Same thing i am thinking last time i check around everyone was cool with the cometics and now just recently a couple of people including myself are having leak issues...i dont know what to say bro around what time did you buy yours maybe they made a bad batch

Anyone know anyone that works there or has good relations???

 

you guys are scaring me!! I have already installed a 85mm on my bloick. Don't want any problems when the engine goes back in. Who else make oversize head gaskets?

 

what type of block if it is ls then use crv headgasket if it is gsr, take the stock one to a machine shop, and have em bore it between 2 plates. Jason

 

From what I heard aloso cometic was highly recommend too. Hopefully someone people w/ good experience w/ them will start to post to make me and other feel a little better.

 

Oh man, this isn't good. All this bad news about Cometic gaskets. I ordered TWO of them last week. One for my Integra R, another for my turbo Civic. The Integra definitely has a blown head gasket right now, because it burns coolant, and the overflow bottle fills up and doesn't go back down, and I feel the radiator hoses pressurize a lot (but it doesn't really get hot). Anyway, the gaskets should be here tomorrow or Tuesday. How can I tell which side is up? This is for a B18C5 motor. It's a stock thickness one. What do I torque it to? (with ARP head studs)

 

the easiest way to tell if it is up is too make sure the tab on the side which has a part# on a honda one is pointing towards the front tranny side, then it can go on one way, compare it to the blown headgasket it is marked up. Torque the arps to 80 foot pounds with oil 73 foot pounds with molly lube. Make sure the studs are all the way bottomed out, try using cooper spray on the gasket also, Jason

 

Settle down guys... they're great head gaskets and there are a lot more people out there with good experiences than bad. **** happens. People make little mistakes, or end up with a single defective part (less likely but possible).

 

fwiw ... I've run the SCE on my FROG for 3yrs and it never blew ... street, dyno and strip, very hot temps too, never blew gasket.


Greg

 

My b18c5 cometic gasket came with the word up printed on it so once thats established its really hard to put it the wrong way without looking at it and saying WTF....when you lay it on there right side up you will see where the apporiate water jackets are.....i think UP on mine was toward the back of the car but dont go by me because who knows if they put it in the same spot everytime

 

VTEC gaskets are easy to tell, they can only go on one way due to the vtec oil port.

I myself have had no problems with cometic's gaskets. Been using em for quite
awhile now with much success. I will say that where the bore is close to stock
i will ONLY use a stock gasket and only use cometic where its needed.

 

Cool , but what does fwiw mean? Jason

 

fwiw - for what's it's worth
afaik - as far as i know
iirc - if i recall correctly
(s)wag - (scientific) wild *** guess

you get the drift.......

 

Cool, (s)wag is my favorite out of those 4,Jason