Head and valve cover

2005 HONDA ODYSSEY
245,000 MILES • 3.0L
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SCOTT WHITE2
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Put in a new battery in my van listed above and turned the key to start and turned over like three times and the whole value cover blew apart like a back fire through the engine. I've never seen that happen. Any ideas?
Dec 21, 2020 at 5:53 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi,

That is extremely interesting. Did the cams break and hit it? Can you upload a pic of what happened so I can see it? Also, prior to this happening, is there a possibility of extreme flooding of the engine that could have caused fuel to get into the crankcase?

Let me know.
Joe
Dec 21, 2020 at 10:01 PM
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