blown head gasket
 

i was talking with pete from tsp about this and i wanna get everyone's 2 cents on this issue


i blew my head gasket on my 4 door the other day....cylinders are full of water and water just poured out of my exhuast.if i replace the headgasket, should this be ok? or would i have to mill the head and then replace? how can i check to see if the head is warped? or would it be safe to say to just get a new head? its a d15b7 auto....lmk guys thx

get a flat straight edge ruler or smth. then measure it across, diagonally, vertically and check for straightness. there shouldnt be more than .010 inch gap between the ruler and cylinder head. but if i were you ill just get it resurfaced, since there is a chance of warping it. but check the condition of the head after u pull it out.

thanx bro

Just get it resurfaced, dont risk throwing a warped head back on
TSP peteh knows what hes doing !

Only person i'd let touch my teg, in the strange event i wont work on it myself!

Lay it on a piece of glass and use a feeler gauge. If it were me I'd just get it milled, I fucking hate head gaskets...

does anyone know a cheap place to mill a head?

what about cracked cylinders?

so i ahould do a compression test also?

no need becuase you will fail.
theres no good sealing and all of the compressed air will leak to the cooling system, and not in the combustion cahmber.u said theres coolant on the pistons so that a sign of leaks.

so just check the head and if good put new head gasket and if bad get milled and then put the gasket on right?

if i were u i will def. mill the head just like integrals said just to make sure it is good.....
Even a perfect cylinder can warp if you dont follow the procedures on loosening it from the block. mill it, but b4 that check the condittion of the head

ok will do ill know more on saturday when i go pull the head from the car but ill keep this updated for sure

any good places to have it milled at? i've never had to do this type of stuff

they charge me like $50 i think in a shop near alma school / broadway....

not bad might be cheaper since its a single cam 1.5 but ill check around thanks alot to all that answered this......

S n S machine shop is one of the local shops. They do just fine at the basics (mill,bore,hone)

where is that located at ? im at 72nd ave and mcdowell

main street, right across from EVIT
(480) 833-2887 i believe is their #

ok ill try it thanks again guys

yeah no prob

ok i pulled the head off today and the block looks fine.....the head other wise...looked in pretty bad shape....im gonna post pics in a bit but the valves were readlly rusted and the head looks warped and the person before did not surface clean the head before putting the new head gasket on and there was some of the old shit still on it and is still usable but will just put a vtec head on it instead ill post the pic later and tell me what you think

yea pics please

here are the pics
 

bigger pls.

i cant it wont let me.....any way i could email them to you and you could re size? pm me and lmk

email sent

bump

so what do you think?

looks like alot of wear and tear to me.

ALot of carbon buildup. Machine shop could install new valves and clean it all up for ya...

Depends on what your using it for. Just DD, woudn't worry to much about it.... Keeping it for the long run, might be worth your time/money

Take it over to Pete, and if you want i'll take a look at it next time im there