I have an '06 Pilot EX-L, about 200,000 miles, and while driving normally it just died at a stoplight one evening. The tow truck driver tried for about 30 minutes to revive it, and though it would try to start like normal, it wouldn't. He suggested the timing belt was shot. So I had it towed to the shop, and a few days later they tried again to start it (!) and the top of the intake manifold literally blew off (about a square foot of aluminum just blew off the top of the engine), revealing the intake ports. WHAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THAT TO HAPPEN???
Thanks Scotty! You're the best!
Apparently you are not alone.
I googled "'06 Pilot EX-L blew off intake manifold" and there is a Odyssey site that has a forum describing what happened to you. Plus pictures.
If you google and then select 'images' I'm looking at intake manifold/plenum covers that were blown off.
I read through a few of them, and they were saying it's possible that the valve in the Evap system was stuck open.
You bet. I'm pretty surprised actually, especially since these are Honda engines.
Yikes! Never seen anything like that, that's what I call a backfire! The manifold is not even cheap plastic crap, the aluminum blew apart!
backfire maybe
or maybe he was spraying starting fluid into it and didn't do it properly
Seriously bad ignition timing??
