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Anyone have this fixed recently?

I got a quote from the dealer that about gave me a stroke.

Of course I'd do the water pump and timing belt at the same time...

I've never even looked in the engine bay of a Honda Pilot, but is there a reason you can't do it yourself?

Most likely the engine has to be pulled for them to do it . If the vehicle is relatively low mileage I encourage you to contact Honda Customer Service and tell them in a nice way that you won't be doing business with them anymore. They will probably negotiate a more equitable price then what the dealer gave you.


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Good Luck

It doesn't have to be pulled, but it's not an easy deal. You have to take a lot of the motor apart so there is a lot of time involved obviously.

Time would be the biggest factor. I have a few places around town I can check into and see what they say before I'd ever have the dealer do it.

What was the quote?

$2700

Park it in a trashy neighborhood with the keys in the switch and a case of beer on the passenger seat.... oh and make sure you got full coverage on it. MB

how many miles ? it is not just the Head Gasket , once you open the head you will see a whole bunch of thing need repair or replacement ( ring , cylinder honing ,piston , etc.. ) , not to mention the computer may need to change as well .

how many miles? A 9 year old Honda needing a head gasket? zoinks

$2700 is lower mileage engine replacement money

Hi Tom,

Yep mostly labour - Book time for both heads is 12.5 hours (Mitchell Pro-demand) - 14.2 hours (Alldata/Snap-on) + the little add ons for timing components & water pump !!

Who diagnosed the head gasket leak & how ?

Symptoms ?

No schit, I was unaware that Honda's broke down.

For a used, not rebuilt engine maybe, but plus 20 hours labour !

that sucks, 2700 with the timing belt and water pump though? That sounds about right. I wanna say I was in my 100,000k tunup in my 07 ridgeline for about 1400 which included a new motor mount along with the water pump, belt, plugs, fluids, etc....


They can probably find you a low mileage engine to swap for about that though.


Or honestly...it may be time to trade, its going on 10 years old, get what you can for it and use that 2700 towards a newer vehicle. They'll patch that pilot good enough to throw in an auction or sell to a used car lot down the street.

Tom,

Try TNT in North Branch. Wade does good work on Hondas. 651 674-5788.

Don't even get me started. That rig has already been stolen once. Recovered and repaired and we are still driving it. lol Not kidding.

It's not broke down. It was a code that popped up on the dash. I'm going to have it looked at by someone else before I do anything that costs more than my first 3 cars combined.

Paul,

Dealer diagnosed it, which is my first red flag. It was a code. The thing runs like a top with 110K miles on it. I'd not be surprised if it needs timing belt/chain, water pump, etc...

Thank you. I'll give em a call if I need to.

Never heard of a honda code for a blown head gasket...usually you don't need a code to tell you you have a head gasket issue.....

I believe advanced or autozone will pull codes for free...see what they come up with and then google the code.