Hello. Were the 1.7L VTEC 4 Cylinders used in the 01-05 Civic EX good engines? Can't remember the name of the place but there was this dude he had alot of used engines on display and happened to come across the engine mentioned and was thinking ya know maybe at some point when I reach big money in the bank due to alot of saving I thought about maybe doing an engine swap but I first wanted to get everyone's reviews on those engines. He had 2 categories Used and Rebuilt this one I was looking at was rebuilt.
You are referring to the D17A2 engine. See below for objective assessment: some people reported issues with engine cooling and blown head gasket, but Honda never issued a TSB for it (to my knowledge). It’s not clear how widespread that problem was.
http://mywikimotors.com/honda-d17a/
I would avoid that gen civic as a whole. In fact, the 2001 Honda Civic was the worst Civic in its entire history with engine problems, horrible automatic transmissions, and it was one of the most recalled cars of all time. My family friend had a 2001 Civic with that exact 1.7 engine and at 150 000 km, the engine blew up so he junked it and got a newer Civic which he is much happier with. I would suggest looking at 2008 (2006-2007 were very problematic as well with cracked engine blocks) if you can get a good price on those, that gen was a mixed bag and it's too much of a gamble. If you can't get a good price on that, then you might as well just look at a Corolla from that era.
