98 civic d16y7, replaced my head gasket and flushed the radiator but still getting oil in there, not over heating and running pretty good, no leaks or CEL, any ideas?

 

Its probably just residual oil left in the coolant system, radiator for the most part, Maybe if you used your heater core when you first had it overheating cause we all do that lol. probably got some in the heater portion of the heating system/core.
If so I would just cycle the heater alot while flushing a few times, and try to note how much oil remains. I would get worried if it keeps coming back, and if your not consuming oil I would suggest the above to be correct.
Just flush it some more

 

If it is indeed oil, you probably have a blown head gasket.

 

The gasket is brand new, it's not over heating just lacking a little power like timing is off

 

IMO, Do a compression check just to be sure

 

Warped head. Cracked block. Incorrect gasket installation.

 

Exactly!!!

 

Is there a way to test the head? How can the gasket be incorrectly put in? If sounds like I'm being an *** I'm not I am still learning about Hondas

 

 

compression test it since its on the car. if you had the head machined that would have saved some headache cause they would shave it, and magnaflux it to check for cracks

 

Is it mixing and like a brown color?

Or is it dark black and almost flaky and not mixing but floating?

 

It's as if just poured oil in my radiator, I'll do a compression test but what's is good and bad compression?

 

180-220 psi for most hondas i believe

 

It is more so that they are all close in range so if you have 155-160-165- and then you have 90, you know that last cylinder has some issues

 

Oh makes sense, well I'll do the dry test tomorrow and leave an update

 

Is your oil milky?

 

No it's pure oil, as if i poured a jug of oil in my radiator

 

Seems like a lot of oil to me.

Did you do the headgasket yourself? Did you use a service manual? Did you torque down to specs, I guess you never had the head checked for straightness?

 

Have you performed the compression test yet? Just because you changed the gasket doesnt mean it's fixed. As stated before warped head, cracked block, or improper install of gasket.

 

Haven't had a chance to do that yet, I'm debating on doing it
Or just having a shop take care of it, never had the head checked out and used torque specs I found online, my manual didn't have anything about a head gasket

 

Torque specs found on here, never had the head checked out

 

A machine shop would do it for like 50 bucks.

 

So then my next questions would be, is it safe to use the same head bolts? What about the new gasket that's already been put in? What are the correct torque specs and order is goes in?

 

You're jumping the gun. DO the compression test or have the shop do it for you.

Did somebody PUT oil in the radiator by accident? Drain/Flush the cooling system and refill with fresh coolant.

 

Ok I will do that today, no one put it in to my knowledge but I didn't flush it completely and it was running good but oil still got in there