Honda Civic Head Gasket Replacement 1.7L

36 thoughts on “Honda Civic Head Gasket Replacement 1.7L”

1. Congratulations,

2. That's an excellent repair 😀
   You left nothing to chance and even did some egr maintenance to keep it on the road for longer.
   I liked the mating surface repair, shame some dopey sod was heavy handed.
   I hope your son appreciates all the trouble you went to.

3. “I didn’t break it I found it like that” is like a good 60% of my maintenance job

4. Hi Eric. This video is a great help . As we have a 2002 Honda Civic 1.7 i have completed a lot of work reconditioned ATV power windows switches etc. Timing belt water pump tensioner . But no major work on the motor .it was extremely interesting when you showed us that damage done during the original installation.When the video at the start I was very surprised at the mileage with a blown gasket. I’m very happy with the civic .very reliable and mechanically friendly a really great video and a lot of work to make thanks 🙏👍🇺🇸 PS I WILL SAVE THIS ONE .

5. Rather than using sanding methods, you're better off using a fresh scraper blade, the ones that have one safe edge with a metal backer. Lightly cutting off the top until you hit the deck is actually faster and won't scratch anything. Have used this method on several sensitive areas, it can even cut soft metals if your slice is thin enough.

6. my 7th gen Civic had the same issue. What a drinker.

7. JB weld's high heat is also good, a dab of that, for something so small, is perfect.

8. I own a 2001 civic myself, and while i havent replaced the head gasket, i have had the intake manifold off. the gasket EGR passeges plugged up except for one, so when the EGR valve openeed it all went into one cylinder and caused a misfire. i was able to get all the bolts out except for the middle one on the top, it was so rusted i couldn't get it out. Luckily, i was able to get a dremel in there and cut off the bolt head. Im getting close to 200k on it, so i think these videos will come in handy soon when i have to do the timing belt. then again, i may not make it that far. ive fluid filmed it these last 4 years but its pretty rusty, ive aleady had to patch the two inner 'frame' runners that go alongside the exhaust tunnel. Its a real shame, i personally know both the previous owners and its been very well taken care of, NY salt is just hard on the vehicles.

9. Considering it’s age/wear why put a bandaid Why not cry once. You are already there. Everything else is new

10. What a nightmare!

11. You must really love your son!

12. Hey Eric!
    A bit unrelated but
    I’m taking to family to Motegi Twin Ring circuit tomorrow…
    Will visit the HONDA museum for the third time!
    I wish you join us! You’d luv it!
    It’s huge and got lots of Honda’s 😆!
    A couple of times a year they actually take some of the classics out for a few laps for everyone to watch…pretty cool & nostalgic!

13. You didn’t have to remove lower ball joint. All you had to do is remove 2 bolts holding spindle to strut.

14. Any comments to potential causes for that pesky oil leak on forums? Mitchel on demand…..?

15. Wow w all that labor,parts…. A new car would have been in question

16. Can you do a 1.8 L R18a1 I have never seen anyone do it barely any videos on that civic

17. i rebuilt a ladies 1980 honda civic 1.5. it was her dear departed husbands' car when we were done it ran like a swiss watch and no leaks she drove it for 5 yrs after that until she gave it to her grandson who tried to race it and wrecked it, what a waste of a nice car.

18. I always pick up at least one new (to me) piece of information every time I watch a video and today's nugget was stud removal sockets. Always informative.

19. Once again its the little stuff or engine gremlins…

20. I replaced a head gasket on an 94 civic dx and this looks like a nightmare compared to that

21. I did the timing belt and all the “while-you’re-in-theres” on a 2.5 Subaru motor. I had new cam seals because one was weeping. Discovered the previous guy had chiseled out the old seal from the outside and damaged the head. I solved it the same way you did, with some high-temp oil-resistant RTV.

22. gonna be ur most viewed video these engines head gasket r bad

23. Psychic power’s 🤣👍🏻

24. there is a gouge on cylinder head 2nd from the left on the coolant passage

25. Hondaslave here. Crazy to see all the years went by Eric and how gray and old we are getting brother. Great work as always thank you buddy

26. are they torque to yield head bolts?

27. OMG… Where do I begin? How do you do it? As a novice, no, as a no nothing about engines person, your knowledge, patience and skills blows me away. I'm a 40 year furniture maker/designer/renovator and perfectionist in all I do but watching you work your magic makes me dizzy… If you choose to be a brain surgeon instead of a mechanic I'm sure you'd be world famous… My hat off to you sir… 🤠🤗🥂

28. Beautiful work. I would never guess it's from the cylinder head gasket. Well done.

29. Why the aftermarket gasket? Is it a better design than OEM?

30. 37:20 Scotch Brite's your friend….just saying…

31. Thanks for the hard work that went into the job and also for recording the whole process. I’ll probably never feel comfortable enough to do the job if I ever have to but at least I know that my money is well spent on a mechanic to handle it.

32. I did a Head Gasket on a 2.4 liter Toyota last year. I have a friend who is a Master Mechanic, he "supervised" since I had personally never done a repair on this scale before. I thought that it was going to be easy. NOPE! A week and $700 later, I finished it.

33. This man is a Honda encyclopedia 🙏🏼

34. I liked that overhead time-lapse to show the stuff being put back together. Nice little production value. Also crazy informative. I work on my own cars and I'm hoping I don't have to do this for a long time but will help show the basic process if I ever do!

35. Thanks i enjoy watching you work and explain the problems

36. Thanks for the repair video

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