What are the signs of a headgasket failure?
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What are the signs of a headgasket failure?
My 1998 b20b with 15k on it was all of a sudden burning lots of water and oil... i took the head off but i dont see anything wrong with the head or the block. The only thing weird is a lot of the black coating on the headgasket came off onto the head. Is that what happens? 
It's mostly the exhaust side that has all the black coating from the headgasket on it. The cylinders, valves, everything looks fine. no oil in the water, no water in the oil either.
It's mostly the exhaust side that has all the black coating from the headgasket on it. The cylinders, valves, everything looks fine. no oil in the water, no water in the oil either.
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Re: What are the signs of a headgasket failure? (BluntMan)
please ignore the pistons, they've had oil sitting on them for a week now and its just making the carbon peel... they looked perfect, no scratches at all... the cylinder walls are perfect too.
Modified by crazychickenhead at 10:53 PM 6/8/2003
Modified by crazychickenhead at 10:54 PM 6/8/2003
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Re: What are the signs of a headgasket failure? (crazychickenhead)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crazychickenhead »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would hate to put it all back together with a new headgasket and have it do the same thing...</TD></TR></TABLE>
but you pulled the head before you knew the hg was the problem? damn thats great troubleshooting right there.
but replace the gasket anyway now that half of your engine is unassembled.
but you pulled the head before you knew the hg was the problem? damn thats great troubleshooting right there.
but replace the gasket anyway now that half of your engine is unassembled.
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the compression before it started smoking was 205-205-205-205
all of a sudden its smoking badly and the compression is 205-205-205-*225*
when i had started it up, it sounded like a metal object flew threw the intake and intake manifold, into the combustion chamber. I thought it was a bolt or something, but i can find no traces of any foreign objects coming through the engine.
all of a sudden its smoking badly and the compression is 205-205-205-*225*
when i had started it up, it sounded like a metal object flew threw the intake and intake manifold, into the combustion chamber. I thought it was a bolt or something, but i can find no traces of any foreign objects coming through the engine.
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to avoid rust...
its been very rainy here the past few days. last time i let a block sit unoiled i had to go back and rehone it... i dont plan on taking the pistons out of this... i dont want to take the block out at all if i dont have to.
its been very rainy here the past few days. last time i let a block sit unoiled i had to go back and rehone it... i dont plan on taking the pistons out of this... i dont want to take the block out at all if i dont have to.
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When you pulled the head did your walls and pistons look like they were steam cleaned?
If yes your hg was possibly the problem, everytime i changed a hg due to loosing water i noticed the steam cleaned motor.
If yes your hg was possibly the problem, everytime i changed a hg due to loosing water i noticed the steam cleaned motor.
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