ok i bought the crvtec from a local guy, hes very smart and respected as far as honda's, some of you make know him on this board as Reno Racing......anyways i got it all put in a fired it up, it started perfectly and i only let it run for 20-30sec. I get out and my buddy was telling me its leaking oil on the tranny from the dizzy area.......we look under the car and it looks like %80+ of my oil came out of the motor in that time!........checked all the sensors and dizzy but they were all fine, the leak looks like its coming from the headgasket/head.......now the only thing i can think of is maybe he told me he plugged the head but didnt??? what else could make it loose that much oil that quick? any suggestions would be great, other than that the motor seems to be perfect

well tbone suggested it be the headgasket upside down, and my only other thought was maybe it wasnt plugged.....so i took a pic for him and he said it looked upside down....


so i pulled the head a couple mn's ago and was amazed, the hg was on correctly, and the head was plugged.....i thought something must be really fucked....but to my amazment, its the smallest shitty thing ever, but an easy fix lol.....





Modified by B18TurboEF at 12:49 PM 5/30/2005

 

Either he didnt plug it or its the wrong head gasket.. Or he put the head gasket on upside down which I see happen alot..

 

Could it be that the head isnt sitting flush. Start with the easy stuff and check if everything was torqued to spec and if the dowels were properly set. If everything else checks out fine, must be a head/block imperfection.

 

well my thoughts were it being:

not plugged

wrong gasket

other than that i just dont think there could be any problems that would make oil come out that fast

 

If the HG is upside down it will pump out 4 qts inless then 30 sec.

 

im gonna put it back together now, should be good to go

 

looks like the hg is not on right on the first pic

 

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that sux... now you gotta get a new hg

btw, what's the specs/mods on the motor?

 

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ya i know it does, but with the b20 gasket its kinda hidden, i just put the head back on and i know its on right.....

i just reused the hg, its in perfect shape, and the leak had nothing to do with it......we will see how that works, i wanted a new one but honda is closed today.....

mods:
90 crx si

obd1 converted running chipped p28
b20z bottom end, 2,400 miles
pr3 head, itr valves/springs/retainers
b16 cams for now
skunk2 IM
hondata IM gasket
aebs headstuds
jg cam gears
b16 tranny
stock header also

ill be doing quite a bit more very soon......just dont have the new stuff at my door yet so ill just replace it when it gets here

 

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i hear ya... my setup would benefit greatly from some headwork and tuning, just don't have the money right now and i'm debating on selling it for a k-swap.

 

Ouch that sucks, least there is nothing major wrong with it

 

Glad it wasnt something worse. On the vtec gaskets theres a serial # tab that hangs out on the front corner there, thats why it appeared to be upsidedown to me in the pic..I guess ls gaskets dont have it though..

 

weld the plug in and resurface just dont add a fitting in there ...come one...you want it to leak or not!