About two years ago, i sold my civic 2000 to a relative. Due to some personal reasons, 3 days ago I purchased the car back from them.
During these two years it has been totally RAPED, engine ceased, exterior is gone to ****. Now I plan on slowly bringing it back to its original condition.
My main problem is the engine, the car has 258k km on ODO, when the engine ceased (about 8 months ago), they replaced the block of original engine with a block of d15 series engine and combined it with head of original engine.
Now, the mileage has gone to ****. The car used to give 11-12 without ac now its giving only 8-9.
So I need your suggestion regarding its engine. Got the engine checked, the mech is saying engine almost farigh hai.
From what I see, I have three options.
- Replace the block with block of D16Y8
- Replace the engine with kabli D16Y8
- Go for a totally different engine.
Which is the best option and if I go for option 3, which engine should I go for considering performance and fuel efficiency.