when I purchased my '88 civic, I was told that the previous owner had swapped the motor out with a new motor? So now I am trying to buy some parts to do a tune up, but I am not sure which year to look under. The only thing I see was a code on the valve cover that a parts shop told me was from a '92-'96 years motor. I was hoping that there might be some tell tale parts/signs that might help me ID which motor I have???

 

to see what motor you have look to the left of your exhuast manifold theres a flat spot on the engine block, this will have letters and numbers.
if your looking for like plugs wires and ect....find that engine code then let us now ok thanks.if your not sure where to look here is a link to click ok. can yo get a pic of your motor??
https://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_270258/tm.htm

 

Perfect, I will look today and reply back tonight...Thanks, the guessing game was getting a little old..

 

well...if it was from a 93-95...its a better motor than what came in your civic..so i wouldnt complain...

 

I found the following numbers:

D15B
2403179

Last week I found a link that someone put for what motor was installed in what year civic...Any info would be great, I don't want to order partsto do a tune upand not have it for the correct motor. The civic is a 1988...

 

D15B is all it says. If so it may be a JDM D15B. 130HP

 

Any way I can tell if it is a JDM D15B engine??? Would pictures help??

 

if there are no numebrs after the D15B and jsut plan D15B then its JDM if there is a number after the B then its USDM.

 

OK, as you can tell I am very, very new to the honda engines...what does JDM and USDM mean??

If I go to the parts store and tell them I have a JDM-D15B, will that be enoughtinfo toget me the parts I want...

 

Just give them the year/make/model, and when they ask you whether you have the 1.6 or the 1.5, tell them "1.5"

JDM = Japanese Domestic Market
USDM = United States Domestic Market