HELP! MAJOR OIL LEAK AFTER REBUILD!
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HELP! MAJOR OIL LEAK AFTER REBUILD!
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ok guys check this out....just got my head rebuilt.....back to stock spec, with stock valves etc....
using arp head studs...brand new honda head gasket...new timing belt, water pump etc...
anyways the problem -
we finished putting everything together and then we go to start the car and it wont start....we forgot to do a valve adjustment....so we take the valve cover off and adjust the valves.....then we put everything back together and start the car...car starts fine runs good and then all of the sudden we hear a massive leak comming from the back of the motor....
we look to the back of the motor and oil is spewing out from where the head bolts up to the bottom end so we turn the car off....no oil was leaking out of the front of the gasket......but from the passenger side of the car and the back there was oil leaking everywhere extremely bad..i mean its pouring....what the hell is wrong??!!
we used the correct everything....checked the head for everything.....
we even tourqed the head bolts down properly, in the correct order, and by the correct foot pound
anyone had this problem before? what do i do????
ok guys check this out....just got my head rebuilt.....back to stock spec, with stock valves etc....
using arp head studs...brand new honda head gasket...new timing belt, water pump etc...
anyways the problem -
we finished putting everything together and then we go to start the car and it wont start....we forgot to do a valve adjustment....so we take the valve cover off and adjust the valves.....then we put everything back together and start the car...car starts fine runs good and then all of the sudden we hear a massive leak comming from the back of the motor....
we look to the back of the motor and oil is spewing out from where the head bolts up to the bottom end so we turn the car off....no oil was leaking out of the front of the gasket......but from the passenger side of the car and the back there was oil leaking everywhere extremely bad..i mean its pouring....what the hell is wrong??!!
we used the correct everything....checked the head for everything.....
we even tourqed the head bolts down properly, in the correct order, and by the correct foot pound
anyone had this problem before? what do i do????
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Re: (vart)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vart »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">haha, make sure u dont have two gaskets on your oil filter...</TD></TR></TABLE>
checked and there wasnt...thats the first thing we thought...but after looking at the old filter and noticing the leak is spewing majorly out of where the head and the block meet up haha its not comming where the oil filter is....
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ninor »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Also what is the correct tq spec for head bolts/studs?</TD></TR></TABLE>
65 to 70 ft plds
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Power Rev Racing »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you use both dowel pins when installing head gasket?</TD></TR></TABLE> yes!
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b19coupe »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Head gasket on wrong? That's usually the cause of that leak.</TD></TR></TABLE> thats what we are thinking
checked and there wasnt...thats the first thing we thought...but after looking at the old filter and noticing the leak is spewing majorly out of where the head and the block meet up haha its not comming where the oil filter is....
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ninor »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Also what is the correct tq spec for head bolts/studs?</TD></TR></TABLE>
65 to 70 ft plds
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Power Rev Racing »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you use both dowel pins when installing head gasket?</TD></TR></TABLE> yes!
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b19coupe »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Head gasket on wrong? That's usually the cause of that leak.</TD></TR></TABLE> thats what we are thinking
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From: Dont You Just Love Lynn Cops, Boston MA, USMA
same here i did a lsvtec set up i had oil leak from the head gasket, change head gasket now its leaking from the back of the block. Can it be the head gasket>?
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Re: HELP! MAJOR OIL LEAK AFTER REBUILD! (PURPLETERROR aka BIGMATT)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PURPLETERROR aka BIGMATT »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">headgasket on wrong 
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haha yup just did this EXACT thing. but i remembered the valve adjustment. its leaking out of the teardrop oil passage in the top left corner. the gasket only covers like 1/3 of it.
its upside down. and its also a 50 dollar mistake. but you learn from them
speaking of which, make sure your mating surfaces are CLEAN. i was i n a rush and didn't think to clean the oil of the bottom off the head. now i have to go back and change it AGAIN because there is a green/oil splatter on the driver side shocktower. so my 50 dollar mistake is now a 100 dollar one. lesson learned. TAKE YOUR TIME. MEASURE TWICE CUT ONCE. its really emberrasing, but i figured someone else can learn from the stupid mistakes i made.
</TD></TR></TABLE>haha yup just did this EXACT thing. but i remembered the valve adjustment. its leaking out of the teardrop oil passage in the top left corner. the gasket only covers like 1/3 of it.
its upside down. and its also a 50 dollar mistake. but you learn from them
speaking of which, make sure your mating surfaces are CLEAN. i was i n a rush and didn't think to clean the oil of the bottom off the head. now i have to go back and change it AGAIN because there is a green/oil splatter on the driver side shocktower. so my 50 dollar mistake is now a 100 dollar one. lesson learned. TAKE YOUR TIME. MEASURE TWICE CUT ONCE. its really emberrasing, but i figured someone else can learn from the stupid mistakes i made.
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From: Dont You Just Love Lynn Cops, Boston MA, USMA
i took the head off because i know its the head gasket a friend of mine didnt really clean the block an the head befor he put the new hg . also i notice the old gasket sealer on the new gasket wich that mo fo didnt really clean it good
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