Hi, I'm changing the head gasket in my 92 Civic (1.5, 16V) due to leakage, and while looking for OEM parts on the web came across Honda Service bulletin 97-047, which says to use a different head gasket and head bolts than if one's changing the head gasket for reasons other than leakage. The parts person at the Honda dealership wasn't aware of this, but did find the parts referenced in the bulletin.

My question is, has anyone else run into this before? I didn't see any references to using a special head gasket and bolts if you're changing the gasket due to leakage in any other posts.

This is my first head gasket job, so I want to get it right the first time.

Cheers,
Ron

 

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