I just picked up a B16A CRX from a buddy for $500. The car has a few problems, but for $500, I'm not complaining. The most major of these problems is a blown head gasket, which I just discovered. I don't know how long the car has been running like this, but it's got a nice mixture of coolant and oil going on under the valve cover. The cam lobes are perfect, but I'm concerned about the condition of the main and connecting rod bearings since I don't know how well they hold up to coolant and oil mix lubricating them. There isn't any knocking coming from the engine, however.

Has anyone had a similar situation and would like to share what they did? If the engine is still salvagable, I'm worried about how I'm going to clean all this **** out of the engine.

Here's some pictures:







Thanks for the help!

 

That looks pretty
but for $500 you cant beat it just clean all that **** up and put ne headgasket and gasket?

 

fix the gasket, change oil alot. clean it out.

 

Ok... I got a head gasket set off EBay for $50CAD shipped... I'm going to pull the engine this weekend and tear the head off, pull the oil pan, and clean the **** up.

Thanks!

 

Hmm... Since you are pulling the head... wouldnt it be fairly easy to take the head down to a machine shop and have them professionally clean the head out? That way you dont have to worry about that part. Just asking. But, the bottom end... yuck. that stuff looks nasty and bad.

 

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Yup definetly consider that and the block clean out the coolant side and drop the oilpan to to clean the sludge and since u have all that apart already might as well put new timing belt and water pump then you'd be good to go id say