Need some help once again

have you done the simple stuff like check the pcv valve?

 

you're laboring under a badly wrong impression on that. guaranteed.

shouldn't be surprising unless you're running without air filter, have a
blown head gasket or use truly crappy oil and never change it.

dude, honestly, don't dick about with repair. while technically
possible, and i can see you geeking out on this, it's simply not cost
effective. this is not a rare engine for which no replacements are
available. and it's extremely rare for any repair to match the quality
of an originally assembled engine. simply replace for a few hundred
bucks, buy low mileage jdm, and be done. imo, buying a used engine from
a domestic junkyard is a waste of time because it'll be high mileage and
not appreciably cheaper.

go zc. i'll slap the nasal mucus out of your existing motor, and the
vtec come to that. cheapo bolt-in.

 

good call, haven't thought to check the pcv valve yet. will check
that in the a.m.

kudos to the first one that can help me find a zc engine that can bolt
up to an auto tranny ( or at least help me figure out how to set it in
an auto tranny)

i'm looking at a lot of jdm sites that are out of d15b7's and d16z6's
(zc?)

 

check the bolt pattern, but i've seen it done. as long as the torque
plate goes on, the transmission goes on. compare d16a6 with your d15b7
output bolt counts. do you have the honda workshop manual for your
vehicle? i have the 88-91 so we can compare notes.

so call anyway. if worst comes the worst, get one from a domestic
junkyard. there are plenty out there.

 

ever heard of these guys?

http://www.tigerautoparts.com/autoparts.php?category=33&query=257


i would love to get a jdm if i can. most ones in the lot around here
are around 125k. it would be like starting over with a clean slate!

 

don't have direct experience of suppliers - my honda engines are
original. [but i've seen a lot of them in junkyards, especially zc's
here in ca. because they can't be smogged in this state, people smog
the car, swap the motors, run them for two years until the smog expires,
then junk them. they seem to work great, and are generally in much
better condition than the domestics because of low mileage.] but there
have been a number of people on this group doing the jdm engine thing so
google for their contributions.

 

scratch that. they managed to be in the better business bureau books
in canada a being sorry. checked the pcv valve today, checked out ok.


think i found an engine about 4 hours away from me. waiting to hear
back on mileage and if there were any previous problems with it. not
sure why its taken apart tho.

take a look...http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/pts/1202639282.html

 

i wouldn't touch that. the whole point of going jdm is that you get an
engine that hasn't been f'ed about. one that's been disassembled, you
don't have a clue. for instance, you're supposed to reassemble head
bolts in the same location from which they came...

again, i wouldn't touch it.