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well two days ago the engine in our car blew up . It's a five speed, and it has a 2.2 v-tech in it . Any way it sounded like a bunch of cans dangling from underneath the car. And we could only go up to 2 rpm's and only go 40 up a hill and it kept shutting offDo you think the whole engine is shot or just something in the engine needs to be replaced.or a 1.6 I do know it's a v-tech .98 honda civic coupe.

Sounds like an oil problem and if so then your gonna need a new motor. Also you have the car listed as a Civic but the only cars that took the 2.2 V-tech were the Accord and Prelude. Either way it sounds like you need a motor and for these vehicles the best thing you can do is have the motor replaced with a non-V-Tech and swap the computer.

Vtec. V-tech is a phone. I'd have it checked out pretty quick. Sounds to me like some internal Engine damage. What year is this Honda?? And model??

an engine sounding like a bunch of cans is not agood sign. maybe a thrown rod, piston. but definitely an internal engine malfunction....dont drive it anymore, u need to have it towed or else it will get damaged even more.

Vtech is a toy company, Vtec = Variable Valve Timing and Electronic Lift Control. Anyways, seems to me you threw a rod and the motor will need to be rebuilt. Being that your motor is a d16y8 or 1.6 liter D series motor they are normally bulletproof. So give yourself a pat on the back for that one, Ive seen these motors run @ redline with water in the crank and no oil for over 15 minutes. You sir are an animal. I recommend neglecting it further and just driving it around now. Or seriously, purchase a motor from a salvage yard or on craigslist, or ebay or even www.hmotorsonline.com Now you can really have a 2.2 vtec.

^^^haha that post was funny!Anyway, just replace the engine, you can find one of those engines for dirt cheap anymore and they will (or should) last forever so even if you find one with 100,000 miles on it you can get another 60-100,000 miles out of it easy.

to restate the previously stated, its a VTEC, variable timing and exhaust control(i think). last i heard v-tech makes phones and civics never came with anything close to 2.2L worth of displacement. id really like a description of what happened when your engine "blew up". anyways, most of the time when you do blow an engine, its a better idea to replace the engine (i would upgrade to the h22 though) because unless you know how to rebuild an engine and would trust your own work at highway speeds or up, then its not a good idea. rebuilding an engine thats blown its top is usually an expensive undertaking. faces need to be reground, heads need replacings and if you blew a rod or hammered a piston, you have no choice because your block now has a hole in the side or your cylinder bore is deformed. that cant be fixed. what you can do, is go and find a nice b18c or h22a engine to swap in its place. hope that helps