Head gasket issues

[Dopeman]

For the 1.5 turbo, I’ve read people had issues with the head bolts/gasket causing coolant to leak into the cylinders. On a stock motor, how many miles do you think this engine will last? Should I sell it before I hit a number of miles? It’s a 2022 Si

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[cryptolime]

i know 2018s had a lot of head gasket failures. hopefully they've made some changes to prevent that from happening on new models.

 

[Savannah@TSP]

I haven't heard of many issues with the stock 1.5Ts but more so with the more modified ones. I feel like that being the only reason for selling it is a pretty extreme direction when a relatively cheap solution is already available and on the market. We recommend installing our head stud kit to avoid the headache of blowing a head gasket. These can be installed one by one without lifting the cylinder head.

Honda L15 Turbo Head Stud Kit for 2016+ 1.5T Engine (twostepperformance.com)

Edit: just realized how old this thread is. Oops?

 

[Chilly613]

I haven't heard of many issues with the stock 1.5Ts but more so with the more modified ones. I feel like that being the only reason for selling it is a pretty extreme direction when a relatively cheap solution is already available and on the market. We recommend installing our head stud kit to avoid the headache of blowing a head gasket. These can be installed one by one without lifting the cylinder head.

Honda L15 Turbo Head Stud Kit for 2016+ 1.5T Engine (twostepperformance.com)

Edit: just realized how old this thread is. Oops?

This will probably be my next purchase. Probably don't need it with an OTS tune, but better safe than sorry.

 

[Savannah@TSP]

This will probably be my next purchase. Probably don't need it with an OTS tune, but better safe than sorry.

Definitely better safe than sorry.

 

[unmolestedBASE]

For the 1.5 turbo, I’ve read people had issues with the head bolts/gasket causing coolant to leak into the cylinders. On a stock motor, how many miles do you think this engine will last? Should I sell it before I hit a number of miles? It’s a 2022 Si

I bought my 24 lx non turbo with 13 miles in January and at 42,460 miles in September it developed a misfire and went into limp mode the dealership said they would get it in the next day later and 2.5 weeks went by and after I had called and asked several times if anything was figured out. I get a call back and they told me they changed the spark plugs and it didn’t make a
Difference in what it was doing so they were going to have a Honda engineer come in to help them figure it out. Another week went by and now they claim it was either a head gasket or cracked head. And currently still in the shop after almost a month at this point.
And the loaner car I had to tell I wasn’t leaving with out one . Is hands down a complete disaster has a serpentine belt knock was a quart and a half low on oil I have to put air in the tires every day. And has an incredible left pull I can’t wait to give it back after I’ve been putting 1200 miles on it every week I have to drive it

 

[cryptolime]

I bought my 24 lx non turbo with 13 miles in January and at 42,460 miles in September it developed a misfire and went into limp mode the dealership said they would get it in the next day later and 2.5 weeks went by and after I had called and asked several times if anything was figured out. I get a call back and they told me they changed the spark plugs and it didn’t make a
Difference in what it was doing so they were going to have a Honda engineer come in to help them figure it out. Another week went by and now they claim it was either a head gasket or cracked head. And currently still in the shop after almost a month at this point.
And the loaner car I had to tell I wasn’t leaving with out one . Is hands down a complete disaster has a serpentine belt knock was a quart and a half low on oil I have to put air in the tires every day. And has an incredible left pull I can’t wait to give it back after I’ve been putting 1200 miles on it every week I have to drive it

i hope they don't try to charge you for the loaner car at 1200 miles a week....that would be expensive

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