just bought a 2000 ex 169k need advice
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just bought a 2000 ex 169k need advice
Hello my names joe. Im new to the forums and i need some advice.
I just bought a pretty clean 2000 ex coupe with a manual tranny for 3k that runs ok for having 169k miles. my plan was to spend my left over $1500 on fun upgrades but....
I found out today from my friend thats a mechanic at a honda dealer that i need a headgasket/timing belt and water pump. Fml
My question is, in your opinions, should i do all of those repairs for about 1000 or swap a lower milage or rebuilt motor for 1500? Or should i just try and sell the car to a sucker like me and start over? Lol
Thanks in advance for your help
I just bought a pretty clean 2000 ex coupe with a manual tranny for 3k that runs ok for having 169k miles. my plan was to spend my left over $1500 on fun upgrades but....
I found out today from my friend thats a mechanic at a honda dealer that i need a headgasket/timing belt and water pump. Fml
My question is, in your opinions, should i do all of those repairs for about 1000 or swap a lower milage or rebuilt motor for 1500? Or should i just try and sell the car to a sucker like me and start over? Lol
Thanks in advance for your help
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I would think that unless your head or block is cracked/warped you could have the motor rebuilt with upgraded parts for under $1500. I've seen rebuild kits online for less than $500 with the timing belts included.
If the motor is already apart you have the perfect excuse to upgrade the components hidden within and gain a little power while putting in brand new parts.
If the motor is already apart you have the perfect excuse to upgrade the components hidden within and gain a little power while putting in brand new parts.
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Before you guys start posting up swaps, you should look into where he is located. Has everything to do with inspections, emissions,etc...etc...
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Maybe you should do some research and triple check your "friend's" claims. Get your hands dirty, you might save some greenbacks.
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Why not grab some tools, investigate and if it truly is the HG change it yourself?
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Dont know why friends is in quotes lol but anyways i would much rather spend money to have the work professionally done. My question is based on everyones experience here which will be more reliable for a dd... to repair my curent motor or get a lower milage used motor swapped in. thanks for the replies
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Reliability of one scenario over the other is impossible to tell.
If we said that re-doing the HG on your current motor is better, we may be overlooking other issues. Is the deck warped? Did someone damage the motor in other ways by letting it overheat?
All in all, it sounds like your motor is solid besides the busted HG....so you may he better off replacing the HG. Then again...this will take time. More time if he deck or head need to be surfaced.
You can find a Y8 longblock from a reputable source with relatively low miles and you'd probably be in good shape in less time. You'd still want a new t belt and water pump kit as well as a few gaskets for the new engine. Maybe a clutch while you're in there. Then sell your old motor to someone willing to deal with fixing it. This is still much mors expensive to do. But...as long as the engine doesn't have underlying problems like.... a barely audible rod knock that develops into full blown death in 2 weeks....You'll be fine.
No way to tell what's going to be more reliable.
If we said that re-doing the HG on your current motor is better, we may be overlooking other issues. Is the deck warped? Did someone damage the motor in other ways by letting it overheat?
All in all, it sounds like your motor is solid besides the busted HG....so you may he better off replacing the HG. Then again...this will take time. More time if he deck or head need to be surfaced.
You can find a Y8 longblock from a reputable source with relatively low miles and you'd probably be in good shape in less time. You'd still want a new t belt and water pump kit as well as a few gaskets for the new engine. Maybe a clutch while you're in there. Then sell your old motor to someone willing to deal with fixing it. This is still much mors expensive to do. But...as long as the engine doesn't have underlying problems like.... a barely audible rod knock that develops into full blown death in 2 weeks....You'll be fine.
No way to tell what's going to be more reliable.
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Reliability of one scenario over the other is impossible to tell.
If we said that re-doing the HG on your current motor is better, we may be overlooking other issues. Is the deck warped? Did someone damage the motor in other ways by letting it overheat?
All in all, it sounds like your motor is solid besides the busted HG....so you may he better off replacing the HG. Then again...this will take time. More time if he deck or head need to be surfaced.
You can find a Y8 longblock from a reputable source with relatively low miles and you'd probably be in good shape in less time. You'd still want a new t belt and water pump kit as well as a few gaskets for the new engine. Maybe a clutch while you're in there. Then sell your old motor to someone willing to deal with fixing it. This is still much mors expensive to do. But...as long as the engine doesn't have underlying problems like.... a barely audible rod knock that develops into full blown death in 2 weeks....You'll be fine.
No way to tell what's going to be more reliable.
If we said that re-doing the HG on your current motor is better, we may be overlooking other issues. Is the deck warped? Did someone damage the motor in other ways by letting it overheat?
All in all, it sounds like your motor is solid besides the busted HG....so you may he better off replacing the HG. Then again...this will take time. More time if he deck or head need to be surfaced.
You can find a Y8 longblock from a reputable source with relatively low miles and you'd probably be in good shape in less time. You'd still want a new t belt and water pump kit as well as a few gaskets for the new engine. Maybe a clutch while you're in there. Then sell your old motor to someone willing to deal with fixing it. This is still much mors expensive to do. But...as long as the engine doesn't have underlying problems like.... a barely audible rod knock that develops into full blown death in 2 weeks....You'll be fine.
No way to tell what's going to be more reliable.
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Hello my names joe. Im new to the forums and i need some advice. I just bought a pretty clean 2000 ex coupe with a manual tranny for 3k that runs ok for having 169k miles. my plan was to spend my left over $1500 on fun upgrades but.... I found out today from my friend thats a mechanic at a honda dealer that i need a headgasket/timing belt and water pump. Fml My question is, in your opinions, should i do all of those repairs for about 1000 or swap a lower milage or rebuilt motor for 1500? Or should i just try and sell the car to a sucker like me and start over? Lol Thanks in advance for your help
I bought a 2000 coupe that was in great shape with almost 100k more miles on the motor than that one. it ended up spinning a bearing and throwing a rod a little while later. luckily for me I had already had plans for a motor swap on this car and had a full B16 swap lined up and waiting.
from my experience with my car and that D series, I would replace the hg/tb/wp and save up for a B series swap of some kind. if you're looking for a car that's fun to drive but practical enough to be a DD, B swap is the way to go IMO. it's an extremely simple swap, especially if you're going B16, and relatively inexpensive. Me and two of my buddies helping me out completed it in 16 hours. my busted motor out, his motor out, his motor into my car, test drive, clean up and hauling his car back to his place. well worth it.
anyways, I hope this helps! good luck with the car.
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Buy as many of the parts as you can from Honda. Definitely buy the head gasket....or any gaskets from Honda. A gates water pump/t belt kit will likely work fine.
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