ok. my friend has a b20 integra with a LS tranny. it was blowing out white smoke so we was guessing that his head gasket was blown. we opened up the head, and his head gasket was blown . so we got a new head gasket, resurfaced and cleaned the head, new intake manifold gasket, new oil and oil filter. we put everything on and dubble checked it all. then started it up and it smoked as if we didnt change the head gasket. there is no check engine light. does anyone knows what could be wrong so i can help my friend.. thanks...

 

did you make sure you didn't over torque the head bolts??

 

rings?

 

how long did you run the car for after you put everything back together? if there is still moisture in any part of the exhaust it will still exhale white smoke. if you ran it for awhile and it is still smoking i would double check torque specs, it's easy to get them mixed up with hybrids.

 

my friend ran the motor for a while and it still smoked. what are the torque specs for the head on b20's??

 

damn can't tell you the specs right off the back..but if im guessing right i think its like 65-72 foot pounds

 

does the smoke have a blueish tint to it?

 

under torque and over torque will lead to a head gasket leak again....check the coolent see if there's any oil mixed in yet....or start the engine and let it run for a few minutes then look at the bottom of the oil cap, if theres white bubbles then theres water in the system again.

 

cracked head or block maybe.

 

yea i torqued it to 72 pounds on the head.

 

its more like a light white smoke. it doesnt smoke a lot when the car is at idel. it smokes a lot when my friend revs or drives. it smokes a lot.....

 

yea i used the stock head bolts. maybe thats the reason why...

 

thanks for all the help everyone. im just trying to help my friend get his car running right. but when does any car run right....

 

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ok. i checked the dipstick and the oil is not "milky". ran the car for a little bit, checked under the oil cap for water specs but its was fine. drained coolient like 3 times. checked specs on head bolts. what else i can do to see why my friend car smokes? this **** is starting to **** me off and it aint even my car. haha. anyone???