Someone point me in the right direction
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Someone point me in the right direction
I have a 99 ex coupe with a b20 swap. My engine would get Hotter than normal and I thought it was a bad header gasket so I replaced the header gasket(cause I had a crack on one of the runners near the flange) and noticed around cylinder one exhaust port runner there was a gap between flange and gasket (something warp?) and then coolant started spitting a lil from that leak(not the crack in header) and was coming out the exhaust a lil as well which made very thin smoke. Is it a bad head gasket ? Bad seals ? I took it to someone to look at and run compression test and leak down test and dont think they did cause all they said was it leaks coolant(which I knew) and said it would cost 800-900$ at a machine shop?brought the car home.
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Re: Someone point me in the right direction
If its leaking coolant and not oil ( oil passages are closer to the outer section of the head and block) I would clean up and locate leak.
edit: or pull dipstick and check the oil for any milky residue
edit: or pull dipstick and check the oil for any milky residue
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Are u talking about where the head meets the block? If so you might need to get the head resurfaced an God forbid if the deck is warped. Unless there is a crack some where. That's all I got because your typing is all over the place. Sorry.
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Re: Someone point me in the right direction
There is no path for coolant between the head and the exhaust manifold or header. A leaky exhaust gasket would only leak exhaust.
Take the header off and pressure test the system (engine not running) to see exactly where the coolant comes out. If it comes out of the gap between the head and the block, you may be able to fix it with a new head gasket, though leakage there is unusual unless the head and / or block has warped badly. If it comes from a crack in the head or the block that means replace the engine.
Take the header off and pressure test the system (engine not running) to see exactly where the coolant comes out. If it comes out of the gap between the head and the block, you may be able to fix it with a new head gasket, though leakage there is unusual unless the head and / or block has warped badly. If it comes from a crack in the head or the block that means replace the engine.
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Re: Someone point me in the right direction
I seen it coming from between the header flange and gasket(exhaust manifold port side) I have an exhaust leak around cylinder one and when I gave it gas Lil coolant would drip from the muffler also and very thin smoke for a few mins (Not alot smoke) I didnt see anything leaking from between the block and head
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Re: Someone point me in the right direction
Sorry about that but No I didnt see coolant leak from where the head meets the block. I have an exhaust leak around exhaust port on cylinder one where the flange sits against head and seen it spitting a bit from there and the muffler dripped a lil too followed by very thin smoke when I gave it gas
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I just pulled the dipstick and olicap , No milky residue . Oli still looked golden ( I have full synthetic and just changed it beginning of January )
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