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Hi everyone! I have a very limited knowledge of cars so I will explain the best I can. I bought a used 07 civic with 85k mikes on it and found out that the block is cracked and after weighting my options I feel like my best bet is to just buy and engine and have a shop put it in. Now several mechanics I've spoken to have said that this year of civic is notorious for engine block cracks. So my concern is that if I get another 07 civic engine from a junkyard or online I might get one from the same batch of engines that have the cracking problems. I have seen several engine on ebay that say "engine for 06-11 civic". Do all these years have the same engine and will it just drop straight in when being replaced? Also, I have the lx model and that doesnt come with a vtec so does that mean a vtec would not fit in my lx? Thanks for any help you guys can offer!

 
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Moved to cracked block section.
09 seen to be last year that someone have reported cracked block, so 10-11 so far seen clean.

VTEC will require the ECU, which is also linked to the key, so it will require a lot more work. Recommend using a non-VTEC engine

 
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Ok great and do you know if I did get a 2010 engine if it would just drop right in or if the shop would need to do a bunch of work to get the attachment points to align?

 
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They are the same car generation, so should not be that much different