2000 Honda Civic head gasket problem?

Asked by Guru3H3HV Dec 09, 2020 at 03:58 PM about the 2000 Honda Civic Coupe DX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have recently been having overheating problems
on my 2000 Honda Civic and I replaced the
thermostat because it was getting stuck closed.
After fixing that about a month ago, my car was
functioning good but then I had somthing blow up
under my hood and coolent was leaking out of the
side of my block and had a misfire on 2 cylinders. I
just took the head off of my car and need to replace
the head gasket, I’m just not sure what I should do
next, should I bring my head to a machine shop? Or
just throw a new gasket on it and put new head
bolts in? Also included is a picture of my valves and
was just wondering why they were so white.

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Get ahold of a set of feeler gauges and a straight edge. Take the straight edge and lay it across the head (side that sits on block) and check for gaps. There are videos on how to do this on youtube. If no gaps are found anywhere, you got lucky and continue with the replacement. If you have gaps it will need refinished

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