the head gasket on my sol is leaking. the car does not smoke or burn oil, it just leaks from by the timing belt. what should the head studs be torqued at because i think thats the problem. i dont think the gasket is bad but what do you guys think??

 

i am almost done i need some advise fast. i forgot to mention the car does not leak a lot of oil when it is not in vtec but when it is in vtec it leaks a little bit more.

 

Well I just took off the headgasket. I'm pretty sure it was the gasket. I throughly cleaned everything the other day and drove the car and afterwards it was clearly evident that the oil was coming from the head. The cam seals and gears and everything else around that area looks clean. Regardless, I will be changing all the seals anyway.

Well, here is the thing. The gasket looks alright for the most part, the block looks OK and so does the head, visually inspecting everything with the naked eye at least anyways. I will be taking the head to the machine shop tomorrow along with the gasket to have my buddy's opinion. Maybe the head is warped or possibly the gasket wasn't installed and torqued in the correct sequence. what do you guys think?

 

I personally wouldn't re-torque a head gasket....just my humble opinion.

 

 

do it right the first time. get a new gasket and bolts. make sure head isnt warped

 

yep, what he said

this may help

 

are you sure it's leaking from the hg and not from the camshaft seal?

 

yea i am sure. i will be replacing the seals anyways.