>Subject: Re: 93 Honda: 200,000 miles. How much for new engine install?
>From: "Woody" TheDuck@pond.net
>Date: 11/21/2004 4:23 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <pH7od.30897$Qv5.20656@newssvr33.news.prodigy.co m>
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>Why do you need a new engine because of an oil leak?
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We took the 93 Honda to the Honda dealership. They said that the source of
the terrible oil leak and the car running terribly was a small hole in the
engine.

They said it could not be fixed.

Note: We had to tow the car to the nearby Honda dealership, because we
couldn't get it to run.

It would start for a few seconds, but it made terrible noises before it
suddenly cut off.

Oil spit out all over the driveway under the Honda just to the right of the
oxygen sensor that sits at the front of the engine just behind the radiator.
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>"MIRSE" <mirse@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:20041121160236.00362.00000925@mb-m17.aol.com...
>> My stepfather bought a 93 Honda red 2-door hatchback Civic when it was
>> new so
>> his grandkids could have something to drive.
>>
>> Now it has a terrible oil leak, and the only thing to do is get a new
>> engine.
>>
>>
>> It has a little over 200,000 miles.
>>
>> It has been sitting in my stepfather's driveway for around 6 months.
>>
>> My stepfather said he got an estimate for around $2000 to put a new
>> engine in
>> it.
>>
>> I said that such an estimate is low, and I think it would be close to
>> $4000-$5000 range to get a good engine installed in this 93 Honda Civic
>> 2-door
>> Hatchback and to get the Honda back in good working condition.
>>
>> I told him that it would be a waste of money, because he could probably
>> get a
>> good running used car in the $4000-$5000 range.
>>
>> My question: Can my stepfather really get a good engine installed in the
>> 92
>> Honda Civic Hatchback---one of those red ones I see everywhere---for
>> around
>> $2000, or will it cost more in the $4000-$5000 range?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
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