cloud

I did a compression test and it pulled like 210 on every cylindr. Headgasket right? Wanna make sure before I rip this thing apart.

cloud

anybody online, wanna get started on this thing

cloud

NM, I'm gonna throw a HG on it and see what happens.

bumblezc

I've had good compression and a bad HG before. It's possible!

teg91

take off your radiator cap fill it to the top and leave off the cap go start your car if it starts shooting out hg for sure

Jmunk

Didn't Hotrex have the same signs and it was that the sleeves cracked ?

cloud

Well I finished the same day I posted, one day, personal record . Wouldn't of even took half as long if I didn't have to scape the piece of ---- composite HG of the deck and block. Anyway, I finished and it wasn't smoking at first, but the idle was bouncing and a lot stalling. So I reset the ecu and other really small things with no luck. Got late. The plugs looked like ---- from the gasket remover etc. . Put a new set of plugs in and it idle fine, no smoke, 99% sure this was a day or two ago now. so i'm like cool. yesterday morning it starts acting up again. I'm thinking it's the gasket remover and brake cleaner burning off the head?? I idled it pretty high for like 5-10 minutes, still smoking. The HG went pretty ------- smooth, the old HG came off the deck easy. getting it off the head was the only problem. I left a very little bit on the head that i couldn't get off with what I had...... The smoke is def. white haven't checked the compression again, but more than likely it's the same if not better. could a old cat contribute to it?? it's not clogged, cause I'm making power, more or less need to mess w/ cam timing and such, but it has like over 200k. ?

FooK

you need to not use a composite headgasket, get a metal one.

HMT-Admin

Beau was telling me on D15's and D16's Non vtec obd0/1 the outter headbolts can be a tad bit to long and can cause the head not to seal correctly. And if you actually go to the dealer they sell headbolts that are a few mm's shorter for this problem, guess its actually a TSB on this.

cloud

I used a metal 3 layer HG.

Hmmm, I wasn't aware of the outer bolts being shorter. TSB?? I have a set of arp's I really didn't wan't to use on this motor.

cylinder cracked nothing obvious, all so it seemed to act up when I put seafoam in the gas tank, guessing it broke up a bit of carbon, etc. that's bonding everything. ----!!!!!!!!!!!, seafoam, ---- keeps ------- up my ----.