Okay, so I don't often post stuff on here as I usually like to research and figure things on my own. But this time I am totally stumped. So here i am!

I bought a 97 EK sedan that had an LS/vtec that smoked pretty bad. I bought a motor off of craigslist and the seller provided me a bill of sale stating it was in good running condition. I work ALOT and only get two days off a week and put the motor in last week. As soon as I started it up and the oil pressure built up i heard kind of a gurgling sound and shut it off to find a TON of oil pouring out of the back of the head on the distributor side. Doing some research I learn that someone may have put the headgasket on backwards. I buy a new headgasket and install it. The car runs fine for 2 days and it blows again. So this time, wanting to do everything correctly I take the head and get it resurfaced, cleaned and have new valve stem seals installed, as well as brand new head bolts even new dowel pins from honda. I put it all together last night and took my sweet a$$ time, wanting to do it all correctly. I start it up it idles very nicely until once again i hear the gurgling sound and see oil pouring out. About a quart within a few seconds.

Can any one possibly help out with any ideas? I followed the correct torque sequence and everything when i torqued the head down. I'm honestly hoping that I did somthing wrong that is easily fixable.

 

Head gasket blowing from the same place? How did the gasket look when you removed it?Inspect the head and block mating surface. When you put the next gasket it on make sure the tourque sequence is 100% correct. And check compression before starting the car, starting with the cylinder closest to the leak.

 

He didn't plug the oil hole on the vtec head.

 

Yes from the same spot. I made sure both surfaces were clean before i put the gasket on, and made sure the gasket was not upside down or backwards.. I followed OEM specs on the torque squence just so i knew it would be right. The gasket i pulled off didnt look too hot. had some oil around the middle oil passage between cylinders 2 and 3 and coolant leaking into oil passages. (i forget what this is called..) My biggest fear is that the block may be warped? From what ive heard this is rare but is my worst case scenario.

 

 

It's a full gsr motor. Not an ls vtec anymore. I assume that's what you meant.

 

did you replace the head bolts too?

if they have stretched then it can cause it to keep leaking from the same spot

 

Yes. Brand new headbolts. Pretty much everything I could get done I did so I wouldn't have to tear into it again.