*IF* I Had A Blown HG - How Fast Does Coolant Get Burned?
 

Ive had a dam problem since I put this car back together with overheating and I dont know if it all along was my headgasket.
Long story short the system is eating about 1.5L of coolant every 20km's

I cant see any drips or drops anywhere with the motor running but once I see the gauge start climbing I pulled over and sure enough the overflow was bubbling like lava, let it cool down and I was about 1.5L short of coolant. Did the same thing on the way home

The car isnt smoking at all, smells like an open DP car probably would smell like

I did have a few rad, hoses, thermo problems this last little while though. First ym rad hit my wastegate and I had to patch that and the car overheated, then I blew a water line going to the head, then my thermo stuck on me so I pulled it out and left it out, water leaked form there for a little bit on the udnerside but I glopped some high temp gasket on there and stopped it

Im just curious how fast a blown HG creating no smoke would eat coolant. Im either loosing it somewhere or I have a blown HG

Thanks

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You have a blown headgasket....

I had the same problem a long time ago, i blew up 2 radiators, 2 hoses, and changed the thermostat, and water pump and it still kept overheating....

then finally i change the headgasket and it was really fucked.

the culprit = ------- nitrous backfire

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So I went out n/a a bit ago, car ran at mint temps for about 10 min, I was reving it pretty high booting around

Whatdya ya know, temps started climbing and withing 15 min was above 3/4's and I had to shut it down

So I pulled over, still water bubling in the overflow (Im not emptying the overflow when I keep filling up the rad) but I also noticed a hairline crack in my jbweld patchjob tht I threw down from when my wategate hit it

Im gonna patch that up tonight with a good glob, maybe even retorque my headstuds down?

Need some help

I cant see a headgasket eating coolant this fast

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A blown headgasket will put water in your oil also due to the broken seal



dude do a compression test


retorquing doesnt fix ---- damage is done

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Ok I will do a compression test after work as well as hopefully a coolant test

Would the coolant compression tester still show a leaing cooling system if I had a blown headgasket?

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compression test will tell all

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Just fill it up everyday. I changed mine and it popped again the same day so just drive that bitch and before you race just say

" GO GO GADGET SMOKE!!!!" And dust that ass off.

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compression test - 160-160-160-160

I also found some coolant sizzling on a small hole in my jd weld patch on the rad

Whats ur opinion?

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if your radiator wont hold pressure that can cause major overheating, your radiator cap is pressure sensitive for a reason, for every 1 psi that your radiator cap will hold (i think honda uses about a 12psi cap) it will raise the boiling point 3 degrees, this isnt to say you dont have a bad head gasket but it may be part of it, also headlift is a big problem too. Headlift would be a good culprit to the overheating and boiling over, but a good compression test

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[quote=Turblow ]
compression test - 160-160-160-160

. the first time i did a comp test mine read the same and my friend laffed at me cuz he said i didnt open my have my throttle plate was closed

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I have a manually switch operated fan so rules that out

Im definetely losing coolant and losing it fast

To purge the system of air all I am doing is dumping about 3L of water into the rad while its running, slowly retopping it up as it sucks it into the system until it stops acepting water and stays full, to mee then theres no more water in there

Say I just let this car idle for like 30 min and keep my eye on the engine bay for external leaks, if the car overheats, that means it must be the headgasket right?

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you need to fix that crack the right way first, www.radiatorbarn.com, they have new radiatiors for basically any honda for 100 bucks or less, they work well too, put one im my integra. I am no expert by any means but from my understanding if your headgasket is truely gone then it doesnt matter how hard you push it, idle or otherwise it will over heat, even with all the fans on and new radiators and all that good stuff, however if it only over heats and the coolant boils over when you are pushing it hard and under boost than that would describe head lift, for that you would need some good headbolts (arp) and you might as well replace the headgasket (i dont think you can replace one without the other anyways) but for 160 bucks for a gasket, some good headbolts, and a can of copper spray you should be more than on your way to recovery

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Don't post questions on multiple sites. You either want our opinion, or the ricer opinion. :6

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you are in fact the stupidest ------ on the internet, every post you make wreaks of ignorance and lack of even the most basic common sense.

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Like you know what the ---- youre talking about Josh, nothing useful has come out of you in years

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low #'s

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Its just an A6 with 9:1 srp's

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Im running 3" open downpipe, exhaust is crystal clear and smells just fine

I run water so i dont think id smell it anyways

I just let the car idle for 20 min and the temps stayed normal, will pop off the rad cap to see how much coolant ti ate in a minute

Most likely Im gonna leave it like this til the end of the season if thats all it does s eat some coolant

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HEADLIFT

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The overflow bubbles even when driving around normal, I just did about 15 min of normal driving and the needle made it for 3/5ths up there and the overflow had some bubbling water or not

Im assuming because im losing coolant and that coolant is heating up, only quesiton for me is, wheres the coolant going...

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because id rather sit and watch you be ignorant. i could answer every question on this forum. my mom even knows the symptoms of a blown headgasket you fucktard.

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Blown headgasket, end of ------- story.

Go out and get a replacement, OEM or similar steel layered, not that composite ----. 45$
Get the head resurfaced, you over heated, most likey that ---- is warped slightly 25$
And if you dont trust that radiator patch job, 45$ or less will get you one at the junk.

and that will solve all of your problems, if you do this and it doesnt solve your problems, pour yourself a tall glass of antifreeze and drink away!

cheers!!!