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Originally Posted by Ecky
Your 2004 Civic - which trim is it? I'm trying to figure out what engine yours actually is. To my knowledge, 2004 was the 7th generation and all trims except the Si came with a 1.7 D series single cam. The Si had a 2.0L K series dual cam. From your picture, it really looks like the back of my K series.
In my car, I personally installed the oil cooler from a K series that had it. All said and done it cost maybe $120 in parts, and I got a new water pump out of the deal while I was at it. Maybe it would help with the coolant circulation, by giving the coolant both an inlet and an outlet?
I wouldn't try to bore the hole out.
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It's an LX but I swapped a K24A2 from an Acura TSX into it. It did in fact come with a D17.
The USDM/JDM K24's don't have an oil cooler although the European/Australian market K24A3 did. Only the K20 in the Acura RSX-S and 06-11 Civic SI comes with an oil cooler here. I could add one but I would need to change the water pump and housing and get the oil cooler as well as the coolant hoses and fittings, so easily $300+ in parts. Where in the world did you manage to get the whole setup for $120?
Also, do you have any data on how well the OEM oil cooler actually works like oil temps before and after installing it? I do not have an oil temp gauge for it yet so I'm not sure how much I would benefit from a cooler but oil pressure/temp gauges are definitely on my list of things to get for it. I'm spoiled because my 05 Civic has had gauges for years now.