MIGHT NEED A NEW ENGINE FOR MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD 2.2 CTDI
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I have a 2004 Honda Accord 2.2 CTDI , whilst driving it last night the car lost its power and the oil light came on , I checked the oil on the dipstick and it was okay and I was only a mile away from home so I drove it home slowly , the car seems like its only running on 3 cylinders and struggles to rev past 2k revs. There are no knocking or banging noises coming from the engine , I checked the water level and it had also lost alot of water. The car still starts buts the oil light is constantly on now , im going to have it towed into a garage at the end of the week. Is this a common thing on these engines , I thought they where bulletproof , my car has just done 100k miles and has full Honda service history , as anyone else on here experienced this and what was the full outcome and cost to have it repaired.
Edited by GARY_470 on Tuesday 29th July 21:00
I had a similar problem when I inherited a similar Accord diesel a couple of years ago.
The symptoms were the same- very, very limited revs and power and the management light. Turned out the the muppets who'd done the previous service had fitted a fuel filter the wrong way around, apparantly.
The symptoms were the same- very, very limited revs and power and the management light. Turned out the the muppets who'd done the previous service had fitted a fuel filter the wrong way around, apparantly.
You could ask the people at The Honda Accord Owner's Club http://www.thaoc.co.uk/ but the hosting site's down at the moment.
There's also the Civic forum at http://www.civinfo.com/ plenty of i-CTDi owners there.
You say you've lost water, any signs of it on the dipstick?
If you're not hearing any obvious signs of oil starvation it could just be the pressure sensor. That might have put the ECU into limp home mode and that would explain the lack of revs/power.
The other common reason for limp-home mode is a blocked fuel filter. It's a bugger to get at and there have been reports of garages not bothering to change it (causes 'Low pressure in common-rail' errors).
There's also the Civic forum at http://www.civinfo.com/ plenty of i-CTDi owners there.
You say you've lost water, any signs of it on the dipstick?
If you're not hearing any obvious signs of oil starvation it could just be the pressure sensor. That might have put the ECU into limp home mode and that would explain the lack of revs/power.
The other common reason for limp-home mode is a blocked fuel filter. It's a bugger to get at and there have been reports of garages not bothering to change it (causes 'Low pressure in common-rail' errors).
WildCards said:
I've read in alot of places that the i-CTDi engine uses alot of oil, could it be it's ran a little too low on the black stuff?
I keep reading that, but I've had two and they both used hardly any....Edited by Oystercatcher on Wednesday 30th July 22:21
Bad news , the engine has an hole in the front just above the sump , looks like its either broke a con rod or the bearings have worn , the car is in a local engine reconditioner. Ive tried to locate an engine from a breakers today but ive had no luck and the best price for a recon engine is about £3500 
GARY_470 said:
Bad news , the engine has an hole in the front just above the sump , looks like its either broke a con rod or the bearings have worn , the car is in a local engine reconditioner. Ive tried to locate an engine from a breakers today but ive had no luck and the best price for a recon engine is about £3500
Have Honda had nothing to say?WildCards said:
GARY_470 said:
Bad news , the engine has an hole in the front just above the sump , looks like its either broke a con rod or the bearings have worn , the car is in a local engine reconditioner. Ive tried to locate an engine from a breakers today but ive had no luck and the best price for a recon engine is about £3500
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