I've heard that there are knockoffs going around. How do you distinguish the knockoffs from real?
My engine builder told me that the real one has Hondata stamped on the gasket itself. But a guy who's selling one said that there are no markings on his but when he bought it it came with a blue plastic package thing with Hondata written on it. Is his real?

 

i assume you're talking about the i/m gasket. if so, mine came the same way, on a sheet of blue cardboard with i think red hondata logos all over it and then laminated with plastic. i can't remember if it has the logo stamped on the gasket itself, but i would think that would be prone to leaking, could be wrong though.

 

the hondata gaskets do not have a stamp. they come wraped just like the ones you got, the knock offs dont come wrapped

 

knockoff or not if it fits i'd assume it should work.. unless the material isn't the same..

 

The reason is that my engine builder is an authourised Hondata dealer and he says the latest ones have Hondata etched on em.

 

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Mine does, and I only purchased it 6 months ago