Honda D17A Intake Manifold Gasket 17055-PLD-004

Honda D17A2 Intake Manifold Gasket - Genuine OEM (17055-PLD-004)

You've got the intake manifold off your Civic EX, so whatever you do, don't slap it back on with the old gasket still in there. This is the one you want, Honda part 17055-PLD-004, the genuine intake manifold gasket for the D17A2. Here's the deal with these coated felt gaskets: once you've cracked the seal and pulled the manifold, that old gasket's done. It's been crushed into shape for twenty-some years and it isn't going to seal flat again. Drop a fresh one in and you button the job up clean. Reuse the old one and there's a real good chance you're back under the hood next weekend chasing a leak you made yourself.

Why You Don't Want To Cheap Out Here

This little gasket seals your intake manifold to the head, and its whole job is making sure the only air getting into your engine is the air coming through the throttle body. When it's cracked or hardened, you get a vacuum leak, and trust me, a vacuum leak will drive you nuts. The car idles high or rough, throws a check engine light, stumbles when you don't expect it, and your fuel economy quietly gets worse. The frustrating part is you'll swear something big is wrong and end up chasing sensors and tune-ups when the real culprit is a five-dollar gasket letting in air it shouldn't. If you're already in there, just put the new one in and take that whole headache off the table.

It's A Coated Felt Gasket, So Here's The Trick To It

This is the factory-style felt gasket with a coating on it that helps it grab the surfaces and seal tight. Best part is you don't need to mess around with extra sealant or RTV, the gasket does the work on its own. What you do need to do is get both surfaces clean, wipe off every bit of the old gasket and any crud, set the new one in place, and torque the manifold down nice and even. That's it. Clean surfaces and even torque are the whole game here, do those two things and it'll seal up right the first time and stay that way.

Knock Out The Rest While You're In There

Be honest, when's the next time you're going to have this manifold off? While it's out of the way, take care of the stuff that's a pain to reach any other time. Eyeball your throttle body gasket, give the throttle body and IAC passages a good cleaning while they're wide open, and run your eyes over the coolant hoses and vacuum lines tucked back there for any cracks. None of it adds much time with the manifold out, and it beats pulling everything apart again down the road over something you were looking right at today.

What You Get

• Genuine Honda intake manifold gasket (17055-PLD-004) for the D17A2
• Coated felt-style design for a tight seal
• Seals the intake manifold to the cylinder head
• No additional sealant required
• Direct OEM replacement
• Sold individually

Fits These Cars

• 2001-2005 Honda Civic EX (D17A2)

Note: Genuine Honda intake manifold gasket, part number 17055-PLD-004, for the D17A2 in the 2001-2005 Honda Civic EX. Coated felt-style gasket that seals the intake manifold to the cylinder head, designed to conform to the sealing surfaces without additional sealant. A worn intake manifold gasket can cause vacuum leaks, rough or high idle, hesitation, and a check engine light. It's recommended any time the intake manifold comes off, replace it rather than reusing the original. Install on clean surfaces with the manifold torqued down evenly. Sold individually. One gasket per order.