suggestions?

a few months ago i bought my first car (yay!!) it’s a black 2008 crv lx (awd bc east coast) however the guy i bought hr it from kinda fucked me over :(( it’s an amazing car and i do plan to stick with the crvs but there’s been so many issues the past few months. some were maintenance like a new alternator and all new tires, however, there have been a lot of things that were not basic maintenance such as the oil pan, drip tray, and timing chain needed to be replaced but when my mechanic took a look at it he saw that one of the bolts was missing and had been replaced with silicone (??) anyway, i bought the car for 5k and i’ve put ~another 5k into it for repairs and i found out the engine may be on its was out because the check engine light came on for the solenoid, got it replaced and then it came back on but when he looked he found metal shavings and is worried it could be the engine.

I made this post for suggestions: i want to stay with the crvs, looking at somewhere in the 4th gen i’ve heard great things about the 2016 because i don’t wanna spend over 13-14,000, but please give me your input!! thank you :))

tl;dr in the market for a new crv, coming from a 2008 lx, looking at the 4th gen, hoping for suggestions :)