crxboy909

ok so heres the problem... i recently did my headgasket and i followed each step by stepp... i finished the car started right up but i have no power at all while driving cars bogs horribly... the car car is not throwing smoke or anything but after a while of starting up my oil leaks from between the head and the blockk. i brought the head to a machine shop to get resurfaced and i did the torque specification to 67 ft pound...... so here is my question... is it possible that the head got resurfaced un evenly?? have this happened to anybody before??? plz help....

Since 1983

iTrader: (3)

anything is possible, not sure of the tq specs on the head gasket tho, id recheck and go from there

crxboy909

yea thats the specs that i got from a friend... cause he recently did a mini me swap on his crx....

Davus

Did you do incremental torquing (like 15, 30, 60+) with new head bolts?

crxboy909

yea i did... but not with new headbolts.. is it recommended to get new headbolts??

Since 1983

iTrader: (3)

its always a good idea, but not always a necessity

crxboy909

ok so did some research and i had no idea that you also have to torque 1&2 one last time... lol well ima just give that a try and see wat happens... thanks for the help everyone =]

R.coustom

thank u for your help on my tread . I recently did a head gasket job on my friends car now. did you follow the 4 steps torque spec? are u using ARP studs or did you used OEM head bolts? , Did you set your timing mark right cuz if not that could be it.

crxboy909

im using the oem head bolts and yea i did followed the 4 step but what i didnt do was go back and torque 1&2 one last ime or is that not necessary? and yep the timing was just barely off but it was on...

TLo

copper spray is your friend, even with copper spray the there still might be some leaks, also if you you are having bogging problems it could be because of the timing, which usually results in you having to do the timing belt again.

R.coustom

any progres on the car

crxboy909

ok so i tried to torque 1 & 2 down one last time... and it still leaks from between the head and block.... =[

crxboy909

so anymore ideas of what i should do??? or should i just buy a new head and go from there?

SiRkid1

bump hope you find a solution.

crxboy909

thanx man... anybody with any ideas???? need my car running asap

crxboy909

any suggestions?

sde780

hows your ignition timing and mechanical timing? if your a little off itll run like ****. what kind of headgasket did you use, did you follow the torquing order

angel_i

Ignition timing should be checked along with mechanical timing. I would blame the used headbolts if everything else checks out.

sde780

did u soak em in oil before reusing?

crxboy909

ok so thats two people who says used headbolts is the problem... well im gonna try changing them then and see what happens... and no i did soaked them in oil.. is that recommended?

crxboy909

oh and the headgasket i used was a fel-pro brand....

1992Si

Only use OEM HG's or may be cometic.

As I was reading this, I was thinking, what HG did he use ?

crxboy909

how much is the oem headgaskets?? cause i paid about 60 for the fel-pro and i was told that it meets the requirments of a oem one....

bryse68

sounds like a timing problem, oem head gaskets are about 125, fel-pro is not the way to go..........