well i have a 91 civic hatch its a standard modle. and my motor combination is a hf motor on a 4 speed tranny with a dual point intake mani. and i start up my car, and the head gasket blew in matter of minutes. so 2 days agaio i put a new one on and it blew tonight. and alot of white smoke coming out the tail pipe. and i smell fuel. and i just wanna know why does my head gasket keep on blowing. also i have a new intake mani gasket with new honda injectors, and i have new cap and rotor for the dizzy. so...does the dual point intake mani have anything to do with it? i dont think it doesnt. but when i started the hf motor up for the first time i had this jacked up dizzy, the rotor was all woobley and then the head gasket blew. so i put a new head gasket on and i still had the jacked up dizzy and my head gasket blew tonight. also it was miss firing like a bitch and a half. so now i have a brand new cap and rotor. so..should i put a new gasket on tomorrow and see what happens? let me know. thanks peace

 

Have you used a straight edge to check the head and block surfaces?

 

no.....but the head has only been pulled off once in the motors life time. but im gonna try putting a new gasket on there today and see what happenes. also i was running EXTREMLY rich. so maybe thats why?? thanks

 

You can keep throwing head gaskets on it, but if the head and block aren't straight and even they wont last very long. BTW, runnig rich isn't very likely to affect your head gasket. Was the engine ever overheated? Those heads warp very easily.

 

Ya you might even wanna check if you have any cracks in your block, even a small hair line crack could cause your headgasket to keep going on ya.. and to check if the surfaces are flat (head and block)

Pete

 

i just figured it out, i didnt know that u cant use a head stud more then 1 time,lol, ive used mine for 9 times now...so i bought some new ones today, and i'll see how it works

 

You know, I'd quit wasting my money on that POS motor, and buy a different one.

 

Good luck.