HondaPartsHero

Because of the overheating thread trend lately I thought I would put this resource together if you suspect your cars head gasket is blown. Most people have overheated their car to the point of no return and have thrown every part at their car under the sun with little to no results. So before you do that and waste more money, Here ya go and please feel free to add:

How to test for a blown head gasket
http://troubleshootmyvehicle.com/hon...-head-gasket-1

Block tester

How to replace a head gasket:

Dseries
http://hondaswap.com/general-tech-ar...ts-pics-71528/
http://www.civic-eg.com/viewtopic.php?t=2865

B series
http://www.google.com/m?q=replace%20...0head%20gasket

doctorake

Very nice, there has been a rise of these thread recently.

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

Every summer. This winter you'll get a lot of "my heat isn't working". Might want to make a DIY for that too.

f15Civic

Yeah with the start of the summer it seems cars that have a weaken cooling system components start having over heating problems. Through the winter my car had a small leak from the water pump and last Friday in my way home from work it finally went. Spent Sat afternoon and Sunday morning replacing the Water pump and timing belt and in the process I replaced the thermostat as well. Everything seemed fine with no leaks what so ever and Monday morning on my way to work the Radiator blew! I had a tow truck take me back home where I replaced the Radiator

After the replacing the Radiator I had to bleed the system because for some reason the temp kept fluctuating from normal to about 3/4 while driving for no reason. So far no more overheating.

I my try to find that kit to see if there was any damage to the head/block even though its not blue smoking or mixing.

mrbassmx

the block tester tool and block tester fluid are more cheap in autozone than ebay, amazon, etc.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=391378_0_0_

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=391381_0_0_

B_Swapped93

Here, a good "how to pull the head" on a B-series https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/%5Bdiy%5D-how-remove-b-series-cylinder-head-2950764/

mrbassmx

I already did the engine compression.
dry
cylinder #1 = 180 psi
cylinder #2 = 189
cylinder #3 = 185
cylinder #4 = 189

wet, i think that I put a lot of oil
cylinder #1 = 270 psi
cylinder #2 = >300
cylinder #3 = 230
cylinder #4 = 210

isnt a blown head gasket?