Just wanted to know how hard it would be to change a head gasket on a B18c1. Also i have oil leaking out from the left side near the headers where the block and the head come togeather there is like a litle vin number there too if that helps . Would that be because my head gasket is shot .

 

probably teh cam cover gasket dripping down

 

all ready checked that its tight and no oil leaking from there .

 

did you replace it?

 

Check the distributor-side exhaust cam seal.

A head gasket replacement only takes about 5 hours, but it'll save you 4.5 hours if you only have to replace the cam seal.

 

its not the cam seal its leaking from inbetwene the head and the block . let me see if i can get some pics up .

 

many times the oil will drip down onto the headgasket from the cam seal or valve cover gasket, and will appear that the headgasket is leaking

 

ok i'm going to take it the place that out the motor in for me and see what they say about it . I was just woundering what felow HTers thought it was . I'll let you know what they say .

 

man that same **** happen to me....

i thought my head gasket was bad and my boy shawn (22lbgs-r)
took my distributor off and greased the seal on the back of it and it stopped.

Notes: thought my head gasket was shot and it wasnt.
it turned out to be a seal on the back of the distributor

 

Spray that whole area down with a buttload of brake cleaner, then go run the **** out of it. Come back, pop your hood, and see where its coming from. Its probably not your head gasket.

 

sup kenny, any word? did you find out the prob?