1996 Honda Accord Engine Knocks

1996 HONDA ACCORD
150,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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MICHAELSHIPTON
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Ok, I have had the car about 2 months now and have had the spark plugs, ignition and sparkplug wires replaced, full synthetic oil put in, and a tune up, i even passed NC inspection. So tonight i was sitting at a stop sigh and all of a suddent something felt wrong, i took a right onto a 45MPH road and as accelered the car viberated very bad, thought i had a flat pulled over checked, no flat tire. Anyways i get the car to my grandma's (closest person i had to drive it to) turn it off and take a look underneth the car, the bottom of the engine was glowing hot red. and just as i opened the hood BANG, sounded like someone litteraly fired a gun underneath my engine. keep in mind the engine had been off for 5+ minuted and wasn't on when i poped the hood. That is my story Please help any way you can, thank you
Aug 15, 2009 at 9:48 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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HI there,

I feel that it was the exhaust glowing red, this can be a faulty cat converter, but the bang is a worry, possible igniting air/fuel mixture in the engine due to the over heating, now... dose the engine still run, is the coolant and oil levels ok? have you done a scan? do a comp test as well, report back your findings.

Mark (mhpautos)
Aug 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM