nooby7

Just created my account and briefly looked for a situation like mine and couldn't find one so direct me to it if any of yall do.
ANYWAYS I just bought a 2005 honda civic ex 1.7 vtec automatic (all stock) about 6 months ago. I took it to the shop the other day to find out that one of the cylinders is bad after doing a compression test.
So I have 3 options I am considering. Should I sell it, swap out engines, or would it be stupid since it's an automatic to rebuild the engine and make it fast. If the last option isn't just flat out dumb what would be a good way to doing it?

Thanks, guys.

ezone

What made you take it to the shop?

I didn't see "fix the problem" in your list, that seems weird to me.

nooby7

Swapping the engine or rebuilding it with more power are my fix its. I took it to the shop because my whole car shakes really bad And after spending 500 dollars on motor mounts, cleaning the throttle body, new spark plugs, gaskets, and a new coil pack to only find the problem not solved.
So he then did a compression test and that's when he noticed oil on top of the piston and seen it had bad compression.

mac25

If you have no aftermarket parts in it, I'd sell.