No. Thermostat is showed right under it. That spot is left empty. honda uses teh same cylinder head mold on all the d15s and d16s. Thats where a VTEC solenoid is drilled out and mounted. Its fine. My d15b7 has that same empty spot, and my block is internally the same as all other d15 motors. Dont worry about it
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