Tinker219

Car has been sitting for around 8 months. Last time it was driven it was clean.
Started up(roughly, missing, a mess)4 months ago in a mad dash to get to NOPI(didnt finish the car in time because of this, good thing I guess!), and has sat ever since. So, Im thinking the four month startup was fatal somehow.
Compression #s were 150 across the board(yesturday), 9:1 JE's in 85mm GE sleeved B20Vtec. For some reason the car wont start, so Im starting to think something is severly NOT RIGHT.
I wiped one side of the valve cover clean, the other side I didnt touch. So is THIS what blown headgaskets look like?
Any good recomendations for OEM replacement gaskets bored to 85mm? I was thinking GE...

FredoSP

I think cometic makes a 85mm, but I'm not 100% sure. Larry @ Endyn used one for my 84.5mm bore

Dammm that's messy!

alpha

I told you not to use cholcolate ice cream under your valve cover Tinker. It's all about the spicy mustard

Tinker219

if that pictures for real, then THAT is messy!

J.R.

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alpha

110% real, heh. On the head gasket I would just pickup a GEM overbored head gasket.

Kataku2K3

Looks like a lovely coolant/oil mix to me... I would run a leakdown test first to see if you find anything special beyond the headgasket... I hate Cometic headgaskets, we went through 3 of them on Will's motor when it was just being broken in (so that was in the first 1000miles with no boost)... Even on the higher boost setups the overbored GE's seem to work best for us... Have Fun

Tinker219

I was just informed that it was a Cometic(I havent been in the motor yet, came in the car). So, Vince you have a PM!

IloveNewt

Just wondering.....but why would letting your car/engine sit for 8 months cause a blown HG?

Just worryign cause my car has been sitting for a while.

Tinker219

well, the 4 month startup was on a Hondata basemap, and we found we were missing a sensor in the dist.(long story). We never drove with it like this, but idled for a bit. There has always been a leak in the front pass. corner of the head/block junction, but I figured it was the common LS/Vtec leak. Guess not
Heads coming off tomorrow, hope to go we find good pistons/cylinder walls.

SiRkid

ahaha, my beaters valve cover looked like that..still pulling the head though...its cold so im going slow

lazerus

it kind of looks like assembly lube.

i hope you cranked it a bit to get oil pressure before starting that thing.

Joseph Davis

*uNf*

Check alignment dowel fitment. If the head has been milled and they haven't...

Tinker219

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Yes, thats what I thought too...I was thinking maybe its condensation? The motor only has 3-400 miles on it, so i guess technically it COULD be lube. But thats a lot of water in there, and there has always been a lil drip from the front pass. corner of the head gasket. I think its time for a HG anyway, besides Im itching to get into this motor, as I have yet to do so

Tinker219

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Check alignment dowel fitment. If the head has been milled and they haven't...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Will you finish please J. Davis? Im a complete nincomp00p when it comes to engine building(remove, replace, check clearances, and bolt it together)....

SOHC Gord

whats it taste like ? ha ha thats nasty more than likely head gasket

TeamCracka

MMM! delicious!

this is mine

legendboy

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i did a hg on a single cam that looked like that but dark brown

Tad

DUDE!! f*cking EEW MAN!!!

TeamCracka

Do any of you find that that **** irritates your eyes?

When I pulled my motor apart after finding I had a coolant/oil mix, my eyes were burning.

Tinker219

after flash burning myself 14 times per day for the past year, my eyes are shot...so nope, no burning

namechangeagain

mmmmmmm i need some bread and turkey

Tinker219

hehe, funny, I was thinking the same thing!