I bought my 97 Sh about 2 weeks ago with 179k miles, and a buddy of mine said i should replace the head gasket because he removed the oil cap while the engine was runing and noticed that there was some very light white smoke coming out.

He also said the it shouldnt be blowing (air not smoke) that much and that its causing me to loose compression... and to have my valves adjusted... :/


should i get a cometic gasket and have the valves tweaked?

 

OEM

 

why

 

you don't have anything supportive to get aftermarket... i could see taking out the middle layer of the OEM headgasket for a little bump in compression. prob notice a difference by getting a tune up

 

i will be modding the h22, so im leaning towards the cometic....

how much will a shop charge for installation/adjusting (roughly)

 

When they change the headgasket, they'll have to adjust the valves anyway (or at least they should). Get some quotes

 

Not to mention if you go cometic the head/block will have to be shaved, and you might as well have headwork done as well.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=618786

 

yea i found that DYI in the archives

the local honda dealership quoted me $115 including the gasket

what do u guys think about that price ?

 

thats labor included? sounds like a steal.

 

are you loseing coolant?

 

yea that includes labor, and no im not leaking anything

 

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that can't be WITH labor, the parts are nearly that much. If a timing belt change is around $750 or so I'd expect a headgasket to be around $1k.

There isn't anythng wrong cometic either, they are just as good as stock.

I'd do a compression and leakdown test before you start replacing things you may not need to.

 

the price includes labor and the gasket

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$115 for a head gasket change and all the parts? Run away as far as you can from that....he'll probably put everything back together with old pizza boxes.

There's way too much stuff involved to only charge $115. Seriously.

 

yeah somethin just doesn't add up there.

 

its 115 for the headgasket only
regular labor rate for replacing headgasket is around $400 and thats LABOR ONLY

 

don't waste your money , your headgasket isn't blown. change your oil and do a compression test. it will speak volumes.

 

My head gasket is being repalced as we speak due to a leak into cyl #3.......Local honda dealer qouted 250 for head gasket set and 600 for labor. 150 sounds too fishy!!! get a qoute from another shop and you'll see for yourself

 

I would slap my friend if he told me i need a head gasket cause alittle vaper was coming out the filler....

 

went to the dealer today, got my valved adjusted + new gasket + an oil change for $140

the engine is running alot smoother and idles really quite now.

:D

 

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Sorry, but it wasn't a head gasket. You must be confused.

 

Yeah it was probably the valve cover gasket. Def not the headgasket. You would have spent WAAAAAYYYY more than $140.

 

well atleast he didn't waste his money changing the head gasket,

 

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the engine is running alot smoother and idles really quite now.
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Odd how that work's huh Lay off the purple bud dude.