It helps if you had a service manual for the EL. This would tell you the
diff .between 97 and 98.





<M5> wrote in message news
> My 1997 Acura 1.6EL died at 119,000 km after the crankshaft bearings
> disintegrated. No, I didn't neglect the oil changes - somehow a leak
> developed where oil was consumed (without dropping on the ground) and
> antifreeze got in, corroding the bearings. At least, that's the guess
> of my mechanic.
>
> This car has the D16Y8 engine also found in the 96-00 US Civic EX
> sedans. It lived it's life in Toronto, Ontario.
>
> I needed to make the car serviceable again, so I found a 1998 1.6EL
> engine at a scrapyard. My mechanic has installed it, except for one
> wire that has a different connector to the one on the intake manifold.
>
> He says the car starts, but idles at 1500 instead of 800, and runs
> rough.
>
> 1) Does anyone have any knowledge about differences between these two
> model years that will help complete the installation? Maybe wiring
> diagrams, or any other differences so that we can avoid any gotchas?
> (don't want the kids to be in danger). Any experience with this
> problem?
>
> 2) There was significant black at the exhaust due to oil consumption.
> Do I need to replace muffler, catalytic converter, pipes also?
>
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