has anyone ever had a problem with the HMO D15B http://www.hmotorsonline.com/s...30021 . engine just curious if anyone had like oil leak or burning, coolant leak or coolant burning things like that. thanks

 

Im running that engine on my 92 hatch and I havent had a problem.

 

h-motors is one of the best places to source a motor it seems. Never have heard anything negative about them.

 

good motor.

 

HMO is probably the best place to get a motor.

 

yea well i really have no problem, but i got the same motor from them... i got a shittly one... yea it was clean, but my water pump went bad really fast, it runs really rich, the middle valve cover bolt whole is stripped (in the head of the motor, not the bolt its self), the valve cover leaked oil as well as the oil pan, but i guess i am just picky....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92civicfreak &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea well i really have no problem, but i got the same motor from them... i got a shittly one... yea it was clean, but my water pump went bad really fast, it runs really rich, the middle valve cover bolt whole is stripped (in the head of the motor, not the bolt its self), the valve cover leaked oil as well as the oil pan, but i guess i am just picky....</TD></TR></TABLE>that's not being picky, that's bullshit. Not the waterpump, I mean **** happens, but stripped bolt holes, I'd be pissed.

 

you could return it it has a warranty. My zc didnt run good when I got it from HMO but again I was runing a SOHC A6 ecu on a DOHC motor

 

its been a few years + i need the cars it was & still is my dailly driver

 

I wanted one of these, but as you can see there sold out

 

they are a pretty good bang for the buck couldnt complan when i had one in my 89

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Donkey85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">they are a pretty good bang for the buck couldnt complan when i had one in my 89</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea they are... right now i am running w/ the 90 si tranny, but someday i will convert it to a 92+ hydro tranny cuz i hate the feel of the cable.... + i heard that the gearing is shorter than the 90's... but u cant complain when u get 40 mpg on the high way

 

well thats normally a good motor unless its mine. Mine has almost 200,000 miles on it and when I took it apart i found out that whoever had the car before me rode it pretty hard and did not do any maintinance work on the car. my poor valves are sooooo decayed from carbon buildup they're almost gone, my cylinder walls are fubar and i have mad crankshaft wear. I could rebuild it but i just said expletive it I'm gettin a b16a2.

You can build that motor to be bad *** though.

 

damn 200k on the motor?... thats alot

 

yeah your tellin me but I've heard of other people on this site with like 400,000 mile on that motor.

 

we are talking about the JDM D15B Vtec......

 

oh, no mine's a d15b2 stock motor in the base model ef civic.

 

Mines perfectly fine, and I dont baby the engine at all and Ive put over 40,000 miles on it.

 

I bought a sohc zc from hmotorsonline yea it was a clean motor! but 2 of my injectors were ****! and I wasnt about to take my motor out and take it back I had to go (borrow) some from the junkyard!

 

I got my JDM D15B VTEC from HMotorsOnline.com. The only problem I had was a badly dented oil pan (unusable) that was either done when HMO dropped it on the wooden pallet (which was broken in the center so the motor was resting on the ground) or by carriers (could have dropped the whole damn pallet". Steve @ HMO sent me another oil pan after a few days (I'm on the other side of the US) Motor runs great to this day 4.5 yrs later and I beat on it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92civicfreak &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea well i really have no problem, but i got the same motor from them... i got a shittly one... yea it was clean, but my water pump went bad really fast, it runs really rich, the middle valve cover bolt whole is stripped (in the head of the motor, not the bolt its self), the valve cover leaked oil as well as the oil pan, but i guess i am just picky....</TD></TR></TABLE>

Most folks, including myself change the water pump, timing belt and miscellaneous (sp?) gaskets before swapping the motor in. The stripped bolt does suck though.

 

Good motor....Swap the intake on it because it's tiny.

 

Hmotors the best i have delt withii

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VegaS10 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Most folks, including myself change the water pump, timing belt and miscellaneous (sp?) gaskets before swapping the motor in. The stripped bolt does suck though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah he told me to do that before i put it in. gaskets dry up just sittin there

 

I have a JDM D15B (non-vtec) from
http://usedforeignengines.com

If there is a better wnnty let me know.

I got mine $540 incl shipping. They did everything but hang the engine on the hoist for me.

Still as clean as the day I got it, in 04.
with 3k a mo put on it most of this summer and fall it's still purring and reving like a Honda.