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afgballer4life
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Nov 22, 2011, 12:23 AM
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EMERGENCY HELP NEEDED PLEASE
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Hi i have a 2000 honda civic si... which is lowered and since the winter is coming i need to bring it back up and need a set of springs and struts. but i don't know if my engine is sohc or dohc..Here is a picture of my engine and could you guys tell me if it is sohc or dohc.....
and if anyone as stock springs and struts that will fit my car.. i am willing to buy it
also my gear box is really stiff going into reverse and i really have to use alot of power to put it into reverse... does anyone know what might be wrong and also i was driving today after warming up my car for about 5 minutes and realized in the middle of my drive that my engine thermometer went to cold and stayed their for a while and when i starting playing with the a/c it went back to normal and then went back to cold and it would got up and down.... doees anyone know what that might be
thank you 
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Tom Greenleaf
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Nov 22, 2011, 5:07 AM
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What was done to lower it? Bad move and should have a worksheet on what was altered to do that or may be SOL.
Shifting might be from lowering car, hydraulic linkage issues? If it shifts to reverse with engine off easily clutch might not be fully disengaging.
Temp. Does heat blow normally when it reads cold. That question is just to see if you are getting wrong readings. Infrared thermo at thermostat should tell actual temp or close enough flowing to radiator.
Car is messed with. No telling what it would take to put back to OE specs.
Pic didn't show. Try Photobucket.com and paste or link to pic from something like that. If my car or given to me with what I see I'd give it back,
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afgballer4life
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Nov 22, 2011, 9:56 AM
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thanks for the reply
the car does shift to reverese when its on and off the same but it takes some strength because it seems really stiff.
nd what do u mean by "SOL"
and also how do you think the car was messed with
http://s1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb422/afgballer/?action=view¤t=1318971149562.jpg
this is the picture of my engine and could u tell me if it is sohc or dohc
thanks so much for ur help
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Hammer Time
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Nov 22, 2011, 10:24 AM
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SOL = Sh!t out of luck
That is a single overhead engine
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re-tired
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Nov 22, 2011, 10:49 AM
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Lowering most cars esp a honda is more than sticking on a set of struts and springs. Depending how far you went .Control arms may have been cut and altered to get alignment back to specs ,strut towers may have been altered , shorter shocks on rear and sometimes a 5 link suspension. If it was a backyard butcher job ,coils heated with a torch or coils cut off .Its like a sex change , there no going back .Theres no telling what youll need . These things must be thought out ahead of time . You should have went to a airbag adjustable system.
LIFE'S SHORT GO FISH
(This post was edited by re-tired on Nov 22, 2011, 2:12 PM)
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Discretesignals
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Nov 22, 2011, 11:19 AM
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Now RT, you know you can't tell that to a 16 year old kid who just got done watching the fast and the furious.
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
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