My valve springs broke, TWICE

[transporter2222]

I would like to share this experience with you guys,

actually last July, one of my valve springs broke , i dunno how and my engine wudnt let my car run...

i replced it with the new valve and spring, but to my shock another valve and spring broke this time...

now i have replced my whole engine head weith new valve and springs, my mechanic says that this happens in 1 out of 100 cars.(P.S : unfortunately that 1 car was mine)

dunno how it happened, if any ideas do let me know.

rgds

[humairaz]

honda having a reputation of a strong car its very uncommon problem that i have heard off.

[carlosT]

Thanks for sharing the info, interesting and notable point shared.

Valve spring breaking is actually 1 in 1000 cases then in 100, as its very rare. And when it happen, its worth noting the cause of it so that it doent happen again in future. There must be some blocked lifter or rocker valve that broke the valve spring otherwise it should work like forever.

Good you changed to new head and extended another 100k life of your engine.

[transporter2222]

Yes brothers... this is very rare and ulmost 0.1% probability in a Honda...

another thing to notify is that my car is already 280K when the valve spring broke second time...so the first one broke at just 210K.

Changing my whole new head, gave me more 200K...

I wouldnt ever sell this car..love it a lot and spent alot on it..

cheers!!!