Mechanic Special 2000 Honda Civic

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1. Great run-through of diagnosing a "rough" motor to get the diagnosis down to brass tacks. Thank you for this.

2. Eric, could you check out the video on my channel and see if you may have an idea of what's wrong with my transmission? Thank you sir.

3. I was baffled when you rotated the crank and #4 didn’t move Pretty amazing it didn’t make a window in the block.

4. Please do more videos like this. I really enjoy these kinds of videos and I know I’m not the only one.

5. This was a testament to Honda, pretty cool that it still ran with a catastrophic failure like that. For those faced with the same issue, no compression in an engine, this was a great tutorial in how to determine where the loss of compression is. I do have one suggestion though. Rather than removing the cylinder head, and spending over an hour to determine the failure point, using a borescope in the spark plug hole could have given the same information with much less work. It still gives a better total picture to disassemble as shown in the video, but for a backyard mechanic looking for a quicker diagnosis, a borescope would have yielded the same result with much less labor and time lost. This is not to say that what Eric did was wrong, because it was by no means wrong. Just highlighting another avenue for diagnosis for those interested.

   Thanks for the great content Eric, this was an awesome video!

6. Can anyone purchase identifix/all data or are they just for shops?

7. 👍👍👍🌵🌵🌵

8. I have a 99 Civic. My transmission is going also. I bought it new. Used synthetic oil for all of the 250k miles. I stopped fixing the "little things" since the trans is on it's way out and the car is not worth putting a new/used/rebuilt trans in. Sigh it was a faithful car for the last 21+ years. My only car for all that time. Practically the only car I have driven in the last 21 years. The "trouble shifting" it has is that the shifting linkage is VERY touchy. Once in gear it is fine, as long as you don't breathe on the shifter. But especially in the winter it doesn't want to engage right away…not slipping really just kind of not really engaging. I figure it is in the linkage INSIDE of the trans and would require removal of the entire transaxle to fix. That is a nada..no go.. ain't gonna happen.
   OK, the GOOD NEWS… The 1999 Honda Civic was the BEST SELLING car of that year…There are millions of them out there. Shouldn't cost an arm and leg for replacement parts including your engine. (If you know why these cars don't want to shift, please let me know)

9. I wonder if Erics son watched an ETCG video on how to install the new water pump? Lol

10. At least you recorded it, this made a good video. Disappointing to go through all of that and see the piston dropped…

11. would have been cool to hit with some nitrous on the 3. Maybe a boosted 3 cylinder .

12. You should've seen how fast it would've gone on 3 cylinders

13. It's funny this vid is so recent. I have the exact same car and broke a timing belt yesterday on the highway. How likely is it I have bent rods? I had just changed the belt 20k miles ago…

14. makes me wonder what happened to mine, was so easy to work on, lost it in a wreck, the engine was still good when they took it away though, probably lives on somewhere.

15. What make and model and year is that car behind you at 0:34 seconds on the last bay next to the wall?

16. It didn't even run that bad for having a destroyed connecting rod inside of it!

17. Since salvage title, maybe k-swaped drag car? Or if you have time, fixing it forward?

18. Damn poor Honda

19. Eric just put a b18/20 in it!!!!

20. engine almost dies
    I haven't even touched you yet!😂

21. ITS GOT POWER STEERING

22. Classic. Still think 3-5K oil changes are a waste? Living proof here.

23. I have this car! It stopped starting on me the other day. I found a little rubber stopper in the driver side floorboard. I know they are needed for cruise control. But it's there an opposite pressing one for the clutch to start? It is dead silent on key turn. Everything but starter as far as starting system goes, is 5 or less years . Battery a couple months. My question is does that rubber stopper press something when the clutch is pressed to the floor? I just redid the drums so i didn't feel like messing with it this weekend. Thanks!

    Edit: yup just looked at a diagram, there is a second button that is pressed above the one for the cruise control. I suspect this is my problem! I really hope i can avoid changing the starter lol

24. You made the cylinder head removal look like the easiest thing in the world. Nice.

25. This is a crime, 130K and somebody didn't take care of it

26. this was such an informational video–thank you for going through the trouble to make this! did piston rust itself on to the cylinder walls causing the connecting rod to shatter when the car was started? what are some common causes for rusting into the cylinder in the first place? is it less common with aluminum blocks nowadays?

27. Back in 2000 Honda already was a step in the future, using deactivable cylinders so you can save up fuel untill the VTEC kicks in 🔥🔥😂😂

28. “pieces ooooo”😂😂😂

29. That engine looked abused. I would of bought a JDM engine, they are fairly decent price & low miles.

30. Ouhps in this case my 97 Del Sol Vtec needs more care! 🌸

31. Had a saab 9.5 in which the engine ran on three cilinders but the car didn't move. Had a broken cranckshaft….. Things happen 😉

32. Priceless education! Honda almost bullet proof!

33. Can you tell me where the neutral safety switch is on a 1998 Honda civic is. No one can tell me

34. Nah, just slap it back together and list it as a 3-cylinder Honda Civic.

35. But think of all the money the previous owner saved on oil changes!

36. Dam hope u didn't pay more than 300 bucks

37. "There was a catastrophic failure in my engine! Parts everywhere! Piston lodged in the block!"
    So you need me to come get you?
    "Nah, I am driving it back."

38. Great video, thanks! New sub here.

39. owner tries to kill a civic… fails.

40. Once you crank it no compression automatic that piston rod is gone . If the valve is bad , you still have a little bit compression on Number four cylinder . But number four cylinder had no compression at all .

41. (I just gained 10 automotive IQ points watching this) Same here.

42. A horse running with 3 legs, instead of 4.

43. 850$ on jdmenginedepot

44. The reason why you still were able to drive it is because its a Honda. Same thing with Toyota, those two run for ever, even with such neglect.

45. That's awesome lol

46. Great video, learned a lot thank you!

47. Eric! I've asked you questions before! If you're still around, id like to ask you about my 1st gen CR-V. Maybe you could shed some light. Motor swap. No check engine light. Running great. Cold snap/won't start. Getting air/fuel, fire/compression. Before the motor swap, I DID replace cap and rotor. Any ideas? It got negative degrees out and just wouldn't fire up. But get this! I pulled the fuel rail off to check brand new injectors and it fired and briefly ran with the fuel rail off! Starting fluid doesn't do anything. Im wondering if I got some bad fuel and it's just too cold to combust before it's flooding it? Idk. Cranks strong, battery is good. Thanks in advance, Eric! If you can't throw an idea at me, nobody can!

48. It’s a Honda

49. I'm not a Honda fanboy. But c'mon, only 132k miles? My Hyundai of the same year is at 225k

50. Love the cylinder head removal music 🤣

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