im wondering if my head gasket is done-for. sorry in advance for a long post. i recently swapped in a d15b motor from nippon-motors. i noticed that i have water coming out of my exhast (i put water in my radiator instead of coolant for now). also when i bought the motor and put it in i noticed that the thermostat had the center piece missing (someone cut it out b/c their car was over-heating im thinking). what do you guys think?

 

also i think i have water dripping out the back of my block, because i can hear it sizzling after ive had it running for a while.

 

Any water in the oil?

 

not that i have noticed, but i didnt even think to look there. how would i check that? and sometimes i can smell oil burning for some reason and black crap comes out my exhaust.

 

If your oil looks milky, your head gasket is done.

 

i keep checkin oil (dipstick) and it looks purple still (using royal purple). should i drain a little bit out?

 

Now, is white smoke (water) constantly coming out of your exhaust while it is running?

 

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not like flowing, but like spraying kind of, im not definite if its all the time but def everyday and not just when its a cold start.