My head gasket recently went out on me a few days ago and i had a few questions about fixing it. One on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is it? and Is there a link or could some tell me how to do it? ( i already searched)

 

well its not to hard, remove valve cover, head bolts, and heads off. takes a few hours or so just to do it correctly. the best bet is to get a helm manual, tells u everything u need to know.

 

make sure you use a torque wrench!!

 

4. Just because you have to remove the other **** to do it .

I would say it's just need a torque wrench, torque order, and torque specs, but no.

If you BLEW the headgasket that's not all there is to it.

First you g2 take the head off. Then depending on how bad u blew it, there's probably a reallllllll good chance that you warped the head. So you need to send the head to a machine shop to get milled. Then you get the new headgasket and put it all back together and everything's peachy.

If you try to put a new headgasket on and the head's warped - you lose, the new headgasket will leak.

Chin up though, Honda head milling is cheap as ****. You can probably get the head milled for ~100 bucks. Then that + the headgasket is ALMOST all you need.

Then if the headgasket's warped you stretched the bolts, so you need new headstuds too.

- New headstuds
- Head milled
- headgasket

Should be <$300

Just hope the head isn't warped, but if you blow it (oppose to a slow leak when you should have changed it), it's usually warped.

Sorry kid. It's a relatively easy job - if you wanna pay somebody to do it, shouldn't be more than $600 with parts and labor.

I mean ****, my dad got the headgasket replaced on his 300E in like '93 by the mercedes benz dealership and it was like 1900 bucks - and if you haven't noticed, there's a considerable difference between an E class benz, and a honda civic - and that's a DEALERSHIP price.

It's easy, do it yourself, the milling has to be sent to a machineshop though.

PM me if u need more info.

 

I would say about 6 out of 10, only because its not as much hard as it is time consuming. And theres some misc. things that just take more time to do than others. Me and my buddy got mine done in about 6 hours, but we were taking our time and making sure we had everything right. Also that trusty Hanes manuel was there! Couldnt have done it without the manuel and the torque wrench!

 

Also make sure you tie up the timing belt to ensure it stays on the crank pulley. Mark the timing belt on the camshaft so you know where it goes. Otherwise you'll end up having to remove the crank pulley and timing belt covers to reset the timing belt. Good luck!

 

Am having trouble getting the engine mount loose. Have tried a breaker bar and impact driver (300 ft. lbs.), but no luck. Am going to heat the nut tomorrow. Any special tricks I need to know?

Thanks!

 

You dont need to take off the motor mount?? Your not taking the timing belt out of the car. just move the timing belt off of the cam gear. But mark the cam gear and the belt where it meets so that you can put it back on right when your done.

 

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That's right. But if you run into trouble, you don't heat up the engine mount bolt, or you'll fry up the rubber mount. You put a jack underneath with a wooden board and jack up the engine pressing against the oil pan. This relieves pressure from the engine mount.