Well, I just changed my headgasket last week. Put on an OEM honda one, with copper spray. I also installed all new ARP head studs and top-end gaskets. The original reason why I changed it was because it was leaking badly.. it would squirt out onto my full-race turbo manifold and burn up, filling the car with smoke. The head was warped, so I had it resurfaced to fix it...

After changin it, it wortked fine for 50 miles or so. Now, it's seeping again... from the bottom-left corner (right above where the b18c is stamped). This is where it originally began seeping in the first place. I have yet to hit 10 head cycles, so I haven't re-torqued the ARP studs yet... could this be the problem.... or could it be something else? (warped block, installation error, etc.)?

 

Did you have the block looked at when the head was done?

 

if the head was milled you need to drill out the pilot holes for the things that hold the head/headgasket to the block without it moving (dowel pins) why? because milling the head affect how deep the pins will go and so you also have to make those deeper...

 

It was resurfaced.... they took off 6 thousandths... is that enough to require re-drilling?


[Modified by servion, 10:35 PM 3/7/2003]