Well i got the Crx goin, it has a rebuilt bottom end with a decent stock head on the top, but i got it goin and it's shakin pretty bad and sounds like ****. It spewed alot of sludge oil out of the radiator top, plus earlier on i noticed oil leakin out with water on the side of the head before i put a heater hose on it that was missing. Just wanted to get some peoples opinion on if it is the headgasket for sure, cause im thinkin it is, it's just a pain in the *** to do.

 

Also when i clean up the block and get a new head gasket, do i have to get the head resurfaced?.

 

well if theres antifreeze in your oil its the headgasket. does it smoke? what motor is it? its not that hard to do a head gasket. and no you dont have to resurface just check it. was the car overheated real bad?

 

All i know is i got the car with the b18 in it from a bud, and he got the motor put in by 2 guys local that rebuilt the bottom mostly, but im thinkin they use a shitty ole headgeasket prob. They're is alot of stuff that is new, and isn't, the headgasket probally is busted im guessin since thy're is like a shitload of sludge oil in the water in the cooling system.

 

I can do the headgasket it's just a pain in the *** to do on the dohc motors compared to the sohc motors.

 

BTW The motor wasn't even started until i got the car and, cause i had to figure out what was electronically wrong to get it going, then i find out it's shaken real bad and has alot of sludge mixed in with the clean water in the cooling system.

 

Im gonna go ahead and get the head pressure tested for cracks, and resurface it if it's still good, and then change out the gasket. It's spewin oil out of a heater hose i left unplugged and the radiator top.