Turblow

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

traff1c

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

Turblow

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

Guy-Fast

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

Turblow

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?

Guy-Fast

compression test will tell all

chiman72

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 *** off.

Turblow

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?

clemsonteg

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

skittersk8er

[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