headgasket problem
 

well my car was overheating and blowing white smoke so i decided to replace the headgasket well tonight i started her up and she still overheats and blows MORE white smoke... my compression is around 120 (b18a) and when i open up the valvecover i dont see any milky oil or anything nor on the dipstick and no oil in coolant... but when i start the car and open the radiator cap smoke is comming out of it... and there is smoke comming out of the pcv valve and oil fill cap... my guess is that the new gasket isnt seeting right... any opinioins?

Re: headgasket problem
 

did you probarly blead the system

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did you straight edge the head and block?

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head might be warped..like he said^^

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no i dont think the block or head is warped.. but i didnt straight edge them.. it ran good before i took the headgasket off.. it just blew white smoke... now it runs like ass because of no compression... guess ill pull the head and take a look again....

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over heating could and will cause your head to warp... is your coolant over flow tank filling up? is this car boosted?

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no the coolant overflow isnt filling up... yea this car is boosted...

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i'd try to re install your head gasket..if it's MLS coat it nicely with copper gasket spray and make sure you tourqe your head bolt properly..

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I agree with check out both of these. In a worst case scenario, and probably highly unlikely.. if you've detonated HARD before you could have cracked a sleeve...? just a thought, but I doubt you did.... let us know what you find out

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k thanks guys... do u guys know what exactly the b18a/b headbolt torque specs are?

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70 ft pounds with ARP assy lube. Step torque it 30,50,70.

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k guys got it all together and sprayed gasket w/ copper spray, adjusted valves,got everything in spec and its drawing to much power when im trying to start it... the groundwire starts to smoke .. the only thing i did different this time was adjust the valves... could adjusting the valves to tight make it hard to turn over?

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no adjusting your valves didnt make your engine hard to turn over (directly). . Most likely i believe that you have made the compression higher in each cylinder, by adjusting the valves. Run a compression test. I bet that you will see you have a much better compression per cylinder, compared to the last time you checked it. My suggestion is to clean the corossion off the battery and terminal. Just get a good ground. and fire that motor up.

Also: if you do have higher compression, you might want to back off on timing. Seeing how that your car is boosted. higher cylinder compression means higer peak cylinder pressure. you might run into detonation. just a thought. :6

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its a new battery and no corrosion... i cant even push start it ... it looks like fumes/smoke (strong gas smell) is comming from the back/underside of the intake manifold.. everything is hooked up... what coud be leaking?

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mines doing the exact same dam thing :'(

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check for a short somewhere

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its weird it seems as if something is too tight not makn it turn over fast enough the timing belt isnt too tight