Honda Car Forum

We have a 1993 Honda civic that we bought new, but it needs a new engine.

Can you recommend a place online that sells Honda engine?

Can you give me an idea how much it might cost to replace the engine,
including such parts as the water pump, timing belt, alternator, etc. Thanks.
mirse@aol.com

$5000 including installation.

Just go buy a new car.




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"MIRSE" <mirse@aol.com> wrote in message
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> We have a 1993 Honda civic that we bought new, but it needs a new engine.
>
> Can you recommend a place online that sells Honda engine?

http://www.kwcengine.com/index.htm
>
> Can you give me an idea how much it might cost to replace the engine,
> including such parts as the water pump, timing belt, alternator, etc.
Thanks.
> mirse@aol.com

did the engine wear out? or did you ignore the timing belt replacement?

>> We have a 1993 Honda civic that we bought new, but it needs a new engine.
>>
>> Can you recommend a place online that sells Honda engine?
>
>http://www.kwcengine.com/index.htm
>>
>> Can you give me an idea how much it might cost to replace the engine,
>> including such parts as the water pump, timing belt, alternator, etc.
>Thanks.
>> mirse@aol.com
>
>did the engine wear out? or did you ignore the timing belt replacement?
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The 1993 Civic, which we bought new, has about 200,000 miles.

It started to leak oil badly recently.

We took it to the Honda dealer to see if it could find the source of the oil
leak.

The Honda dealer said that the source of the oil leak was a hole in the
engine about the size of a quarter.

The dealer said that the only solution was to replace the engine.

So now we are trying to decide what to do with the 1993 Civic: Replace the
engine, sell it, or whatever.

NOTE: We replaced the timing belt twice in the 200,000 miles, once around
100,000, and again around 190,000 miles. mirse@aol.com

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:04:30 -0500, MIRSE wrote
(in message <20031121200430.11680.00000647@mb-m22.aol.com>):

> We have a 1993 Honda civic that we bought new, but it needs a new engine.
>
> Can you recommend a place online that sells Honda engine?
>
> Can you give me an idea how much it might cost to replace the engine,
> including such parts as the water pump, timing belt, alternator, etc.
> Thanks.
> mirse@aol.com

I replaced one of these several years ago for under $1000. The
mechanic who did it had an interesting story: he claimed that in Japan
there is a tax break for replacing an engine at 35,000 miles and so
consequently there are a lot of engines available with only 35,000
miles on them. He picked up one for $600 (shipped) and installed it
for around $400 and it ran for another 135,000 before I got rid if the
car for other reasons.

I have not seen this 35,000 mile story mentioned anywhere else, so it
may not be true. All I know was that it was a good deal :-)


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Jack

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 5:21:00 -0500, Jack <noway@nohow.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:04:30 -0500, MIRSE wrote
>(in message <20031121200430.11680.00000647@mb-m22.aol.com>):
>
>> We have a 1993 Honda civic that we bought new, but it needs a new engine.
>>
>> Can you recommend a place online that sells Honda engine?
>>
>> Can you give me an idea how much it might cost to replace the engine,
>> including such parts as the water pump, timing belt, alternator, etc.
>> Thanks.
>> mirse@aol.com
>
>I replaced one of these several years ago for under $1000. The
>mechanic who did it had an interesting story: he claimed that in Japan
>there is a tax break for replacing an engine at 35,000 miles and so
>consequently there are a lot of engines available with only 35,000
>miles on them. He picked up one for $600 (shipped) and installed it
>for around $400 and it ran for another 135,000 before I got rid if the
>car for other reasons.
>
>I have not seen this 35,000 mile story mentioned anywhere else, so it
>may not be true. All I know was that it was a good deal :-)

The reality is that the Japanese have a comprehensive inspection every
3 years that cost in the vicinity of a couple thousand dollars (a form
of car tax, the labor doesn't really cost that much), and if the car
fails, they have to pay about $500, fix it and try again. No inpection
is needed on a new car, and a 3 year old car doesn't have too many
problems passing the test, but when the car is about 6 years old,
usually the owners decide that it's better to put that large amount of
money toward either a new car or a new engine. When you add in that
Japanese drivers don't drive many miles, it means that the USA gets a
steady stream of engine imports from Japan.

Nate