Used engine from dealer

gotta say however (admission against interest, since i obviously thought used engine was the way to go, and still do): got used japanese engine from nationally reasonably widely advertised place. supposedly 60,000 miles. engine came with no ECU despite phone conversations stressing that I wanted ECU and would pay for ECU and promises to provide ECU. On the other hand, wasn't charged for ECU. Ditto for shift linkage. Engine turned out to have **no oil pan gasket** just bead of silicone. Needed new clutch. So I did a timing belt just to be sure. VTEC solenoid leaks a quart of oil every week or two. front motor mount bolts pulled out of engine after a couple of years. not the rubber in the mount disintegrating as usual; the rubber was fine, the bolts just vanished. i presume some combination of looseness, unscrewing themselves, and too much strain on the rest of them stripping the holes.

i know it sounds silly, but other than that it's been quite fine.

It's not in the least silly. This is the first report on a used engine I have seen. More and more people are interested in these engines, so your report is bound to be helpful.

"z" wrote snip, for brevity, report on used engine