how can you tell if an engine is really a 2007 k24a2 TSX engine?

[revned3182]

Hi guys,

first of all, i just want to give my thumbs up as an appreciation to those who have built/started/maintain this website. I'm in this pretty much every effin' day. I;ve got tons of work to do here at work, yet I'm still on it. anyways. i do love ephatch.com :)

I've come across a honda guy who's selling a 2007 k24a2 TSX engine and he's claiming that it only has 20,000km+ (of course i am skeptical)
but as the title of this thread says; how can you tell if an engine is really a 2007 k24a2 TSX engine? or let alone know that it only ran 20,000km+?
I do NOT want to spend money on something that is NOT a k24a2 TSX engine.

Anyways, he's selling everything I need for $1,800 CAN.
Given that this engine is legit as he says it is... then I'm gonna jump right on to it.
(I can't stop rubbing my palms together) :) I've already saved up for a k-pro.

No, I have not seen the engine yet, but I am going to check it out this weekend.
So for now I guess I'm asking you guys to advise me on what to look out for.
any markings, serial numbers or what not... Pictures would be greatly appreciated.
It would also be nice to be informed of any other visual/physical differences between the crv, accords, tsx or any other k24 engine out there.
I think this thread would be very informative for to those who are shopping or are still contemplating about it.


ps. it's not a bmw but i love my ep3.

[FoReVaPmP]

I don't think you can check and see if its a 2007, but the engine should be 'stamp'd" **K24a2**


BTW: for more info on Engines plz take a trip in the "Engine Section" of Ephatch

[jri93]

yes you can. you gota look up the vin on the engine block. that will tell you what year its from

[SinisterCivicSi]

the way i verified what i was getting when i bought my k24 is i requested the VIN and did a "carfax" free report.

[FoReVaPmP]

yeah yeah.... ok, so I've never bought a swap before.....

[SinisterCivicSi]

you never needed to mr. forced induction!

[FoReVaPmP]

U know me so well!!.....

[AKEP]

2006-2008 tsx motors have "RBB-2" Stamped on the head, look around the exhaust ports.
The front of the motor near the starter will say K24A2, and the rbb stamp on the head will verify what generation (rbb is 04-05, rbb 2 is on the 06-08)

as far as milage you'd have to find the car it came from and check the cluster. there really is no reason to lie about it, but you better be getting everything from manifold to manifold and valve cover to pan if you're paying $1800 for it.

[shanewdude]

You MIGHT be able to get an Acura dealer to look up the engine by vin#; the local one here in Kitchener was really good to me with my gf's el.

[usedep3]

2006-2008 tsx motors have "RBB-2" Stamped on the head, look around the exhaust ports.
The front of the motor near the starter will say K24A2, and the rbb stamp on the head will verify what generation (rbb is 04-05, rbb 2 is on the 06-08)

as far as milage you'd have to find the car it came from and check the cluster. there really is no reason to lie about it, but you better be getting everything from manifold to manifold and valve cover to pan if you're paying $1800 for it.

^this

also, with the vin number you should be able to determine not only what chasis the motor came out of but also the year.

this is for the newer TSX but it should help you get on the right track: link1 and link2

[AKEP]

yeah the year digit will also have the corresponding digits for year, after the checksum it should say 4-5-6-7 or 8 for, you guessed it, 2004-2008. i believe it goes up to 15 or 20 in alphanumeric, so anything before 2010 is 0123456789 then i think abcdefghij.

[revned3182]

^this

also, with the vin number you should be able to determine not only what chasis the motor came out of but also the year.

this is for the newer TSX but it should help you get on the right track: link1 and link2

thank you for the link!

... you better be getting everything from manifold to manifold and valve cover to pan if you're paying $1800 for it.

Is this a reasonable price???

[shanewdude]

I think $1800 is a good price for Canada... but not sure. I thought they went for $2500 plus in the US (from the vendor here who sells them...papitoyou?). I'd gladly pay that much for a K24A2 in good shape.

[ep3jd]

Rhcp0801 got his for that with low milessss

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[talonXracer]

Just a FYI, RBB-2 does NOT indicate a version, it only indicates the plant/mold line that produced the casting. The castings for the head are IDENTICLE, there are ONLY internal differences(valve size). You will need to search the VIN tag on the backside of the engine. Order a replacment head for a early K24A2 from Acura and it will be a RBB-2 casting as well.