[Shop-talk] New engine for a Honda?

[Moose]

My SO has a daily driver of a  2000 Honda Accord EX with a 2.3L I4 F OHV 
engine.  She loves this car, and it's in REALLY great shape. She has had 
the car for a little over 3 years and she changes the oil every 3000 miles 
faithfully.   The only problem, about a month or so ago the SR5 and check 
engine light came on.  I got the codes and it was coming on the evap leak. 
 As I was looking for into it, it seemed to be a problem to diagnose (need 
smoke generator, computers to turn on an off relays) and my time has been 
split with lots of other projects.  So I made an appointment with my local 
trusted mechanic.  Note, recently we also got her another car, so she 
switches between them and this isn't a daily, but semi-daily driver.

Then 2 days ago, the oil light comes on.  She checks the oil, the stick is 
dry! She puts some oil in (it takes 3 qts to come up to full.) Then drives 
home.  I check it the next morning.  A qt low.  So we take it out for a 
short ride.  No blue smoke under load, no white smoke.  Very faint smell 
of burning oil.  No leaks anywhere.   I did an oil change in March, and 
she hasn't put 3000 miles on it yet. 

For a last hope, I check the intake hoping to find oil in it and maybe 
it's just an erg valve.  No oil. 8>( So, car is burning oil.  I do some 
research and find that some Hondas had issues with rings. 

OK, a ring job is more than likely more than the car is worth, but here is 
the rub.  The car is in great shape, and she LOVES the car.  So I'd be 
willing to put money into it, even if it was more than it was worth as she 
would want to keep this one for a long time. 

My questions are...

Is there anything else I can check?  (Note, I don't think I'll see a 
problem with compression testing as the oil can still 'seal up' the 
cylinders, right?) 
Could this be related to the codes? (I don't believe so, but I'm not that 
well versed on Hondas.)

Would a ring job be better than a re-manufactured engine?

Has anyone ever put a re-manufactured engine in a Honda?  I did one in my 
Jeep decades ago and it went well.

Thanks.
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