I just bought a '94 Civic DX non VTEC 16 valve and when I tore it apart to put in a water pump and timing belt I found oil in the coolant...so now I have the head off and a couple of questions too.

Are these stretch head bolts? I've already used the money I had to buy the car so trying to be cheap so I'd like to reuse them if they are not stretch bolts.

I saw a posting that said some aftermarket gaskets were not right but I don't know what engine they were referring to. Will I be ok with a Felpro gasket from the local parts store?

Is it common for these heads to warp or crack? A lot of times I've just put a new gasket in and thrown the head back on but I won't have much time for a redo on this car in the next couple of weeks. It'll be a few days before I can make it to a machine shop and I was hoping to have it running by Monday.

Thanks!

Derek

 

Get your self ARP's and a Honda headgasket when it comes to car parts being cheap is only gonna end up costing you more money in the end

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boost and bass &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get your self ARP's and a Honda headgasket when it comes to car parts being cheap is only gonna end up costing you more money in the end</TD></TR></TABLE>

what he said