The service manual for my Civic calls for using "Hondabond" to seal various things (e.g. the corners of the valve cover gasket). I'm going to need to do one of those things soon (preferably this weekend) so I did some price checking.
A tube of this stuff is $18 (!) at my local dealer and about $9 online from on place I checked with $7 shipping. I consider this essentially a wash. I could order more stuff to amortize the shipping cost but I don't think I really need anything else right now. In an effort to enable the job this weekend, I'd like to just get something local.
So my question is, what's so special about Hondabond? Can I just get some "normal" silicone sealant at an auto parts store instead? If I have to pony up the $18 I will, but I don't really want to waste the money if there's no advantage. To be fair, the stuff does seem to be pretty good from what I've read on various forums.
A tube of this stuff is $18 (!) at my local dealer and about $9 online from on place I checked with $7 shipping. I consider this essentially a wash. I could order more stuff to amortize the shipping cost but I don't think I really need anything else right now. In an effort to enable the job this weekend, I'd like to just get something local.
So my question is, what's so special about Hondabond? Can I just get some "normal" silicone sealant at an auto parts store instead? If I have to pony up the $18 I will, but I don't really want to waste the money if there's no advantage. To be fair, the stuff does seem to be pretty good from what I've read on various forums.