Quote Originally Posted by h22 jones View Post
if your motor is using oil like you say then im guessing it has alot of miles on it the last thing you want do is put a reman head on it . If you do you will be buying a bottom end to put that head on . If it was me i would either find me a nice motor to rebuild or start looking for a nice motor and run this one till it quits . You have already done the only thing worth doing to that motor since it has miles on it and thats adjust the valves .if you figure by the time you buy a head and gaskets you could spend alittle more for a low mileage engine trust me unless you know what your doing and build honda motors all the time with tones of stuff laying around you are better off buying a low mileage engine and dropping it in. I have also seen a tone of honda motors with valve train noise that lasted forever so im not saying you need to be worried im just saying invest you money in a nice new motor and not a head thats going to beat your bottom end out thats all. I have tones of stuff laying around i mean anything you could think of and by the time you figure in labor a low mileage engine is cheaper everytime not to mention everybody makes mistakes lets say you forget one little thing and do something to mess your new head or rebuilt motor up there goes all your money when you could have just dropped in a nice new low mileage motor hell pm exactly what motor that is if its not h or bseries i dont know alot of numbers im guessing sinlge vtec but obd1 or 2 ? I might have a nice motor for cheap .
I understand what your saying. The motor only has 140k on it which really isnt much for a honda to be honest. it does burn oil, but I have been thinking about what your saying about running it until it blows and getting a motor with low miles and dropping it in which would probably be my best bet at this point. Only thing is I drive to north macon a lot during the week for business purposes which is about 40 miles from the house and my luck, it would decide to blow up there and 2, right now this is my primary vehicle since my wife is driving my truck until we find her what she wants. But the engine runs strong just was wondering about the noise. Ive asked on a few other forums and their response has been about the same. I need to adjust the valves , which i did, and that these D15B8 heads are a little noisey to start off with. so I think im going to drive it and see what happens and in the mean time look for a D15B7 replacement with low miles. thanks for everyones help