hondamyheart

Hi,

My accord won't start , the engine is turning over but not starting the oil and battery lights stays on, it just happened yesterday when I start it it blows white smoke for 30 seconds and then stopped , the car was running rough and backfiring like hell. I shut the car off and now it won't start the oil and battery lights stays on only . What could cause this?

fcm

White smoke is coolant burning,= blown head gasket. 94

hondamyheart

am in process of removing the head. I removed valve cover, set engine to TDC and removed timing belt, removed cams and distributor.now I gained the access to the head bolts they are b**** to remove. Any tips on how to break them loose?

hondamyheart

I managed to remove them with breaker bar. I just need to unbolt the thermostat neck and vtec solenoid.

holmesnmanny

Did you atleast compression test before you decided to pull the head ?

hondamyheart

Yep, All zero! makes me surprised.

holmesnmanny

It's practically impossible to have no compression on all cylinders, did you actually check tdc or just set the crank or cam to tdc before you pulled the belt, without checking that they were all lining up ?

hondamyheart

Pulled up the head. Head gasket shot, Pistons filled up with water and oil. How do I know if the pistons are bad?

holmesnmanny

It's likely your car was overheating for a long time. There is a lot of corrosion and burned oil in there.

hondamyheart

I took the head to the machine shop ,they checked and serviced it. It is fine. The car was sitting for a long time around two years. when i pull the dipstick the oil was dark black. Image of headgasket attached