djfob

always oem Hondas for me without copper spray

germ

have any of you guys looked into or used real copper headgaskets?

91efate

yea some of you guys can run the oem honda headgasket because they are multi layered steel but the oem gasket for the dohc zc(same gasket as a 89 teg) are those shitty *** graphite gaskets........try putting boost through those. thats why if you have a zc don't use oem headgaskets. i swear by my Hks

B16Drag

Cometic HG for me.

FooK

OEM

98ctr

I have allways used OEM head gaskets and never had any problems. I even reused head gaskets a few times. Recently I started using coper spray as an extra peace of mind.

homicydalboy

Well I really started looking hard cause I have never seen a head gasket leak in one spot and the car not leak fluid or over heat. Well I was looking and it looks like it is coming from the head. I cant tell if it is the vtec solinoid or the cam seal or something else. I know it isnt the valve cover and that is about all I know! Also I have an off this topic question. When i am going down the road in say fourth or any gear and I am at a higher RPM and I let the car down rev... When I push the gas again to accelerate it puffs out a little bit of smoke the longer the car downrevs the more smoke there is and if it downrevs from the higher RPMs the more the car smokes. What the ---- could it be? I have nop idea piston rings? I dont think so but maybe.


Thanks

91efate

does it smoke when you first start it up but then go away when the car warms up? if so its rings but could also be valve stem seals which is very common.........how many miles on the engine?

homicydalboy

No smoke when I warm it up or first start it. The motor doesnt have many miles on it that is why it is so confusing!