Friend of mine's Honda CV-R 2.2 diesel has just blown up and need a new
engine - it's just outside warranty. Only done 34,000 miles. Friend
reports: 'Garage tells me there was a fault in the oil pump, which meant
oil wasn't circulating properly, which meant the engine seized and in
the process the head gasket (?) and pistons have been damaged and to
replace all the individual parts would be more expensive than to replace
the whole.'

Is this worth taking up with Honda, especially as the irony is that
these are said to be so reliable and also recent meaning that there are
few recon engines around...?

E.

eastender wrote:

Friend of mine's Honda CV-R 2.2 diesel has just blown up and need a new
engine - it's just outside warranty. Only done 34,000 miles. Friend
reports: 'Garage tells me there was a fault in the oil pump, which meant
oil wasn't circulating properly, which meant the engine seized and in
the process the head gasket (?) and pistons have been damaged and to
replace all the individual parts would be more expensive than to replace
the whole.'

Is this worth taking up with Honda, especially as the irony is that
these are said to be so reliable and also recent meaning that there are
few recon engines around...?

E.

Does it have a full dealer service history?

If so, I would certainly be looking for a contribution towards the cost.

Chris

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Chris Whelan wrote:

Does it have a full dealer service history?

Sadly, she didn't do the last service, although that was only recently. She
says it had enough oil but I'm wondering...

E.

eastender wrote:
Chris Whelan wrote:

Does it have a full dealer service history?

Sadly, she didn't do the last service, although that was only recently. She
says it had enough oil but I'm wondering...

E.

That'll probably remove any chance of Honda helping. They could easily
(and fairly) say that it just ran out of oil over the previous 12
months/12k (or whatever) miles, and the service may have noticed the
problem and fixed it before it caused any damage.

D

"David Hearn" wrote in message
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eastender wrote:
Chris Whelan wrote:

Does it have a full dealer service history?

Sadly, she didn't do the last service, although that was only recently.
She
says it had enough oil but I'm wondering...

E.

That'll probably remove any chance of Honda helping. They could easily
(and fairly) say that it just ran out of oil over the previous 12
months/12k (or whatever) miles, and the service may have noticed the
problem and fixed it before it caused any damage.

D

It might help to know what the garage said was wrong with the oil pump, and
how much oil drained out when they looked at it, if they did so.

"eastender" wrote in message
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Friend of mine's Honda CV-R 2.2 diesel has just blown up and need a new
engine - it's just outside warranty. Only done 34,000 miles. Friend
reports: 'Garage tells me there was a fault in the oil pump, which meant
oil wasn't circulating properly, which meant the engine seized and in
the process the head gasket (?) and pistons have been damaged and to
replace all the individual parts would be more expensive than to replace
the whole.'

Is this worth taking up with Honda, especially as the irony is that
these are said to be so reliable and also recent meaning that there are
few recon engines around...?

E.


No, leave it and buy another one.
Use a bit of common sense - surely your friend doesn't need you to ask such
a silly
question on his behalf?
Will he just leave it unless you tell him to complain? Next you will be
asking what to say
and for the phone number.

"eastender" wrote in message
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Chris Whelan wrote:

Does it have a full dealer service history?

Sadly, she didn't do the last service, although that was only recently.
She
says it had enough oil but I'm wondering...

E.


Well that explains a lot, she probably didn't know how to check the oil or
how to top it up. That's more likely to have been the cause of the fault -
together with lack of servicing at the required intervals.
Fancy getting a nice car and then blowing it up by neglecting it.

"eastender" wrote in message
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Chris Whelan wrote:

Does it have a full dealer service history?

Sadly, she didn't do the last service, although that was only recently.
She
says it had enough oil but I'm wondering...


She is totally screwed then. Service intervals are there for a reason, and
todays very long intervals are the absolute MAXimum time / distance that
should pass between service work.

Tim.
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"eastender" wrote in message
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Chris Whelan wrote:

Does it have a full dealer service history?

Sadly, she didn't do the last service, although that was only recently.
She
says it had enough oil but I'm wondering...

E.

if she is fully comprehensive might be worth checking with her car insurance
company .

On Wed, 7 May 2008 22:51:14 +0100, "reg" wrote:


"eastender" wrote in message
...
Chris Whelan wrote:

Does it have a full dealer service history?

Sadly, she didn't do the last service, although that was only recently.
She
says it had enough oil but I'm wondering...

E.

if she is fully comprehensive might be worth checking with her car insurance
company .

They never cover mechanical damage such as this.