Benson sleeves, b18c5 head and block
Ny car loses coolant. Its been losing it since day 1. I recently pulled the valve cover, noticed this.....


So i replaced the headgasket, and 2 days later, I havent reved over 3k rpms... still losing coolant my valve cover is creamy once again.

What is going on?


No smoke, no coolant in oil the 2nd time..

edit:still dont know the problem


Modified by Jordo at 11:26 AM 3/7/2005

 

That looks blowby related... But I dunno, I've never seen a valve cover that creamy

 

you are getting water on your oil

 

make sure ur gasket is in the right way maybe the up side down?

 

Water in the oil. Possible culprits:

1) Leak between water jacket on HG.
2) Cracked sleeve.
3) Cracked block.
4) Warped deck.
5) Lifted head.
6) Possibly cracked intake manifold?

The only times I have seen this much coolant in the oil has been head gasket related.

 

Could a sunk sleeve cause something like that as well?

 

maybe that too

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 5thgencivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Could a sunk sleeve cause something like that as well?</TD></TR></TABLE>

looks just like ours when the sleeve sunk

 

Jordo, I would have your mechanic check to see if your sleeves dropped. I know it's far fetched but I have seen two motors similar to your's and that's what was wrong with both of them

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 0x64 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Jordo, I would have your mechanic check to see if your sleeves dropped. I know it's far fetched but I have seen two motors similar to your's and that's what was wrong with both of them </TD></TR></TABLE>

i just talked to the guy that installed the new head gasket..

He said he check the deck on block and the head, and saw nothing wrong with it..

 

yeah if it happened right after having it sleeved it could be the sleave drop cause thats alot of cream

 

Time for the usual compression and leakdown tests.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by beepy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Water in the oil. Possible culprits:

1) Leak between water jacket on HG.
2) Cracked sleeve.
3) Cracked block.
4) Warped deck.
5) Lifted head.
6) Possibly cracked intake manifold?

The only times I have seen this much coolant in the oil has been head gasket related.</TD></TR></TABLE>

1) What would fix this? i had a new headgasket installed.
2) Brand new benson sleeves??!?
3) ??
4) Warped deck. Decks were checked on both
5) brand new headgasket, never reved over 3krpms
6) had a crack intake manifold, new JG is on and its brand new

 

when i pulled my valve cover the one time . mine looked like that too. I did comp test and it made hella power, so i didnt tink anything of it.
I sold it later, And the dude DD's it now. So i dont think it went anyfurther.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Muckman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Time for the usual compression and leakdown tests. </TD></TR></TABLE>

both are less then 10 percent

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by itr206 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">when i pulled my valve cover the one time . mine looked like that too. I did comp test and it made hella power, so i didnt tink anything of it.
I sold it later, And the dude DD's it now. So i dont think it went anyfurther. </TD></TR></TABLE>

??????? did it eat coolant though

 

where did you have your sleeves installed?

 

how much did you lose coolant?

 

i was loosing some from the overflow, and was getting real hot, but the HG was brand new. ALso like i said, the kid drained the **** i had in it and i havent heard any complaints from him

What blend are you using for coolant?

 

50/50 blend is best.

 

im asking what he is using. I know what the best is.
But without knowing what he is using and what not, a prob cant be diagnosed

Couild it be blowby related? how could that cause this issues?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by itr206 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im asking what he is using. I know what the best is.
But without knowing what he is using and what not, a prob cant be diagnosed

Couild it be blowby related? how could that cause this issues?</TD></TR></TABLE>

before i was using honda coolant,

for these last two days, just water..

 

Yikes, def. looks like coolant + oil. I would imagine when you add coolant into the oil you lose a lot of lube, and knowing your situation I probably wouldnt drive that sucked until you figure it out

GL, bump

 

wish u the best of luck, seems like you are always having problems.

 

the guys that did the work on the headgasket, one of them is comign to pick the car up tonight..
He thinks i might be over reacting..

When we started the car up after the headgasket replacement, the motor still had a little water in it, i hope thats the water im seeing..