Rep Power: 0

Hello all,
Today I am going to start to take apart the girlfriends 2005 Honda civic EX 1.7L sedan. It has 110000 miles on it and I found the head gasket leaking near cyclinder #2. I understand that the stock head gaskets have had issues in these cars. I also read that Honda used a grafite material for the Acura head gaskets to avoid the civic problems.
Anyway, can anyone recommend what head gasket to use? The honda one? autozone? aftermarket? We plan on running this car for many more miles so I'm leaning on the stock one only because its gone 110000 so far and the leak is very minimal so no damage to the motor etc.

Also instead of putting all that california air intake crap back on I was considering a cold or ram air intake to clean up the area and get a little performance... Any suggestions? If I do remove the stock stuff will I get a code?

Thanks for all your time and responses.

 
Rep Power: 812

the honda one is good. the problem is actually in the head itself. the bottom mating surface is not smooth enough from the factory, so i definately recommend taking the head to a machine shop and having it milled to a smooth, straight finish where it meets the bottom long block. and have the compression checked too and tell them to clean and prep it. can prolly do everything for around $100. somewhere like carquest machine shop. get a good quality short ram from a reputable company like the aem v2 and no codes will be on.

 
Rep Power: 0

Thanks i got the OEM. I will go with the aem. thats what I have on my Titan and the dry filter works well. thanks again for your help... man these things look like they would be fun to modify!

 
Rep Power: 812

they are, you just dont get much out of it except sound