allsho

I just picked up this engine this week to swap into my ek hatch. I thought i would go ahead and replace all the seals and gaskets along with the water pump before i put it in. after i removed the head this is what i found. Would anyone know why there is such a build up of carbon or my valves and pistons..........could the rings be gone? if anyone could shed some light on this and tell me why it is so bad i would very much appreciate it. thanks

allsho

bump

nighttrain33

This seems to be a fairly normal thing with Honda's. Read here for some more info.

-Shane

hatch96y7

when u get that installed hiy me up i have an ek hatch and want a gsr
tell me how it feels

VtecnTurbo

heard that seafoam helps to clean that out

JeffBro

Yours is worse than mine. My b18c had oil in the cylinders and a fair amount of carbon buildup. I think the oil was from a compresson test and the carbon was from crappy gasoline. Steve from Hmotors told me that all of the motors that come from japan look like this because their gas sucks. Cleaned right up after running water through the engine and driving it hard for 500 miles. Running small amouts of water through the engine will remove carbon buildup.

stock_honda_coupe

your valves look great, your pistons just need some clean up.

crawlin

if you want to replace everything you should just send your head out get it hot tanked and stuff and have the builder just rebuild the head for you with your stock stuff minus the old seals and hey maybe port it out or have the head milled and bump up that comp ratio or new flat top valves

oh so many idea's

Pnoyej6

i have b18c1 in my ek hatch and it pulls hard baby. you will love it. I like better than my old car turbo db8. Im getting my ek b18c ref next week too.

enil01

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x2!!!!

Maybe do a write up so I'm not lost when I do mine haha.

allsho

Thanks for the help guys. I was now wondering if I just cleaned the tops would I still burn oil or should I just get new pistons and rings?

hondamilitiaeg6

you could just reassemble your motor an run some seafoam thru it, the valves look ok... throw some type r pistons in if you feel like it while you have it apart, if the compression test was ok, i would just run it, it all depends on our budget... i did a complete rebuild on my b16 and it was costly... i say do what you can afford... just do it right

allsho

Yea, stupid me didnt do a compression test. So I just dont know what to do, I am thinking about putting it back together and see how much it puffs any maybe when the funds are more available then redo it, I live in Canada and have never heard of "seafoam". Does anyone here know where I could get some ie. shop, online? Thanks

nighttrain33

In the U.S. we get it from Autozone, Pep Boys, Murrays.

-Shane