDC and letting it soak. Long story short they saved me $10,000. It cleaned up the carbon and I got all compression back. Might give that a shot before replacing the motor. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The quote to do an engine swap(including engine price(81k used engine with 1 year warranty), other parts, labor and tax) is coming closer to $7500. I am going to give a final try with BG EPR. Planning to use a better BG product.Ferrari Maserati of Washington BG Dynamic Engine Restoration Service kit https://a.co/d/hD4yIEH Any experience or recommendations with this please?

 

[Sreejith80s]

I was told by 3 shops my number 4 cylinder was toast and needed a new motor. Took it to Honda for them to do the work and the service manager asked if he could try some more diagnostics before testing the motor out.

J series motors are notorious for carbon build up on the piston rings. They used BG EPR in excess, even putting the #4 cyl at BDC and letting it soak.

Long story short they saved me $10,000. It cleaned up the carbon and I got all compression back. Might give that a shot before replacing the motor.


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I have received the quote from my mechanic for engine swap. ( used engine - 81k miles, 1 year warranty, new radiator, other parts, labor and tax). Total comes close to $7500

I am going to give a final try with BG product you recommended.
Planning to use their top tier product.
Ferrari Maserati of Washington BG Dynamic Engine Restoration Service kit https://a.co/d/hD4yIEH
Any experience with that?

 

[Sreejith80s]

I was told by 3 shops my number 4 cylinder was toast and needed a new motor. Took it to Honda for them to do the work and the service manager asked if he could try some more diagnostics before testing the motor out.

J series motors are notorious for carbon build up on the piston rings. They used BG EPR in excess, even putting the #4 cyl at BDC and letting it soak.

Long story short they saved me $10,000. It cleaned up the carbon and I got all compression back. Might give that a shot before replacing the motor.


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Ok quick update. I went ahead with flushing my used motor with BG premium engine flush product. Ferrari Maserati of Washington BG Dynamic Engine Restoration Service kit https://a.co/d/8KAorpT

The engine had decent compression before the flush. The only issue was oil burning(1 quart/100 mile). After the flush engine started to mis fire and compression was poor. Hence based on my experience, engine flush worsened my motor from drivable to not drivable state. Lost $831(including part and labor) for nothing.

 

[Sreejith80s]

Final update
After devastating engine flush experience, I have made up my mind to go with a used engine swap. I got a used engine(2008 model from eBay with 81k miles on it) for $1651(inc tax)

Engine swap was complete for another $4900.( Inc new radiator installed)

So total engine swap expense - $6590
Truck works like a charm so far. No more oil burning issue. Thanks a lot everyone here for your invaluable inputs. 🙏🏻

 

[lefty391]

i got a jdm motor for a honda civic for about 350$ at the time and it was well worth it . They say jdms are same engines but the difference was huge. that civic hauled ass after engine swap. if you are capable of doing your own swap, jdm's are a good way to go in my opinion I went with a local place and was very happy with results. for reference on anyone looking for info on swapping engines. jdm with 60k are about 800 not including freight or shipping for 2023