Who has experienced a blown headgasket with there gen 7 Civic.

 

Pretty common it seems.

 

views and only 7 votes? sheesh....

 

Yes but it was my fault.

 

There a reason we keep top end gasket kits for these civics in stock at my dealer lol

 

This must be a tough poll, over 100 views and only a handful of votes. Come on guys, man up! Simply answer yes or no.

 

Maybe no one on honda-tech drives 01-05 civics for several reasons...

 

I have blown over 4 headgaskets. then again I have been boosted.

 

I apparently have a blown head gasket. I have not had it fixed yet , but I barely use my car to avoid overheating. I still am skeptical that it is a head gasket. I see posts here where people suggest the problem is caused by a clogged radiator.
The lack of response here shouldn't be interpreted as lack of a real problem .People who have had their car repaired probably stop checking this site for solutions.

 

There is almost no reason that your radiator would be clogged. Unless it's clogged by air that has escaped from the motor into the coolant passages in the head gasket. or unless you ran some intense amount of stop leak through your system....

 

I drive mine like its stolen the best of times, lol. needless to say i certainly do no baby the car, it sees high rpms fairly often, it has 177,000 km's and my head gasket is just fine.

 

It's possible for a radiator to be clogged. My radiator was clogged as it always shot the coolant through the reservoir. First thing I learned here was "it's sounds/most likely the hg." That's not always the case. Went to a shop and had a combustion leak test performed. Everything was normal. Then the shop realized that only one side of my radiator would get hot and the other cold. I replaced the radiator and bled the system like I always do. No overheating problems yet.. *knocks on wood* fyi been about 2 weeks?

 

i had a blown headgasket on my 03 civic prob around the 155,000 mark...i just couldn't vote to say yes...i'm still a 'trial user'...and from what i heard its pretty common.

 

mine never BLEW, but it leaked coolant into the cylinder on one cylinder... I would have burp the system and add coolant every couple weeks, oil and coolant never mixed. But that engine is long gone........

 

hmm i dont see this as a common issue at my dealer??

 

Usually if there is a cooling problem, I will check both sides of the radiator and both hoses as a first approach... Yours is the first that I've heard being clogged. I have only heard that it could happen, but I have not heard of it actually happening until now. Are you the first owner?

 

Yeah totally forgot to check the rad and actually touch it because I was already convinced that it would be the hg(due to coolant filling reservoir symptoms). The water pump was replaced 4,xxx miles ago along with the timing belt. I was told to start off by replacing the small things such as the radiator cap and thermostat. I am actually the second owner.

 

That's a blown headgasket.

 

Maybe the first owner had a coolant leak or something and decided to put stop leak in there or something..? i dunno.

 

yeah that's def. a possibility. that stuff can screw $hit up.

 

I just had my water pump fix around 165k then found out car over heat due to head gasket blow at 165k

 

Could a blown head gasket cause an engine misfire?

 

yes it can..