I Drove my 96 Honda Civic Lx short distances for a day on "H". It blew the radiator when i took a friend home a half hour away from my home. Now there is a clicking coming from the top of the motor. Do you think its fixable or should i let it go. A friend said it could be fixable but i might also have damaged the bottom of the motor. Any replies would be greatly appreciated.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jessaraelynn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I Drove my 96 Honda Civic Lx short distances for a day on "H"</TD></TR></TABLE>

Why would you do that? you drove for half an hour that way?! That is not a short distance. You more than likely are now the proud owner of a 1.6L boat anchor. If it were me I wouldn't waste any money on that engine, drop in a replacement JDM engine and call it a day.

 

This is not good, I garantee the headgasket will blow soon.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94EG8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> drop in a replacement JDM engine and call it a day.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Or a low mileage USDM engine.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mcvtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Or a low mileage USDM engine.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Only problem with that is they're hard to find, or they are in canada anyway, no one junks a civic before 300,000kms here.

 

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You more than likely are now the proud owner of a 1.6L boat anchor.</TD></TR></TABLE>
+1 vote for "boat anchor"
2 minutes on H is too long. You phucked yourself.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94EG8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Only problem with that is they're hard to find, or they are in canada anyway, no one junks a civic before 300,000kms here.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That may be the case in Canada, but I had no problem finding a used low mileage USDM D16Y7 here in the states.

NY Block Exchange is where I got it - compression and oil pressure checked, steam cleaned w/ 77k miles for just over $650.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mcvtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NY Block Exchange is where I got it - compression and oil pressure checked, steam cleaned w/ 77k miles for just over $650.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats not bad at all, when I needed a D15B7 all I could get within a 3 hour radius were stripped D15B7 long blocks for between $400 - $500. I bought one and had a miserable expirence with it, only lasted 6000kms, pulled it and bought a complete, and I mean complete JDM D15B vtec for $683, shipped and pretty much swore off buying another junkyard engine. BUt if i could get a low mileage engine even semi locally that was clean, low mileage and had been compression and leak down tested i'd certainly consider it if the price was reasonable.