Hello, My friend just bought a 93 Civic EX "Coupe".. The problem is, the VIN is 2HGEJ1, the title says its a "SEDAN", but carfax says its a COUPE I don't know much about the old civics, so I'm here to ask for help
This is its engine bay My question is: What can be done? Ideas please! Painting Valve Cover, Headers.. etc etc thanks!

 

are you going by the numbers on the dash or the chassis??

 

for starters take off heatshield

 

First step is go to your local DIY carwash with a bottle of engine degreaser, spray that **** down and pressure wash it, cause that's just gross. Then change out your obviously leaking distributor O ring

 

I don't understand a lot about mechanics thats why I came here First I'll wash it, and then take a look at this stuff

 

1st Your friend needs to liberally spray down their engine bay with some Simple Green (Don't forget to
cover Air Filter/Fuse Box/Distributor) Then power wash it off.

2ndRe-Condition the hoses with a rubber protectant of their choice.

3rd It appears they are having a battle with corrosion so they should take a wire brush to
the rusted parts then recoat them with a rust inhibiting paint of their choice untill
they have the time to replace them with new ones (Zinc Coated replacements if
they can find them)

Once the engine is all purdy it will better enable them to find leaks like InvaderTrax pointed out.

Good Luck!

 

i agree with him^^^ i like how they painted the valve cover on the car and didnt even mask anything off lol

 

it looks like someones civic went threw a color change...and you really need to spend hours cleaning it... loosen the three bolts on youre distributor with a 14mm i think and rotate it towards you, this will advance the timing and bring out the full potential of a stock engine.

 

After doing what everyone else said which is definetly a must, get on ebay and pick up a header and i would pick up a new intake and just search ebay for stuff cheap inexspensive stuff, not the best but cheap and you can make that car look good

 

i wouldnt waste my time buying anything for that engine.

someone took the time to paint the valve cover....while it was still on.. that's "hot" and gonna be the new trend of 2007.

 

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i must agree

 

someone took the liberty of painting most of the engine bay without removing or taping anything off, i can only imagine what the entire exterior looks like

 

Thorough cleaning pretty much everything everyone else said, do forget to post pics when its all cleaned up and spiffy

 

rattle canned purple to green... overspray on headlights and such...

ditch the jumper cables as well and get a new battery

 

remove heatshield , and paint that cover properly....by takin it off. oh and clean that air filter its filthy

 

just drive it, don't put a dollor into that thing unless it's to keep it running

 

The first thing you need to do is spray it down with a can of brake cleaner to get rid of some of the rust, oil and caked up dirt.
After that use some simple green at the car wash and power it off with the soap water and then rince it.
Finish up wih some tire shine after you dry it off with, not drive dry it as it will just look nasty.

 

with the engine bay looking that bad what does the rest of the car look like? I'm saying that if they couldnt take care of it and do it right how do you know maintenance was performed on it?

 

Thanks for all the posts, I just bought some engine degreaser, will clean it tomorrow and post some pics.. I really want to invest some money in this car
It has potential, I can feel it !! :D
Thanks for the help

 

Just another question, I was searching on google and I can't find a good web site to buy some aftermarket parts.. Like the heatshield etc.. Could anybody please tell me a good web site?
PS: pics prefered

 

well the heatshield isn't really considered aftermarket but if you mean exact replacement parts it would be called "OEM" some good sites and prices are:
hondapartsdeals.com
slhondaparts.com

 

ya, you dont want to buy an "aftermarket" heatshield... you just want to take OFF your heatshield.. and perhaps buy a "aftermarket header"

such as:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Megan-Heade...wItem


Also, clean that engine REEEEAL good, that looks like crap. Buy a new valve cover gasket, and distributor o-ring, and take off that valve cover, and repaint it *if you wish* and replace the valve cover gasket, and distributor oring.

and hell, I'm sure a basic tune up on the car wouldnt hurt it either..
spark plugs
spark plug wires
definitely a new air filter! *and heck, since your switching it, might as well pull the whole tubing off, and clean it up*
oil filter
oil

 

Ahhh

Skip all the long as hell answers.

It's simple, technically according to the manufacturing process it's not a coupe, it's a 2 door sedan. There's no problem.

It is indeed a 2 door sedan, that's why it says on the registration 2DSD or something to that effect.

Anybody from NY will tell you the same thing that the EX coupe is marked as a 2 door sedan. Just how it is, everything is just peachy fine. Not stolen or anything. Just the manufacturing process marks .




Modified by Syndacate at 1:58 AM 12/31/2006

 

Good god. Did you pull this thing from the bottom of a lake?

 

haha anybody notice the hood release cable? someone was obviously worried about their car being jacked!