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Car Forum / Honda Cars / January 2006Honda Passport
My brother-in-law has a 94 or 95 Honda Passport with the V-6 and it has a blown head gasket. What experience has anyone had with these after repairing the head gasket? My understanding is that Isuzu 4 cylinders of that erra were known for that problem and my brother had one of those trucks and I believe he replaced 2 head gaskets in it. I'm just curious if this is something worth paying someone to fix or if they should just sell it as is and move on. The passport has a little over 100,000 miles. Thanks > My brother-in-law has a 94 or 95 Honda Passport with the V-6 and it > has a blown head gasket. > > What experience has anyone had with these after repairing the head > gasket? Can't "repair" it, only replace. > My understanding is that Isuzu 4 cylinders of that erra were known for > that problem Just about ALL cars made around 1995 had a problem with premature head gasket failure. The only exceptions were those Hondas that used the steel/Teflon sandwich gaskets. Just before 1995, the US federal government outlawed asbestos for use in gaskets, but stupidly did not allow the auto manufacturers enough time to properly develop an alternative composition. Years later, people yelled at the automakers, not the Feds, when their head gaskets blew. Having said that, head gaskets all fail eventually, with failure being greatly accelerated by neglect of the coolant. > and my brother had one of those trucks and I believe he > replaced 2 head gaskets in it. TWO head gaskets in 100K miles? Holy crap. I hope you mean one per bank. > I'm just curious if this is something > worth paying someone to fix or if they should just sell it as is and > move on. Depends on the car's maintenance regimen. If the coolant has been changed every two years, you're likely OK with just the $600 or so to replace the gasket(s). If it's been neglected, you could have corrosion at the cylinder tops, which may make repair either unwarrantable, or uneconomic.  SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ I don't know how many miles were on my brother's truck, but it was a 4 cylinder, so yes, 2 blown head gaskets, two different times. I'm sure when he finally sold that truck there was less than 125k on it and he is the type who maintains his vehicles. As for my brother-in-law, he has a 6 cylinder and that's what the issue is this time. He had someone offer him $1500 for his passport as is and I told him to jump on it, but now he's backing out of that suggestion and he's taken it to the shop, where I'm sure he'll pay to have it fixed. I guess I hope for the best, I just don't see where doing the job right it'll be under $1k. After all at 100,000 to 115,000 miles, I'm sure he should be looking at a new timing chain (or belt, don't know what the passports used) as it'll be due soon enough. And NO, my brother-in-law isn't the type to keep a close eye on maintenance. He might get the oil changed regularly, but that's probably about it. Thanks for your post, at least I know know why so many of those vehicles had issues back then.... >> My brother-in-law has a 94 or 95 Honda Passport with the V-6 and it >> has a blown head gasket. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > cylinder > tops, which may make repair either unwarrantable, or uneconomic.
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