NEW HEAD GASKET car wont start!!!!!!!!!!!!
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NEW HEAD GASKET car wont start!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have a 1990 honda civic hatchback all stock no mods (commuter) 
car was over heating and i drove on it for a ways to get home i changed the thermostat and head gasket to be safe and now my car will not start. timeing is at tdc checked firing order 3 times to make sure its right when i pulled the head off everything looked good no warping or nothing and the block looked fine as well. ive got spark and fuel. although i havnt checked for compression although the rings and sleeves looked alrite.. all my main grounds are connected..
if anyone can help id really appreciate it thanks in advance.....
car was over heating and i drove on it for a ways to get home i changed the thermostat and head gasket to be safe and now my car will not start. timeing is at tdc checked firing order 3 times to make sure its right when i pulled the head off everything looked good no warping or nothing and the block looked fine as well. ive got spark and fuel. although i havnt checked for compression although the rings and sleeves looked alrite.. all my main grounds are connected..
if anyone can help id really appreciate it thanks in advance.....
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Re: NEW HEAD GASKET car wont start!!!!!!!!!!!! (frost_0ne)
iz there any coolant/oil or anything on top of the pistons, or in the cylinders>?
its happend to me when i did a head gasket once.
its happend to me when i did a head gasket once.
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Re: NEW HEAD GASKET car wont start!!!!!!!!!!!! (C_R_X_V_T_E_C)
before i replaced the head i cleaned all the oil/coolent and gasket material off the block,piston chambers and holes where the bolts screw into
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Re: NEW HEAD GASKET car wont start!!!!!!!!!!!! (xisda1)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SVOboy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mess up the firing order?</TD></TR></TABLE>
firing order is right...
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xisda1 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is the starter cranking at all or is there nothing</TD></TR></TABLE>
starter is cranking as well
firing order is right...
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xisda1 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is the starter cranking at all or is there nothing</TD></TR></TABLE>
starter is cranking as well
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Re: NEW HEAD GASKET car wont start!!!!!!!!!!!! (frost_0ne)
check the compression and do a leak down test. to me it sounds like ur head gasket... did u torque everything to spec? did u reuse your old headbolts? is there coolant in your oil? did u "burp" ur coolant system?
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