Well wtf (*new ?*)
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One of my friend's is having a similar HG problem with his freshly rebuilt b17. It has no miles on it yet at all, but he says it's leaking oil from the hg and he's overheating pretty bad and has massive amounts of air coming through the cooling system. He also had the deck and head shaved, but is using the stock headbolts. Only thing I can come up with is the dowel pins...if the block/head is decked, the dowel pins need to be turned down the amount that was shaved+the lower c/r hg. Ask the machinist whether or not they turned down the dowel pins.
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oil likes to travel from cooler areas to hotter areas of the engine. I thought for sure my hg was leaking oil, but it turned out to be the vtec solenoid gasket. I would check those before you go for the hg.
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Originally Posted by lilpooh21186
i have a cometic 030 mls head gasket w/arp's has anyone else had this problem if so is there a quick fix? What are you other hmters using for head gaskets? The shop pulled my dowl pins out so they could rerface could this be the reason it leaks?
Second: They pulled the dowl allignment pins so they could surface the deck. Gotcha. Are they missing or do you suspect that they're too long?
Third: Is your machine shop worth a darn? MLS head gaskets require an R50 surface or better. Otherwise they won't seal very well.
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they are prolly to long i put the motor togeather my self i didint know i would have to trim them now that i replace the dist oring the oil is not as bad i can see there is a small leak from the back of my vcg but im not sure if that would do it ill try to post pics tom