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Old 06-29-2011, 04:42 PM   #1
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92 civic v-tech

My neighbor put a replacement head(bought by the car owners on E-bay) for some friends after they drove it till the timing belt broke. He got the head changed ok but after starting it for a brief monent he discovered that there was oil leaking from the rear of the engine. Closer inspection revealed that the head didn't have a cam seal installed. After replacing that he reinstalled everything and attemped to restart the car. No success. There is spark, fuel(we even tried ether) and several rechecks on the timing. All seems correct. The only thing he didn't check was the cylinder compression which he is doing today. Although since it did run for a monent I suppect that that will be ok. Anyone have a problem like this? If so what was the cause or if you have any ideas or suggestions please let me know. Neither he or I are Honda folks and are not even sure that this engine is not a replacement put in. The car has been hot rodded some(exaust, headers etc) so we are not sure if what the books say is right for this car or not. It is a V-tec sohc. Thanks in advance.
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Old 06-29-2011, 08:40 PM   #2
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Re: 92 civic v-tech

Check the engine code on the front of the block. There's a flat part where the engine meets the transmission. You may have to spray some kind of cleaner on there and wipe it down, if it's covered with dirt and oil. It should say D16Z6, if it's the stock engine (assuming the car is an Si hatchback or EX coupe/sedan.)

Is he sure that he got the right head? The '92-'95 SOHC D-series engines are different from the '96-'00 SOHC D-series engines (D16Y8). You CAN use different generation heads ('92-'95 being the 5th Gen Civic & '96-'00 being the 6th Gen Civic), but 1 head stud will be wrong, and the distributor will be wrong as well (ignition timing will be off as well, even when set "correctly".)

Besides those potential issues, there are a couple more things to check. Check to make sure the main sensor ground is properly attached to the thermostat housing. That's the most important engine bay ground, but the one by the transmission and valve cover are important as well. Also check and make sure all sensors are plugged it. Check to make sure the spark plug wires are in the correct order. Look at the front of the car, the cylinders are (transmission) 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 (timing belt). And this is how the distributor should look:


Also check again, to make sure you have the cam gear aligned properly. The left and right marks on the gear should not be parallel to the head. You'll want to match up the bottom mark with the pointer on the lower timing belt cover:
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Thank you very much. What a wealth of information. I will print it out and give it to him today.
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