d15b7 motor with 230k miles. was driving on the freeway. car runs fine, no problems until today. made a 90mile trip to OC, parked the car for 2 hours, ran errands etc. then went back on freeway for 25miles when all of a sudden the car was blowing white/grayish smoke out of exhaust. (car is bone stock). then the rpm needle went to 0, and car was gradually losing power. (temp gauges indicated the car wasn't overheating, and all electricals were fine. when i pressed the gas it didn't do anything, no power, just revving noises. when i got out the car and opened the hood, there was radiator fluid near the head of the engine and around the radiator/fan.

it's currently parked off the freeway and towed to a safe location. all the mechanic shops were closed at the time so i decided to hop on honda-tech to get a little more info and to gauge the problem correctly before i went to a mechanic.

if any of you guys could help a fellow member out, it would greatly be appreciated.

i asked around and it doesn't seem to be a blown head gasket due to all the fluids being fine and uncontaminated, (but not too sure, just asked a guy at kragen).

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!!

 

sounds like you blew your head gasket. theres no compression thats why you have the lack of power. it happened to me once. take the spark plugs out and see if there wet with antifreeze, also check the dipstick if the oil is light brown milkyish then theres definately antifreeze in the cylinders.

 

yeah. thanks for your reply. i checked and there is no antifreeze on the dipstick. if i did blow a head gasket, how much do you think it'll run to fix? thanks again.

 

the headgasket it self costs 65.50 oem.. its the labor that will get ya. ive seen head gaskets (parts+labor) run well over a grand.. I think the standard labor time for your headgasket is 5-6 hours.... i think lol

 

well changing a head gasket yourself is easy enough. just buy a new head gasket, and get the head machined at the shopafter all the parts and machine work, it should be about $150-200 depending if you replace other parts as well.

 

icic. thanks. i'm pretty much illiterate when it comes to mechanics of a car.. soo yeahh :/ but i'm getting a free diagnostic at a local shop. so i guess i'll figure out what's wrong and go from there. i'll keep you guys posted. thanks again!!!

 

thanks. with this i'll know what to expect.