Cyber ITR

Alright, so i got my engine fully built, resleeved with darton solid deck, etc etc

here's the problem, after a while of driving the car, the overflow bottle would be all the fullllll, im talking like full full full

the car does not overheat what so ever tho ......

wait another problem, it also running on 3 cylinders after i drive it like an hour so

please help, i wanna cry now .....

turbotime

same exact thing happened to me, and lemme guess it shoots out of the overflow tank in boost?

i fixed it by: replacing headgasket, getting ARP headstuds.

What HG are you running now? Stock? Screw the copper and the felpro, get an OEM honda headgasket, coat it with copper spray. The correct technique for copper spray is 2-3 coats per side, let dry til tacky, then install.

should fix u right up i know your frustration man, when it was happenin to me i was like WTF?!?! and mine didnt overheat either!

Cprace1

sounds like a blown head gasket or maybe a cracked sleeve are you using stock bolts are ARP head studs?

Cyber ITR

yeah im running ARP headstuds

anyone knows what sort of torque spec should i tighten them to ???
its a b18c1 engine

thanks

purpleh22

Were the block and head surfaces trued? (resurfaced) They should be relatively smooth and not show much in the way of machining marks.
OEM gaskets are a good way to go - as was mentioned.

high boosted rex

i had the same problem and one of the sleeves dropped slighty, but it was puffing white smoke out the exhaust

EK_GSR

i torqued mine down to stock spec with i believe is 62 or 61?? i dont remember... but i think ARP's are suppose to be torqued down to 71. dont quote me exactly but im almost sure.

the way mine are torqued the car is fine, and hasnt had any problems, just street tuned, and was on the dyno for about an hour tuning it. this is at 7 lbs or course. higher PSI might make a difference ?? not sure on that.

Cyber ITR

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was urs blowing white smokes all the time ????

SPOOLINmatt

torque to 70 with moly lube, or 85 with motor oil.

Cprace1

There is a thread on here, about the ARP studs people that have been using the torque specs. that ARP is giving and having issues with blowing head gaskets, I tried to find it but can't do a little searching, it solved all my problems