what causes a head gasket to leak, when its brand new, brand new aebs head studs....all torqued to instructions??

 

If you suspect yours is leaking, do a compression test. What headgasket are you running?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LSVTEC 91 Civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you suspect yours is leaking, do a compression test. What headgasket are you running?</TD></TR></TABLE>

a cometic extreme lsvtec gasket for this bore....torqued to spec man....

 

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I've heard a lot of bad things about those gaskets. PM sent.

 

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I've heard a lot of bad things about those gaskets. PM sent.</TD></TR></TABLE>

dude i tried an OEM gasket before this and the same result....im beginning to wonder if the block is warped, cause i mean the head was milled...so theres no chance of that being fucked up....

 

lil help??

 

Usually the head will warp before the block...but it everything's torqued down properly then the only thing it could be is your head-gasket itself. Just buy an OEM head-gasket and do it all over...

 

man screw that....i used a brand new OEM one the first time, second time, then cometic....its not even leaking that bad....im going to deal with it for the first 200 break in miles, then retorque then head and see if that clears it up.

the compression numbers were all good, so im gonna let it cry all it wants, but its still gonna get ridden...

 

Before you do anything to the head gasket. Where exactly is it leaking from? YOu might just have a cam seal leak. If there is a little bit of oil on the left side where the head meets the block it by the vtec it might just be the Cam plug, or even the vtec gasket. If its on the right side under the cam gears those cam seals may be the culprit.

Just a little info

 

thanks for the heads up man, i checked all along the passengers side of the head right above where the leak was, and it was bone dry.

I did however notice that on the firewall side of the dizzy there was a small leak from the valve cover. thats a long way for a leak to travel, but i put some rtv on the gasket to see if that would fix the problem.

my radiator is fucked, so im gonna wait til the new ones installed before trying it again tho...