Originally Posted by '93Hatch

Honda Tech,



I am wondering why my car spews white smoke and water (maybe blown head gasket)? I am also wondering what the noise was that sounded like an e brake being pulled? Is the engine in good enough condition to autoX? This is the 8 valve CX engine if that makes any difference.

Thanks,
Griff

Originally Posted by White_EG1

How are we supposed to tell how good of a condition your motor is in? You didn't show us plugs or say you did any maintenance. We don't know how much you beat on it. But judging by your vid it's on jts last leg.


You want to take a CX to auto X?

Originally Posted by '93Hatch

Maybe you should get more insight on situations before you make assumptions; a simple, can you prove more info on maintence/how much you beat on the car, would have worked fine if not significantly better. I just purchased the vehicle from a middle aged engineer and he did not have records. Before you chew me out for the purchase, this is not my DD, I was just wanting a cheap track car. Just because you are not college educated (I assume this based on an educated guess backed by evidence) and clearly have some issues (emotional maybe? I'm not wrong, am I? Again, this is a guess that I can support if needed) doesn't mean that you need to tear down another human over the Internet. I'm hoping that you are just having a bad day. I've never met another car enthusest that has ever talked down about someone else autoXing a slow car. In fact, every one who is involved with the autoX events encourages others to come out, even if they have under qualified cars. Again, uneducated assumptions. I'm learning to race so there is no need for a fast car. I hope that other Honda enthusiast are genuine, kind people that are more polite than yourself.

Best,
Griffin

Originally Posted by RonJ@HT

Dude, you need to do some serious chilling. The poster said nothing offensive, and you became unglued.

Originally Posted by '93Hatch

Please disregaurd that post, I'd like info on what's going on with my car. I don't stand for it when people talk down to me like that, the last line was not needed. I'd hate for someone to be discouraged to race their car just because of some uneducated ignorant kid.

Originally Posted by RonJ@HT

You're derailing your own thread.

Originally Posted by '93Hatch

Do you happen to know what the issue with my car is?

Originally Posted by White_EG1

You answered your own question. With smoking like that it has to be a head gasket, valve seal, or piston ring issue but I see your smoke is blue indicating a ring issue, or it could be all 3. Give it a wet and dry compression test. Now this will tell you exactly how healthy your motor is.

Originally Posted by '93Hatch

The previous owner said the head gasket was replaced

Originally Posted by slogfilet

Do you know where or by whom the head gasket replacement was done? If not done correctly, it has a high likelihood of failure. If the previous hg failed and caused overheating, simply replacing with a new hg will not necessarily solve the issue.

Originally Posted by slogfilet

Do you know where or by whom the head gasket replacement was done? If not done correctly, it has a high likelihood of failure. If the previous hg failed and caused overheating, simply replacing with a new hg will not necessarily solve the issue.

Originally Posted by '93Hatch

Yea, I have no idea where it was done. I'm going to call the dealership on Monday with the VIN to see if they have any record of it. What do you recommend to do if the car previously overheated? Get the head rebuilt?

Originally Posted by angrysmileyface

Do a leak down test as well as a compression test. Either way your engine sounds unhealthy for dd or autox