ok i have a 96 gsr. got the gsr block and a b16 head. it started smoking a little bit ago and now whenever i rip on it, it puts coolent into my radiator resovor. cant figure out why. i think its a blown headgasket but not sure. do i have other problems? thanks for looking. please help

 

You should probably stop getting on it until you fix the problem

 

Perform a compression and/or leakdown test to evaluate the head gasket.

 

i dont rip on it all the time just to see if thats what makes the water go in the resevor. and i did a comp test and it was
1=195 2=195 3=195 4=200
have not done a leakdown yet. next on the list. just seeing if anyone had any imput. got a big trip coming up and need my car to be running right. so i was trying to get anyhelp from all the H-T people to fix it.

 

nothing.......no one knows?.......dang.....no ideas?

 

i'm kinda confused with the whole B16 head on a GSR block idea...what happened to the B18 VTEC head?

 

simple swap. IMO same thing just diff manifold. just pretend its a stock gsr.

 

If it only happens when you rev the engine high, could it be your coolant system is overfilled and with the higher rpms, that causes higher water pump flow?

 

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u just made ur car slower then it was by doing that

 

thanks captain obvious. was not asking how slow it made it. but since you brought it up its better for boost BTW. now back on topic. could it be a bad water pump? i donno im just really puzzled.

 

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i wasn't trying to be an ******* but some ppl seriously dont realize that, but anyway i would think its a blown headgasket because it seems like something is blocking the flow of the coolant into the water passages causing it to go into the overflow

 

yeah sorry for soundsing like that. just get it alot. lol but yeah the weird thing is when i t starts to overheat it does not take any of the water back from the resivor. so i i run out of water causing the overheating. i donno guess i will just pull the head and see what i can find. need to change some stuff anyways. oh and i was wondering. if i rip on it it does not start smoking until vtec. could that be bad valve seals?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HondaKid_1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah sorry for soundsing like that. just get it alot. lol but yeah the weird thing is when i t starts to overheat it does not take any of the water back from the resivor. so i i run out of water causing the overheating. i donno guess i will just pull the head and see what i can find. need to change some stuff anyways. oh and i was wondering. if i rip on it it does not start smoking until vtec. could that be bad valve seals?</TD></TR></TABLE>

what color smoke?

 

light blue. meaning blue and white. it smokes cause the head i think. i took it off a boosted b16 so i think the valve seals are bad. i dont have water in my oil or oil in my water. i dont have oil in the combustion chamber. so if its a headgasket its a wierd one.

 

Did you put the correct head gasket on??(I'm not taking you for an idiot, I had the wrong one sent to me for my swap and probably wouldn't have realized it if I didn't have a stock one sitting next to it...) I know different head gaskets may close coolant holes up

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HondaKid_1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">light blue. meaning blue and white. it smokes cause the head i think. i took it off a boosted b16 so i think the valve seals are bad. i dont have water in my oil or oil in my water. i dont have oil in the combustion chamber. so if its a headgasket its a wierd one.
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probably valve seals.

 

yeah i put the stock one and the new one together to make sure they were the same. i hope its just a headgasket and valve seals / valves. just not the guides...... those are a bitch.

 

yea sounds like valve seals.

 

thats good. ok well i got headgasket and valve seals coming tomorrow and lapping compound. so i will start on this project this weekend. how all goes well.

 

two words......RADIATOR CAP. hahahahhaahhahahahahahahha thats what caused all the fuss. oh well changing the valve seals to hopefully get rid of the smoking. thanks for your imput guys