Timing belt/water pump is not that hard to do... if you get the tools and
parts in advance and have a weekend to spare (and don't have a Neighborhood
Gestapo organization which forbids you to work on your car). It should cost
you about $250 for all the belts (PTO, timing), water pump, and oil seals.
Since the Civic does not have balance shafts (I believe) it should be even
easier!

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"Gordon McGrew" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:14:26 GMT, SoCalMike
> > wrote:
>
> >Viktor wrote:
> >> Is my engine on its way out?
> >
> >have a compression check done.
> >check/adjust the valves.
> >check for leaks.
>
> The hard decision is what to do about the timing belt. If you don't
> know if/when it was replaced, you might want to do that now. I think
> Honda recommended changing it every 90K miles so even if it was done
> on time it is coming due again. It is kind of expensive (labor) and
> most people replace the water pump at the same time. Use Honda parts.
>
> I agree that your oil consumption is not a problem. Just check/add
> every 1000 miles or so.