everyone i need help i was driving my car this morning and i got ot school fine then i was sitting there and the temp gauge started rising so i heard the car start spudering so i shut it off right away. waited 5 minutes and started up again and started pouring white smoke out kinda like when u run seafoam through a car and the car was spudering but i have never put seafoam in it and so i pop hte hood and noticed the dipstick was out of it i just got my oil change last week so aparently they never put it back in so i check the oil im 1/2 between full and empty and like i said oil change last week. so i let it sit all day while i was at school
then i came out and started it again and it smoke a little then it was fine but when i was accelarating i was puttin out a blue hase behind me and it did this for like 5 minutes then it cleared up but im freaking out cause something really wrong i check the oil its BLACK so i kno i got ot be burnin oil but what could be wrong this is my daily driver and i cant be without it. any advice should i go back and have then top off the oil? HELP me please!

 

how does your coolant look? white smoke means burning coolant. where did the dipstick go? do you have it now? never take it to that shop again

 

never mind just noticed you chekced the oil and its not a paste so its not mixing with your collant

 

well talk to some ppl looks like i blew my head gasket! !!! great so there tellin me its going ot cost 1000 to repair want ot kno if in the long run a b16 swap would be cheaper cause this motors got 140000 on it and thing are starting ot show i kno a new clutch will be needed soon and also the radiator is shot so... let me kno thats mike

 

blue smoke = burning oil

 

man fella, I wish you lived closer, I would replace your head gasket for you for like 350-400 including parts and you would be driving away by lunchtime.

 

Sounds like a head gasket to me. And how in the hell is it going to cost you 1000 bucks man? Hell I can do a headgasket for 60 in my damn garage lol. Maybe you should consider investing in a manual and doing it yourself.

 

i called the dealer im not touching the internal of the engine, i looked at my chiltons said i had to take off the head, exhaust, intake manifold, values all that garbage! im not try to do that on my own beside i needs alot more stuff to i want ot tune her all up before i head off ot college. in my opinion swappin out the motor for a b16 atleast ill get VTEC and also only 30000 on the engine i wont have to worry as much about stuff breaking cause this engines getting up there if you kno what i mean so either like atleast 1600 to tune this one up or spend the 2500 and have a whole new engine? honestly whats more economical cause i kno once im in college moneys not going ot be there and i wont be able to fix stuff so spend a little more now and have a very reliable engine or risk having more issues honestly guys what sounds better. current engine has 140000 on it is a d15b7 the engines showing signs of many hard drives think its time ot retire it and get a VTEC in there!

 

well man, it sounds to me that you have already made up your mind.

I suggest that if you do get a B16 that you replace the t-belt and tensioner and water pump. Also replace the plugs and wires. Do a leakdown test to make sure that the head gasket and valves are in good shape before you rely too much on it.

 

is that 2500 including install? i'm assuming you won't be installing the engine if you can't change a headgasket.

 

ya 2500 installed got a friend doing it who does this all the time. Sry i think the d15b7 is done no point in pouring $ into a non vtec with no potential you know? any ideas on where to buy from i saw hmotorsonline 2250 and my buddies doing it for nothing basically.

 

look in Honda-Marketplace......you can likely find a complete GSR swap for that much.

 

ya but whats the reliablilty a b16 with 30000 miles on it is like BRAND new and its form a dealer so u kno u can trust them u kno...

 

bump for more help findin an motor!

 

Ebay!!!