# 87 Honda Accord Motor

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/87-honda-accord-motor/61005>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** accord, honda\
**Created:** [February 7, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/87-honda-accord-motor/61005 "2011-02-07T06:41:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![va9113](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b38774/32.png) [@va9113](https://community.cartalk.com/u/va9113)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/87-honda-accord-motor/61005/1 "2011-02-07T06:41:31Z")

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Engine is knocking; I know I need main bearings,wondering if I should put another used engine in,or rebuild.  
  
 Car is great otherwise.

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/87-honda-accord-motor/61005/2 "2011-02-07T06:58:21Z")

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Properly rebuilding an engine will cost more than the car is worth. Your best option is to find a used engine.  
The trick there is finding a used engine that is KNOWN to be good.

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**Author:** ![va9113](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b38774/32.png) [@va9113](https://community.cartalk.com/u/va9113)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/87-honda-accord-motor/61005/3 "2011-02-07T07:06:45Z")

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Yeah,that’s what I thought. No problem finding engines,but like you said,find a KNOWN good one.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/87-honda-accord-motor/61005/4 "2011-02-07T14:33:54Z")

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Just find a used engine hopefully with a guarentee of 6 or even 12 months and cross your fingers.

I would not put much money into a car this old. If you are planning on paying someone for the installation I would send the car the junkyard.

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/87-honda-accord-motor/61005/5 "2011-02-07T14:37:06Z")

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If you can live without the car for awhile this could be a good project for a trade school, voch tech school, community college, or high school auto shop class.