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Head gasket OEM Honda or OEM Toyota
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It's the head gasket. I replaced the entire cooling system over the course of 2 years. And finally but the bullet to do the had gasket. I was showing no signs of white smoke . And had all of the issues you are having. The mirror so good it will keep running with it , won't even fill the plugs. But I promise you it's the head gasket. You you will be so happy after replacing it.
Pros: happy after replacing
Cons: issues before replacing
I had this with my 02 Civic lx. Did compression test and it came up fine. Mechanic checked it and found it was the head gasket. Replaced it all with a gasket kit, new water pump and full tune up. Runs like a champs now, going on 4 months no problems.
Pros: runs like a champ
Cons: head gasket bad
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
I had a 2004 Civic 6 years ago and it kept driving with a blown head gasket I didn’t know about.
Pros: continued driving despite issue
Cons: blown head gasket
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
Are you sure it was the head gasket and not like the valve cover gasket? An oil leak from the head gasket is possible but really unusual. When a head gasket blows usually you start burning coolant, not leaking oil. Something in this story doesn’t quite make sense to me.
Pros: unusual oil leak
Cons: story doesn't make sense
after 70k be worried about your head gasket failing. Idk if Honda ever improved the head studs or torqued them tighter but earlier models up to 2023 with more than 70k miles are likely to have head gasket issues resulting in misfiring.
Cons: head gasket failing
Vehicle:
Acura RDX
Mileage: 70000 km
My 2018 LX head gaskets blew at 187k. Well maintained. I got rid of her.
Pros: well maintained
Cons: head gaskets blew
Vehicle:
Honda Accord
Mileage: 187000 km
Had my Honda serviced and fixed through Honda at 44k miles for head gasket and fuel injectors spark plugs and coils
89k miles and she started bucking limp mode flashing check engine I smelled burning coolant and had white smoke from my exhaust not to mention this car is stock and I maintenance it properly through Honda never missed a oil change ect car is driven like a baby.
Driving this morning to the shop was horrendous car kept bucking having misfires wouldn’t go past 38 mph coolant resovoir was halfway but radiator was empty that’s even with me checking it religiously shop called back to confirm they performed a scope and confirmed another head gasket leak of coolant into the heads.
Pros: properly maintained, stock car
Cons: head gasket leak, misfires
Vehicle:
Honda Accord
Mileage: 44000 km
I dumped way too much money into keeping it running and only got about 6000 miles out of it before the headgasket blew and after getting that fixed It went around 600 more miles before it spun a bearing and blew a hole out the side of the block
Cons: headgasket blew, spun bearing
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
Mileage: 6000 km
my wife's 2017 CR-V blew a head gasket at 133k, despite doing all the maintenance items when they were required., including yep.. regular oil changes when required. Honda dealer straight up lied and told me it was because I didn't change the oil, such BS. Took the car to another place, asked them to confirm this.. go figure, it was not true. I saw the engine myself. We just got the damn thing back after two months of tracking down a used engine, they are hard to find. That tells me this happens often. We ended up replacing the engine, but the turbocharger it came with was cracked so another had to shell out another 1k or something. All in all it was 8k. The frickin car will be paid off in January, we were so close. Anyways.. Come to find out there are class-action lawsuits in Canada over the 1.5 engine, I'm sure there will be one in the US as well after researching it. tons of issues. Lots of other manufacturer's have had issues with these little engines with high compression.
Cons: blew at 133k, frequent issue, expensive repair
Vehicle:
Honda
Mileage: 133000 km
non blown HG ( Toyota at time set too low of spec for bolts. So many blew early).
Cons: low spec bolts, early failure
Vehicle:
Toyota Supra
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Which head gasket to choose — OEM Honda or OEM Toyota?
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Which head gasket are better — OEM Toyota or OEM Honda?
In March 2026 on PartReview, head gasket OEM Honda were overall better than OEM Toyota.
- OEM Honda received a PR Score of 31 out of 100, and OEM Toyota scored 10 points.
- OEM Honda ranked 2 in the overall ranking, and OEM Toyota ranked 3.
- The average rating based on reviews is the same for OEM Honda (2.2) and OEM Toyota (1.6).
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Head gasket OEM Honda have better feature ratings than OEM Toyota:
- White smoke - owners believe, that this property for OEM Toyota is better than OEM Honda.
- Overheating - drivers claim, that this property for OEM Honda is outperforms OEM Toyota.
- Milky residue - reviews suggest, that this property for OEM Honda is preferred to OEM Toyota.
Which head gasket are more popular — OEM Honda or OEM Toyota?
In March 2026 on PartReview, head gasket OEM Toyota were overall more popular than OEM Toyota.
By vote balance, head gasket OEM Honda surpassed OEM Toyota:
- For OEM Honda, the ratio of positive (18) to negative (39) votes is -21 vote.
- For OEM Toyota, the ratio of positive (6) to negative (51) votes is -45 votes.
By number of reviews, the manufacturers are equal:
- For head gasket OEM Honda there are 18 reviews: 4 positive, 3 neutral, 11 negative.
- For head gasket OEM Toyota there are 18 reviews: 0 positive, 3 neutral, 15 negative.
Which head gasket do car owners prefer — OEM Honda or OEM Toyota?
In March 2026, according to PartReview, head gasket OEM Honda and OEM Toyota have not taken top places in car-specific ratings. You can help by adding your review about these manufacturers.
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