2001 Honda Accord 2.3 Head gasket change and getting steady flow of coolant in my oil
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2001 Honda Accord 2.3 Head gasket change and getting steady flow of coolant in my oil
Thanks in advance everyone. This is my first time posting usually can find what I need by google but this thing has got me crazy....
So I bought this 2001 accord with the 2.3 4 cylinder.... head gasket bad so I got it cheap.
Got a used head and took it to the machine shop had it leveled and put it on the car. The car ran great and after 25 miles or so I changed the oil and it was milky thought is was just residue from coolant being in the oil before the head change. So I ran it for another 30 miles then noticed oil level had doubled!!!! So I drained the oil and let it set. Noticed coolant started dripping out of oil pan. So I did a coolant pressure check and of course coolant is pouring out of the oil pan with pressure on it. So do you think the block is bad or I did something wrong on the head install...
i took the head back to machine shop and they said the surface was off by .004 could that cause it???? Thanks again. Wow that was long
So I bought this 2001 accord with the 2.3 4 cylinder.... head gasket bad so I got it cheap.
Got a used head and took it to the machine shop had it leveled and put it on the car. The car ran great and after 25 miles or so I changed the oil and it was milky thought is was just residue from coolant being in the oil before the head change. So I ran it for another 30 miles then noticed oil level had doubled!!!! So I drained the oil and let it set. Noticed coolant started dripping out of oil pan. So I did a coolant pressure check and of course coolant is pouring out of the oil pan with pressure on it. So do you think the block is bad or I did something wrong on the head install...
i took the head back to machine shop and they said the surface was off by .004 could that cause it???? Thanks again. Wow that was long
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Re: 2001 Honda Accord 2.3 Head gasket change and getting steady flow of coolant in my
Thanks in advance everyone. This is my first time posting usually can find what I need by google but this thing has got me crazy....
So I bought this 2001 accord with the 2.3 4 cylinder.... head gasket bad so I got it cheap.
Got a used head and took it to the machine shop had it leveled and put it on the car. The car ran great and after 25 miles or so I changed the oil and it was milky thought is was just residue from coolant being in the oil before the head change. So I ran it for another 30 miles then noticed oil level had doubled!!!! So I drained the oil and let it set. Noticed coolant started dripping out of oil pan. So I did a coolant pressure check and of course coolant is pouring out of the oil pan with pressure on it. So do you think the block is bad or I did something wrong on the head install...
i took the head back to machine shop and they said the surface was off by .004 could that cause it???? Thanks again. Wow that was long
So I bought this 2001 accord with the 2.3 4 cylinder.... head gasket bad so I got it cheap.
Got a used head and took it to the machine shop had it leveled and put it on the car. The car ran great and after 25 miles or so I changed the oil and it was milky thought is was just residue from coolant being in the oil before the head change. So I ran it for another 30 miles then noticed oil level had doubled!!!! So I drained the oil and let it set. Noticed coolant started dripping out of oil pan. So I did a coolant pressure check and of course coolant is pouring out of the oil pan with pressure on it. So do you think the block is bad or I did something wrong on the head install...
i took the head back to machine shop and they said the surface was off by .004 could that cause it???? Thanks again. Wow that was long
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Well just an update if anyone comes across this in the future your block is probably cracked!!! I filled up the water jackets overnight and it leaked down about 1/2 inch out of the oil pan. That’s a big crack with no pressure!!!
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