i posted here earlyer asking why my car is burning oil (white smoke comes out when i step on the gas but is ok at idel). (didnt get alot of replys), well i took my head off and the head gasket looks ok, can it still be blown or would you be able to tell by looking at it? After i took my head gasket off i noticed a little bit of oil in each of my intake manifold ports, why?

here is a link to my previous post: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=520013

 

It might be that you just need to burn off some of the gunk in your exhaust and manifold that has built up over some time. If it keeps burning over about 2 weeks then I'd get worried

The valve seals are in the head.

Is there oil in the cylinders? Is there blowby from the combustion process getting into the cooling system? A sure sign of a blown headgasket is bubbles in the coolant appearing when the engine is running.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by raene &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It might be that you just need to burn off some of the gunk in your exhaust and manifold that has built up over some time. If it keeps burning over about 2 weeks then I'd get worried

The valve seals are in the head.

Is there oil in the cylinders? Is there blowby from the combustion process getting into the cooling system? A sure sign of a blown headgasket is bubbles in the coolant appearing when the engine is running. </TD></TR></TABLE>

it's been doing it for about 1 1/2 weeks and it's getting worse. i sucked out the cylinders with a vacume because the coolant didnt drain al the way when i took the drain plug out, so there was coolant on the pistons when i took the head off. although when i took the head off there was some oil sitting on top of the coolant between the sleeves and the block. how to i tell if there is bubbles in the collant when it's running? thanks for the help, anyone else?

 

anyone else?

 

come on people, i need to fix my car.

 

u dont really have to worry about oil in the intake manifold ports unless theres a lot of it. With the vaccuum lines going throughout the head and manifold, oil gets sprayed in sometimes.

Has your timing been adjusted at all?

 

it doesnt help adjusting anything. as i drive it more it gets worse.

 

You can not usually tell a blown head gasket by it's physical appearance. The best way to check for a blown head gasket is to get a block tester-it is a plastic cylinder type device that sits on the radiator neck with the radiator cap off. There is a little rubber bulb on the top of it that you use to draw air in from the radiator. The cylinder is filled with a blue tester fluid that detects the presence of CO (CO2?), the fluid changes color if the head gasket is blown.
Once you have the head off, have it pressure tested and resurfaced at a machine shop. Also use a straight edge and a feeler guage to check the block for warpage-the max spec is about 0.003" (I think). If the block is warped, you can have it "decked" by your machine shop-machining the deck to true flat again. New head gasket and torqued in sequence, and you are good to go.