Re: head lifting?
 

I had the same oil seep but I looked carefully and it was from a dizzy seal :P

Re: head lifting?
 

Blow-by or a bad pcv system, I had oil all over my engine bay when my pcv was plugged and when my rings bad. including the areas you described. I re-used my stock headbolts 3 times and they held 10 psi with no "headlifting"

Re: head lifting?
 

Time for the dreaded compression test. >:D
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Re: head lifting?
 

Is this always the case?

I ask because my radiator overflow tank has been slowly filling up lately. It has been filling up about an inch a week...but my car has not overheated one time...

I'm preparing myself to do a headgasket in the near future, but my car isn't over heating so I guess it could be something else?

Re: head lifting?
 

sounds like your head is lifting but the fluid should works it way down the resevoir when it's cool

Re: head lifting?
 

I had the pcv hooked up for a while, that could be the problem. I have a catch can on it now. I doubt it's blow by, it was a fresh rebuild, only put 5000 kms on it since.

Stan

Re: head lifting?
 

Who put the rings in?

Re: head lifting?
 

A friend of mine, he's a tech at the local Honda dealership.

Stan

Re: head lifting?
 

yeah you know my head starts to warp and lift at the same time because of all the power i have in the daewoo lanos. i had to make brackets to hold the head down i am at least making well over a million HP and you know how that goes.
jk
you said your honda tech friend did it what if he put smaller rings on by accendent like for a D16 or a B16 its posssible but unlikly. im just throwing it out there and you can take it or keave it or just throw it right back at me

Re: head lifting?
 

You would have to be 100% mentally retarded to pull that one off.
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