hmtcrxsir

I was driving home one day and noticed my temp guage went up. So i pulled over and noticed that there wasnt any coolant left in the radiator. Luckily I had a gallon of premix coolant in the trunk. So i poured it in and started the car up. Noticed the exhaust was coming out white smoke. And the car ran like ****. Felt like lost of compression. So i tried pulling the spark plug wires for each cylinder.

Cylinder 3 has no spark. What could the problem be? I know i need a new headgasket. But how can i get the spark back for cylinder 3. The rest of the cylinder have spark. Could it be that cylinder 3 is filled with water and therefore causing it to have no spark?

Han Solo

what color is the end of the plug

hmtcrxsir

didnt really look yet. what color is it suppose to be?

honda head

its suppose to be a light black or gray, but in your case it might be really white because of the water that got into the cylinder and it may have damaged the plug. just get some new plugs and check for spark on the heat shield or chassis, but compression in that cylinder may be gone because the head gasket may have blown on that cylinder

hmtcrxsir

so if i were to replaced a new gasket and new plug wires. I should be ok?

honda head

your plug wires may be fine, it might just be the plugs

hmtcrxsir

also another thing is how do i removed the old gasket that melted on the block? I tried using head gasket remover from Kragen. It didnt work! I dont want to scrape it off. SCared of damaging the block.

honda head

WOW!! it got that hot??... thats crazy, if i where you id go get the head checked out, it might be warped...

just use a razor blade

hmtcrxsir

i already got a new head for it already. I decided not to reused the head

**DOHC HaTcH**

the head most likely is warped... so the new head purchase was a good buy.. good **** and good luck... its seems like you know wats wrong and how to do things...

Syndacate

replace the plug wires first, it's possible if you overheated it that you melted one to the poitn where it can't produce a good spark, don't forget, the plugs are all rubber, so if it's melted the wrong way, it'll insulate it to the point where it won't spark..

BluLude

what do u mean you have no spark on cylidner 3? like u take the wire out of the valve cover and put a spark tester on that wire and nothing comes out? if so check your cap and wire