My wife drove a '91 Mazda MPV - 4 cyl till it stopped because of a blown out radiator. She said there was "smoke" coming out from under it
but she was not stopping for s*^t). Burned that little sucker right up. Head job, bore and pistons/rings fixed it right up. This will be your "worst case" situation. Find a good machine shop if you are going to do it yourself.
My close call this week was TODAY. I changed the oil in the CRV Tuesday evening, ran it a little to check for leaks then put it in the garage for the wife to drive. I had a machine outage going on Wednesday and did not get home till midnight that evening. Anyway, when I got home this afternoon (Thursday) I noticed a couple puddles of Mobil 1 on the garage floor - oh s*^t. I left it there where the wife would be able to see what you don't want to see. Anyway, I loaded up the ramps, tool box and oil in the TD and hauled butt over to where the wife works which is 4 miles from the house. Thank goodness the level was ok. The problem was a loose oil drain plug which I snugged down with the 17 mm box end. What a close call - first time I have EVER left one loose. Thank goodness I ain't having to shop for a Honda engine on ebay right now
. I guess I had my mind on Wednesday's outage moreso than the oil change. You can imagine I will be alot more careful checking behind myself from now on
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