bradabu

i have a b16 and today i put a new head gasket on and it started blowing oil out when i started it from under the intake manifold. its shooting out and im not sure where its coming from. anyone?

EFPhilly

Get some brake cleaner and get to cleaning it and then start the car and look for the leak. If its by the HG have fun doing the job right the 2nd time

mphirephox

if its in the back in between the #3 and #2 there is a small plug under the intake manifold, my head guy took this out and didn't replace it on a head i got remaned. did you have the head done? or just a replacement head gasket?

bradabu

i took my head to get resurfaced

mphirephox

Take off the intake and look in between the #2 #3 runners on the head there's a small hole that needs a plug. See if its there.

EFPhilly

^nice. Assuming he had the motor running before I thought, hm you only change one variable dont know if the machine shop would have taken out the plug....but its good to check.

Was the motor running fine before no leaks, or is this a first start. You said replaced headgasket so I assumed you had to B16 running prior, and its not LSV right?

bradabu

yes, the motor was running fine before, with no oil leaks

civicsirebuild

man, i hate to ask, but only cause ive done it... are you sure the HG is on right side up...mine did the exact same thing with it upsidedown

mphirephox

Head bolts replaced or reused? ARP studs? If they are reused they may have stretched (ARP wont matter). Please let us know what the end result is when you figure it out.

hybrid1990crx

I agree. I did this on the 3rd head gasket I did lol. But it puked oil out from the front of the head.

EFPhilly

I think the OP replaced his headgasket due to overheating (my guess...btw you should say more information) and warped the head. Did you run the car with it overheating for a long time? If not my guess would be upside down or faulty gasket (which is rare). Felpro even has it down! What gasket are you running Auto-place or OEM gasket?

EFPhilly

This should help:

How to on how to install a headgasket, make sure you did the steps right:

http://www.clubintegra.com/board/showthread.php?t=56129

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bingo. he said he re-installed it and now its fine. he put it in the wrong way LOL!

EFPhilly

^ thanks for the update. Another score for HT!

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^^yeah thanks a lot for contributing. pretty much diagnosed a car over the internet haha. THIS is why i contribute to HT.