when i bought my 89 DX hb off my sister's boyfriend's brother in april, he said it was not the original enigine. he said that the engine i have now has only 120000km on it.. hes a machanic so i trust him .. me being a noob and all, i didnt ask him what the engine was, and i still dont know if i have a 89DX engine or some other type.. so my question is.. where the hell is the enigine model/type engraved on a 1.6L civic engine??? or is the hatch back a 1.5L?? i found nothing on net on the enginge model number location which sucked ***..
please if you know where it is located... please tell me. i would like to know what the hell my engine is ..
thx

 

The model number should be stamped on the block, just below the #4 exhaust port.

If you've got the hood open, and you're facing the front of the car, it's the exhaust port furthest to your left. The stamp should be about 6-10 inches below the exhaust port.

Another way - the intake manifold, does it say <U>Dual Point Fuel Injection</U> on the top of it? If it does, then you've got a Dx motor. HF & Si's are Multi Point Fuel Injection.

 

look in the front of the block below the distributer were the trany and eng. bolt together and there are some letters and # stamped

 

He could've swapped the engine without swapping the intake mani.

look for the # where they listed above, it will be a 4 or 5 digit code;

the first digit is the series (either B or D in the case of the civics)
the second two digits are engine size (usually 15 for 1.5L or 16 for 1.6L)
the fourth and fifth are the revision, you'll learn these over time by reading posts on this board.

The only exception I know of to this rule is the ZC motor, the stamp simply says ZC.
The ZC is generally a 1.6L DOHC based on the D-series, but there are different revisions of this motor.

 

hey cool, thanks all for all you help guys

 

yeah- it'll be in the same location as this one, but it'll probably say D15(xx) instead of BEEEEEE TWENNNNY! http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bclifton/pictures/B20B.jpg


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