1.5 litre engine

hey i have had my fourth gen four about 1 or 2 months and this just hit me it said i have 16 vales on my valve cover thinged but the kid i bought it from said it was a 1.5 litre engine

so i was saying to my self if honda built the 1.5 litre engine for good gas milage only then why woul it have two cams?


so i was wondering if anybody could tell me if the 1.5 did come with dohc or i have a differnt motor thanks

Liter and Valves have nothing to do with each other at all. 1.5 is the displacement, and 16 is the number of intake (8 each, 2 for each cylinder) and exhaust (8 each, 2 for each cylinder) valves.

My friend has a '97 VW Golf and he has a 2.0 liter engine but only 8 valves.

Liter and Valves have nothing to do with each other at all. 1.5 is the displacement, and 16 is the number of intake (8 each, 2 for each cylinder) and exhaust (8 each, 2 for each cylinder) valves.

My friend has a '97 VW Golf and he has a 2.0 liter engine but only 8 valves.


i know all that stuff but the valve cover doesn't look like the one that is on the site it looks like the 1.6 engine

Originally posted by 91hondahatchback
Liter and Valves have nothing to do with each other at all. 1.5 is the displacement, and 16 is the number of intake (8 each, 2 for each cylinder) and exhaust (8 each, 2 for each cylinder) valves.

My friend has a '97 VW Golf and he has a 2.0 liter engine but only 8 valves.


i know all that stuff but the valve cover doesn't look like the one that is on the site it looks like the 1.6 engine

okay..soo look right below where the radiator hose connects to the head and you'll see an engine code. If it says D15 then you have the 1.5L, if it say D16 then you have the 1.6L

alright i went out and checked the number and it said a15 with a bounch of numbers after it

now what does that mean

Couldn't you just look at the intake manifold and see if it is 1.5 or 1.6? I know the 1.5s have DPFI, with the black intake, and the 1.6 has MPFI with the silver intake. Am I not right here?

Ah but the HF had MPFI also......

so what is one way that would definetly tell what kind of motor it is?

http://www.geocities.com/twisted91civic/stage1.htm

Does it look like the engine on that page?

that is exatly what it looks like but mine has a cold air intake

then its the D15 1.5L 72hp engine.

no that can't be i have the worst engine possible

If it looks just like that, then it is a D15 1.5 liter.
Here is a pic of it with an intake on it
http://www.geocities.com/twisted91civic/stage2.htm

Travis, I thought the D15 had at least 90 something hp. Or is that just claimed hp?

There was the D15B2 in the DX which had 92hp, and the STD had a D15__ that made 70hp.

alright, what is the difference in the STD and DX? I know they made some that came stock with painted bumpers, cloth seats, and a few other little things. Mine has all of the extras on it, so I don't think it is a STD.

just think its endless what you can do to that car
Pio