Hello Nairalanders,
I have an issue with my car and I'm seriously soliciting for solutions to this problem. I use a Honda Accord '98 model (Baby boy)which happens to be a V6 engine. Lately, I have encountered that the vehicle smokes a lot and my mechanic has advised that i change the engine completely as it may not be possible to overhaul it. One or two other persons have confirmed this info and it bothers me a lot cos of the cost of getting a new one and also getting a good one at that. Please I need to know if a six cylinder engine can really be overhauled or not and what are the implications of further usage of the engine in its bad state. Thanks

Siena: Any engine can be rebuilt - from a single cylinder to a 16 cylinder engine. I would say you need to ditch your "mechanic", and take your car to a reputable garage.

Ony difference between 4 and 6 cylinder rebuild is two or four more of parts required.

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What makes d car smoke..a frnd of mine dat was driving behind me some tym bck told me dat my car was smoking..and I was on speed lane..wandering why is dat?..I drive a 2000 Model Hennesey!(Baby Boy) EX

White smoke

Siena:

What color is the smoke? Blue, black or white?

black ooo...but not consistent..sometyms white

Siena: Any engine can be rebuilt - from a single cylinder to a 16 cylinder engine. I would say you need to ditch your "mechanic", and take your car to a reputable garage.

Ony difference between 4 and 6 cylinder rebuild is two or four more of parts required.

I agree, you need a competent mechanic, at which point you will find out that half the problems with your car are being caused by people who don't know what they are doing.

My car had the same problem and has now been put in order by my mechanic

Siena: Any engine can be rebuilt - from a single cylinder to a 16 cylinder engine. I would say you need to ditch your "mechanic", and take your car to a reputable garage.

Ony difference between 4 and 6 cylinder rebuild is two or four more of parts required.

Agreed

But with these mid range performance engine, Aluminium blocks are always the norm. People tend to call them "sealed" engines cos of this relatively soft metal used.
The problem with that is worn out threads for the engine block and when that happens, mechanics in Nigeria will "pack" the threads in a hope to achieve a tight fit. Sadly they never do and before too long, compression issues will pop out and kill the engine even further.


At OP, I'm sorry to say but your mechanic might be right (under Nigerian circumstance). No point trying to fix it because you will be back to the same issue in a few months.


I know this cos I used to drive an 05 accord V6 back in 2009. Was driving from ph to abj powering my v6 engine with ease past almost everyone (except one pesky bmw lol)and on the last leg of my journey (between Lokoja and abuja), engine died. Tried everything but no hope and i was stranded in the middle of no where with 2hrs of sunlight left.

Anyway, before I bore you with my adventure of that day. It turned out that a screw holding one pulley connected to the timing belt had snapped and the entire timing belt system grounded to a halt. since this system is covered near the engine, I had no idea. Tried a million times to get my car going without realising i was fcking up my valves (since timing was gone).

Long story short, car was towed two days later to my mechanic in abj. He opted to replace the top cylinder and that's when I learnt all i do about Aluminium blocks and the stress they pose for such repairs. Well, they managed to improvise and get the top to "seal" and my car never felt the same again . The gearbox died shortly after that, and 8 months down the line, same thing happened again in a different way (pulley again). this time My engine was completely worn out from the 8 months struggling.

End of the day, got a new engine and like magic the car was back to life. sadly the gearbox had other ideas.


I know it is difficult to cough up a huge chunk of money for engine. I think the babyboy engine will prolly be around the 140k mark (im sure this will be less cos this figure was from a couple of years now). Manage the car as much as u can and save up for a new engine, you'll be happy u did

@Area boy: Quite an experience άnϑ thanks for sharing. I think I'm gradually having same problem wit ♍Ɣ gearbox May God help ♏έ. So so sad.

could you pls give me the phone number of a competent mechanic that can rebuild a 6 cylinder Alluminium engine.

Rebuilding is possible.
But not in Nigeria where you
Cannot get any original spare part.

By the way how long has your check engine light been on?
Do you still have a thermostat in the engine, and how high does the temperature go with engine running.

You might try oil change with correct weight first.

FYI Your car should never smoke if the check engine light is off, a sensor would have found something wrong.

Good one

Yes depending on your pocket, of course you need to order for original part

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