Del_Slowest

my headgasket is leaking in the front passenger side corner. however the car has 200-215 compression on all cylinders and it does not overheat at all. The radiator fluid is also perfect colored with no oil in it. is this possible? I have no clue if i should replace the headgasket or not. please give advice

turbotime

how do you know it is leaking do you see coolant or something?

Del_Slowest

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbotime &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how do you know it is leaking do you see coolant or something?</TD></TR></TABLE>


yea, i see coolant coming out of the front left and it runs on the tranny and under the car. however, after spending several hours looking at it i noticed a slight haze on top of my radiator fluid. i checked my old motors fluid and it didn't have that haze. so i guess it's a lil bit of oil pooy to my luck

dantastic

ive known atleast 4 ppl with coolant leaking at the same spot, 2 bseries, 2 dseries. we all had good power.

turbotime

see any cracks in the gasket? did you try tightening your head bolts?

murtnabila

you can easliy have a bad head gasket and a good compression (rings are still good), in order for you to check do a leak test instead of a compression test.

Ignitecivic

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dantastic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ive known atleast 4 ppl with coolant leaking at the same spot, 2 bseries, 2 dseries. we all had good power. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah , one of my friend sol b series has a little leak there too, its noticeable but not bad. still has good power as well.

Del_Slowest

we're going to pressurize the system tomorrow and see where it comes out at. i'm hoping it's just a loose housing or something but i already ordered the 50 dollar headgasket just in case