So radiator sprung a leak on the way home.
Car overheated, way up in the red. Immediately turned off the car.
Filled up with water to make it home and temps stayed low but I noticed some white smoke coming from my pipe. And in the last half mile I began losing power and temps going up again. Then at a stop light the car shut off and was hard to start. When it did start, a HUGE cloud of white smoke billowed fromk the exhaust and I limped to my garage.

So, the qeustion....






This is bad right?

Did I blow my headgasket?

 

Yea. I've over heated some single cams but was always able to put another gasket on and go, but u may not be so lucky. That's all through ur motor. More then likely, major warpping of the head and possibly the block.

 

that picture is painful to look at

 

That headgasket is toast big time

 

Ditto the above^^^, blown HG.

Pull head, have a machine shop check to make sure it is not warped, replace head bolts, [ARPs] and the HG, [OEM] reinstall the head, flush the oil and coolant systems and you should be good to go, assuming no other damage was done driving the car when it was overheating. 94

 

I'm going to pull the head tomorrow and I will take it to a shop like suggested. A new head isn't too bad and I can even get a better head but a warped block would really F my day. I have no experience pulling a motor.

*sigh

Thank you very much for the info guys

 

DROPPING a motor isn't a big deal just take your time. Remember they come out the bottom.

 

Out the bottom?!?!?!?!
How do I get my car up that high?
Wow that's just not possible for me.
I'll cross my fingers there is nothing wrong with the block.
I guess I won't know until I get it all back together and start it right?

 

My guess is the block is OK, I would be more worried about a cracked sleeve. 94

 

Can Honda motors be re-sleeved?
When I pull the head, I'll check out all the cylinders.
Will there be visable cracks?

 

Any engines can be re sleeved.

FYI it is an engine, if it was a motor it would be electric.

Cracks are not always visible, block would have to be magnafluxed to be positive, because you do not want to pull and disassemble the engine, just reinstall the head, W/new HG and if everything works your good to go. 94

 

Thank you for the information and a motor, by definition, can produce mechanical energy by any form of energy. This includes electricity, gasoline, or farts.

Ordering my parts tonight

 

I don't want to sound discouraging but you should also consider getting a running replacement engine. It may actually be cheaper than the parts and labor involved in rebuilding yours.

 

so THATS why all these young kids put the fart cans on the back

 

I understand, we use engine when talking about the cars motor and motor when talking about starters, blower, mode control and blendor motors.

en·gine (njn)
a. A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.
b. Such a machine distinguished from an electric, spring-driven, or hydraulic motor by its use of a fuel. 94

 

I agree it would be cheaper but it's already in motion haha.
I had a posted a few threads looking for a motorengine but didn;t really get anything worth while.

 

This made me lol. I never thought of the fart cans as a secondary motor. ULTRA BOOST!

ya check your block, with that much ooz your oiling system probably isn't in too good of condition. I agree it would be cheaper to replace the whole engine, but if you don't have the means or know-how than I guess you should get it to a shop.