Dave Garrett wrote:
>
> Yesterday the timing belt broke on my '90 CRX Si. I'd replaced it
> previously at 60K, and was planning to do so again soon, as I just
> passed 115K about a month ago. Amazingly, it looks like I got lucky, as
> my shop checked all the valves after I had the car towed there, and
> everything was within spec and working properly.
>
> Now the weird part (which I now remember discussing with my previous
> shop the last time the timing belt was replaced). After getting all the
> necessary parts, when my mechanic went to install the new belt, it
> didn't fit - it had one tooth too many. After scraping away a layer of
> grease to read the codes on the block, he discovered that the engine was
> actually a 1.5L one instead of the 1.6L engine that's supposed to be in
> '88-'91 CRX Sis. Our first thought was that someone had done an engine
> swap before I bought the car (I'm the second owner), but when my
> mechanic called a dealer he knew and ran the VIN by him to look up, the
> dealer said that some '90 CRX Sis had been fitted with the 1.5L engine
> instead of the 1.6.
>
> Neither of us had ever heard of this before, and after some Googling on
> both the web and Usenet archives, I can't find anything corroborating
> it. Has anyone here ever heard of a factory-installed 1.5L in a 90 CRX
> Si before? I have to admit I'm skeptical, and think the chances of the
> original owner (or the dealer I bought it from) installing a DX engine
> to replace a blown Si engine are greater.
>
> Dave



I had a 1989 CRX with a 1.4 engine.


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JT

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