Dethred I've owned this car for the past 74,000 miles and three years. The car was in perfect condition when I got it. I later on found all the service records from my dealer because it turned out the original owners serviced it at my dealer. The car was maintained on the dot prior to me owning it, so I have no doubt that they babied the car maintainence wise.
Now I've drivin the car for 74,000 miles. It develiped a problem at around 175k. The car started to over heat, but went only 3/4 way up and back down.
I just had the head gasketts replaced, and the car runs well. The head wasn't warped and was reinstalled.
I honestly think it's a design flaw. Could it happen again, certainly... I expect it at around 300K so I'll probably have my engine rebuilt after that.
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Originally Posted by Dethred
Why hasnt anyone mentioned that we have ALUMINUM engines? Under any major heat parts will warp and never be the same, even with some machining.
All this crap about coolant type, mileage, etc, is just babble. My engine has 172k miles on it and it has never had a BHG. Why? Design flaw? Maybe if you let your car overheat. All this while I have only had Honda coolant for the first coolant cycle in my car. Thats about 165k miles on generic brand coolant.
My car has NOT ONCE gone past 3/4th heat and that is the reason I haven't had any bad head gaskets. Proof? How about repeated Bhg's on certain cars and none on others? Chances are the car overheated with the current owner or previous owner and the block or head(s) is warped.
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