nye359
New Member
Hello gentlemen. I have a buddy with a '97 integra that overheated on him. He pulled off the highway, filled it with coolant and I believe 2 or 3 quarts of oil. I went to go get him and had him turn the engine over so I could hear it. It sounded like it has no compression...water was coming out of the radiator and the front of the engine, i believe the water pump. I towed the car home and I took the valve cover off and there is slack in the belt between the cam gears(over half an inch) and the oil is burnt to a crisp. The car got so hot that it melted the plastic timing cover between the belt and the head. I'm a very experienced heavy diesel mechanic, but don't work on cars. I am nearly 100% certain he blew the engine but wanted to be able to tell him that some integra guys agreed with me. He doesn't want to believe he killed it. What do you guys think? Is she done for?