Hi All-
I have a 1987 Honda Civic that has been setting for about 6 years in my brothers back yard with a broken camshaft (caused by low oil) that I want to revive. I have a both a Chilton and Haynes manual on this car but there is conflicting information on what the engine size is. Chilton says that the 13DA2 is a 1500 CC, and a 15DA2 is a 1300 CC. It would seem to me that the first two digits describe the engine size - but both manuals are very ambiguous and conflicting about what engines are which. The stickers under the hood say its a 1500 CC but the engine was rebuilt (or exchanged with different engine?) before I bought it so I am not sure what I really have. I bought a used D15A2 head and had a valve job done and its ready to go in but now I am questioning whether I have the right parts for the engine. I would hate to put a 1500 CC head on a 1300 CC engine - know what I mean?
Any help would be appreciated.
Tom

 

the d15a2 is the 1500 cc engine

 

ive got a chiltons right in front of me and it says D15A2 (1488cc) just round it off to 1500cc 1.5litre..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mavrick &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the d15a2 is the 1500 cc engine</TD></TR></TABLE>
it is..............but it is a 12 valve si

 

1.5L engine 12 Valve Si man.

Biggest and most powerful engine that came for that generation (fuel injected, carb is second).

 

D15a2 is not an si engine,, its carbed

D15a3 is the si engine ,,efi

 

It's not called Si, it's called 1500S. That's got the carb 1.5L sucked in there right? It's the save engine. I don't know the codes on those old *** engines tho. But it's 1.5L for sure, 12 valve was the max amount of valves at the time for those engine.

 

yeah the d15a2 is 12 valve with a 3 barrel carb,,,,,then there is also the d13a2 which is 1.3litre,8 vavles,and 3 barrel carb

 

Thanks guys - I thought the 15 in D15A2 meant 1500CC but wasn't sure. Page 1-11 of the Chiltons says its a 1500 CC, but page 3-19 (general engine specifications) lists D15A2 as a 1300 CC. Thats where the confusion came in. Its obviously a typo.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by apcwzrd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I have a both a Chilton and Haynes manual </TD></TR></TABLE>

I would say start using the Chilton's as a door stop , or maybe fresh bedding for your hamster.....

 

I have a 91 civic sedan special edition with a 16 valve EFI d15a2 in it.Did this engine come in this car or was it swapped in by a previous owner?

 

pix, bet it's actually a d15b2 covered in grease

 

NOPE,cleaned all the grease off when I put my new clutch in not too long ago and that's when I noticed it said D15A2 on the block.I thought I had a D16

 

it's raining right now so I'll go get a pic of the stamp/engine when it stops and post them

 

I'll bet you the D15B2 wasn't offered in 1987 like the OPs car is.

 

I read somewhere that the D16 EFI head will fit on a D15A2 block so I'm thinking that's what was done cause everything I read says the D15A2 only came with a carb setup.

 

I also read somewhere that the 91 SPECIAL EDITION CIVIC SEDAN was only available on the European market though I find that hard to believe