HMT-Admin

I dont know if any of you have ran into this, but I have seen it in alot of cases. My GF's integra with 80k miles was also slightly sepping. Beaus JDM B16a's he always got was leaking a little bit.

And now my Ls/Vtec has a nice ------- leak off the front corner (RH side) of the head gasket (all in the same spot). I used an OEM head gasket with properly torqued head bolts as well. Not to mention the head was resurfaced. I am thinking this may just be a problem on some B-series engines. Just curious if anyone else has experienced this.

Jeff

OnYx

I have seen it on some of the B16a3's but the leak I found was coming from the VTEC solenoid. Once I replaced that it was fine and didn’t leak anymore.. But I see that on all the B16a3's I work on. I think the VTEC seal just gives after 60k miles and the gasket is only $8 at Honda

HMT-Admin

Pretty confident its not the cam plug, or the vtec solenoid gasket.. its the same spot on everyone I have seen.. that damn corner.

Jeff

OnYx

I wonder if Honda didn’t make the gasket seal completely at that corner. It’s an interesting problem and it sucks Have you tried to put gasket sealant at that corner?

HMT-Admin

Sealant? on a head gasket.. no man.. always dry unless I am using a copper one. I suppose I could try next time the head is off. I have heard of people spraying them with various products.

Jeff

BLACKSI

Ive heard of guys putting sealant on the courner but never found out if it helped or not.

Beau

HMT-Admin

Most people use sealant for coolant issues..

OnYx

But were not most people

whiteb16crx

i'm having the same problem is it on the passenger side front corner. if i change my headgasket i want to lower my compression should i use two headgasket oem or get a copper one.