we just finished putting my friends JG head on his B18c1 in his hatch, checked everythingand started it..... it started right up....then oil started spraying from what seems to be where the block meets the head, just behind the thermostat housing.......what could cause this??? it was spraying quite a bit......this is sad because he was going to run it this week end but now it isnt going to happen!! hes missed the last 3 CMI events due to problems like this! the first time his linkage was bent a little and went into second instead fourth gear on the freeway racing a viper and bent valves and bad stuff,....but still hit a 14.9 with 8 bent valves, and no compression in 3rd cylinder, with a trunk full of tools and 2 jacks, then last time his clutchmasters lightened flywheel broke! and now this! it sucks! i hope someone can help out!

thanks a lot!!

 

can anyone help??ttt

 

You probably put the headgasket on backwards.

 

serious??? it will fit on backwards?? if one of the dowels gets pushed down or something like that will it cause this?? there were only 2 dowels.

 

Is it ls/vtec? There is an oil gallery right were your problem is. It needs to be plugged for lsvtec. If its a vtec engine, you could have installed the gasket incorrectly. You guys should be more careful.

Just out of curiousity, how do you bend shift linkage? I've heard of people mishifting to 2nd instead of 4th but I've never heard anyone blame bent shiftlinkage over poor skills.

 

upside down not backwards.

 

You definitely put the head gasket on up side down. Look for where the gasket says up and install that end up.

-kenji

 

thanks for the help and yes his linkage was bent ***! he is actually a very good driver.......and we were rushed when putting the head on and thats why we probably put the gasket on upside down! thanks for the help!

and yah its a vtec motor its a jdm b18c1


[Modified by boostinb18, 8:46 PM 8/8/2002]

 

some people were saying the gasket could be just messed up.....is this common...and if it just upside down or backwards.....can we just put it on right or should we buy a new one??