sup guys, i have a 2000 EX D16Y8, 170k but i just put my sri in today and it sounds pretty good. Just wondering what you guys think that i should do next? New engine...rebuild it or keep going with i/h/e whatever, i'm open to new ideas. thanks.

ps. i want to do most of it (if not all of it) by myself, so i don't think i'd be interested in swapping...

 

well if its bad... rebuild it... if she runs good... leave it.........
most of my mods to my civic and other cars are preaty much cosmetics..... cheap intake, cheap header, and cheap can of spray paint

 

yeah, haha actually i'm painting the valve cover and heat panel over the header next week to make it look nicer. but how much of a bitch is it to rebuild? i don't have too much experience with it but i know the functions of the engine and all that good stuff.

 

unless its burnen oil i wouldnt mess with it!

 

I honstly don't know but I think that if you don't have too much experience with engine work then I don't think you would be able to put your valve train back together after u rebuild. But like I said I have no idea what I'm talking about.

 

The thought of burning oil didn't even cross my mind until today, when i realized that i was very low on oil. It can't be more than a month since i put oil in it. Is that normal or what? I just got the car in August so i'm not THAT familiar with it.

 

well if your sure that the oil was up when ya bought the car... ya think ya need new rings..... 170K miles is kinda high for a 2000...


i guess a rebuild would been a good idea if she is burnen oil preaty bad....
but id have it rebuilt by a pro.........

 

I haven't put oil in my car yet besides getting one oil change since i got it, and i got it maybe 4-5 months ago. So didn't add any oil and only got one oil change and my car has 75K on it and i'm driving an 02 ex

 

[:@] thats depressing lol. if i were to buy a rebuilt engine off ebay or something how much would labor cost at a mechanic? anyone know?

 

a **** load. Lets just say the engine will be much cheaper than the labor. I'm going to go say labor will probably cost ya 100% of the item or greater