Is that what the valvecover looks like now after you've replaced the gasket? if so then you still have a problem...unless you didn't clean out the head and oil pan at all after the first time.

What type of head gasket are you using, whats the bore size of this engine and is it o-ringed?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Darin D. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is that what the valvecover looks like now after you've replaced the gasket? if so then you still have a problem...unless you didn't clean out the head and oil pan at all after the first time.

What type of head gasket are you using, whats the bore size of this engine and is it o-ringed?</TD></TR></TABLE>

the head was cleaneded out, but the oil pan was not cleaned out...

no oringed, its stepped deck.. Golden eagle 84.5mm bore and 84.5mm Benson sleeves

 

thats looks pretty bad and it has nothing to do with blow-by of any sort. hopefully its just leftover from when the new headgasket was installed.
but if its not, i hate to say it but i would personally think its a sunk sleeve because unless the block is cracked somewhere there really isnt another place where water/oil would mix. you wouldnt expect this from new benson's sleeves tho, so who knows. was the new headgasket coppersprayed?

 

Howd yu pop a headgasket....

Man, i feel sorry for your ***...

 

coolant in oil, no doubt

 

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ya sure?

 

my GF's VC looked like that on her o-ringed GE block. The #2 cylinder would take on water while the engine cooled. Start it up, get it warm, the leak stops and it runs tip-top shape.
I deteremined the cause to be bad O-ring install(Im a welder, not a machinist). I think that is just left-overs from the previous head gasket. If not, than it something else, probably sleeve related.

 

But I thought Benson sleeves don't crack/sink

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostincoupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">But I thought Benson sleeves don't crack/sink </TD></TR></TABLE>
If theres a problem in the motor, ANYTHING can be destoryed

 

there is no way you would have blown the headgasket again so fast while only revving to 3k. There has to be something else wrong.

 

More than likely, but it theoretically could be left-overs from other parts of the motor. Blown headgaskets are nasty business

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostincoupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">But I thought Benson sleeves don't crack/sink </TD></TR></TABLE>

Who said they did? There is NO information here proving they did. Like Tinker said it could be left over.

 

that is coolant mixed with oil for shure , maybe the sleeves are leaking at the base , where they go into the block , i was having some coolant issues and i run benson sleeves , but i have nothing in my oil though , i just changed my h/g so we will see what happens , then i will try some block sealer if i have a problem just to be shure it is sealed , i think they are leaking at the base and into the pan , just think all that water and coolant whent through all the bearings not good

 

i think its left over water, or the sleeves are fucked up...

and to the guy that said i should quit, your right, i just dont know where to start

 

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I did. lol
They arent less headaches though. Still a car.

I got my car running good enuff to get a few track passes on it and some decent numbers without stressing it much and said Buh BYe, Sold that ************.
I was tired of the headache.

 

here is a post this guy has benson sleevs also , https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1034242

 

What I'll do is change the headgasket (clean the head, use copper spray), bleed the cooling system (coolant all topped off and at corrent level), and the do some redline pulls. Then pop your hood and look at the overflow bottle. If the coolant in the overflow bottle exploded everywhere, then chances are you have sunken sleeves. If not, but there is still coolant in the oil, then it could be leaks in the bottom of the sleeves to the block, or even a hairline crack in the head (coolant seeping into the oil passages).

 

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I read his whole post... i didnt see an outcome..

I hope by me replacing the gasket and them retorqueing everything down fixed the problem.. if not im thinking some bars none maybe??

 

bars stop leak, not bars none. lol

 

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I read his whole post... i didnt see an outcome..

I hope by me replacing the gasket and them retorqueing everything down fixed the problem.. if not im thinking some bars none maybe??</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hey Jordan,

The outcome was I pulled my block had Dan Benson and Earl check it over and we couldn't find anything wrong with it whatsoever. It was pressure checked and that came back fine. I had Dan do the drip test and no solvent leaked from the bottom of the sleeves either. The deck surface was a little on the rough side and perhaps there may have been some seepage but it was pretty much inconclusive. I bought a new longblock and went back to stock now so I have no idea what the final outcome would have been.

Are you losing coolant from your coolant reservoir?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iiilgsrlll &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey Jordan,

The outcome was I pulled my block had Dan Benson and Earl check it over and we couldn't find anything wrong with it whatsoever. It was pressure checked and that came back fine. I had Dan do the drip test and no solvent leaked from the bottom of the sleeves either. The deck surface was a little on the rough side and perhaps there may have been some seepage but it was pretty much inconclusive. I bought a new longblock and went back to stock now so I have no idea what the final outcome would have been.

Are you losing coolant from your coolant reservoir? </TD></TR></TABLE>

yes i am losing coolant reservior..........im not sure though its ifs leaking into the motor.. we didnt get the air pockets out

 

Jordan,

This might be a long shot but what is your PCV system setup right now?

 

what affects would this have on it ????

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C1CYA &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what affects would this have on it ????</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nothing on the disappearing coolant out of the reservoir. However, I did have a constant mist of steam out of my valve cover breather and I did have a modified PCV system. This is in reference to after I had replaced my head gasket and the disappearing coolant seemed to have stopped/slowed.

 

all the steam is , is conedsation , from all the cold metal heating up alot of cars have it , but still there is coolant getting in the oil some how ,