Donkeeyyy

hey guys i realized the car wouldnt start i might have sprayed to much carb cleaner and now i cleaned the holes took the spark plugs out cleaned them and screwed em back in. now i try to start it smoke is coming outta exhaust. im guessing its white smoke. anyone had this problem before?

OutOfGame

you could have a bad head gasket and oil and coolant could have mixed. IDK but thats what happened to my car. and i had to clean out the head and get new gaskets.

Donkeeyyy

how hard is it to change a head gasket? also what kind of tools r required? i just got me a valve cover gasket and about to do that but idk about head gasket yet

TheAsian

Head gasket is pretty involved. I wouldn't attempt it if you 'very mechanically inclined.

Basic tools are needed, and a click type torque wrench that can read from 5 lbs-ft to 100 lbs-ft. Dont use a beam type. Harmonic balancer holder can be rented at auto zone or advanced. It will make your life a lot easier trying to do this. 3/8 and 1/2 drive shallow sockets with extensions for both. Good ratchets, and two adjustable wrenches something that can open up to 24mm at least or a DOHC cam gear holder.

A non vtec is easier to do than a vtec engine.

Check your oil dose it look milkey check under the oil cap. How do the spark plugs look. Do a compression test if the number look low perform a cyl leak down test to see exactly where the problem is.

Donkeeyyy

ok now theres no more smoke.. also the spark plkug wires had some oil touching the metal part of if and i was told it might be the wires. this car was running just fine can it still be bad headgasket?

keepinitrehaal

Sounds like the seals on the underside of your valve cover are shot. Replace them, clean the oil and recheck.