shaggyeg6si

I put this post orginally in the EF section because it pertains to a EF chassis, but essentially this is a D-series question and I am just not getting the feedback I would like from that side of the board so I decided to put it up here. Thanks for any help, info, or ideas.

Okay, so a little forward info, just some questions too. This is a easy one people. I have a 90 Si with a single cam ZC. Fun car, I love it. Best 500 I have ever spent. But recently I have been having a few problems with it. The timing belt had stretched and skipped timing. So I pulled it off, replaced it, retimed the engine, and it ran fine again. But shortly there after, like day after, I was on my way to work and coolant started pissing out of an area between the intake manifold and the head. Left hand side of the motor over the transmission. There was so much smoke that I could not see where it came from, and once dry there was no traces of a coolant leak. I guess my question really is, is it common for the head gasket to go after the timing belt? I don't want to try chasing down a problem to never find it when I can just pull the motor and swap. The coolant seems to be fine, not milky, and no traces of coolant in the oil. I'm a little confused...

blkegcoupe

headstuds not torqued right? replacing the headgasket is just a 4 hour job shouldn't be bad did it on my dz6, is it smoking out the exhaust?

shaggyeg6si

The problem happened, I have not replaced the head gasket yet. This happened and now I am going to replace the head gasket.

obuhmyuh

you'd know if it was the HG. loss of power/compression, and a shitload of white smoke, id check all coolants lines going to the head/IM, there's probably a bad hose, a hose disconnected, or a fat hole in a hose.

Hanmin

I think its the coolant hose that goes to the heater thingy. It goes from right above the tranny back to the firewall. look for it and put for coolant in the car and start your car. Have a friend watch the temp gauge

jry2598

it seem like its the intake manifold gasket not to head gasket... my friend accord did the same thing and we fix it. before hand he told me his head crack and he didnt know **** he just pointed and said look..it cracked..easy fix

obuhmyuh

i didnt know your IM gasket, had anything to do with coolant...

Hanmin

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quit talking about yourself. I didn't know people these days had a confidence level as low as yours.

just put water in the radiator, top it off, close it, start the car, wait for it to warm up, wait for water to spew out somewhere, locate the area, find out the problem, if your stuck come back here for updates, if you know what to do go to the nearest autoparts store and pick up what you need, and replace.

shaggyeg6si

Well I replaced the head gasket, I figured it was a good bit of insurance as I was unsure of when the last time it had been replaced. The funny thing is though, when the head gasket came off, and taking a look at the pistons and the valves, everything looks brand new. It's a little insulting, haha. I'll post up some pics. Now there is no spark, so I will try a different distributor.