- Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:24 pm
#80302
Wow, been a while since I've been on here, but now that I finally own my first Honda, being a Civic ofc with the D16Z6 engine in it.
Little history of my car - orginally it was a 1.5LSI AUTOMATIC but the guy before me did an engine conversion and replaced it with the d16z6.
Anyways, I bought the car for a bargain price off of Ebay, bodywork isn't fantastic but I know a panel beater (my father) who will sort the rust and small dents for me before I get a respray. Anyways, more about that in another topic, this is about my engine! Here's an image of my engine;
After I bought it, I was driving home with it, had travelled a good 70-80miles then BOOM! Pulled onto the hard shoulder, my top hose from the rad to the engine shredded literally in half!
I replaced it, went through the correct procedure when re-filling my rad back up and sorting the cooling system up and my water level continously kept dropping after a few days. In the end I got it sniff tested - and the worst was the problem, my head gasket has gone! Exhaust fumes was leaking into my cooling system.
I spoke to a few mates who own modified JDM motors and they know quite a bit, and one of them said, it's better to do a full top end re-build rather than just buy the head gasket and replace that only. Is it essential? I mean is it absolutely necessary to do that? If so, why?
Can't I just replace the head gasket only and if the head is warped, can't I just get that skimmed?
Thanks!
Little history of my car - orginally it was a 1.5LSI AUTOMATIC but the guy before me did an engine conversion and replaced it with the d16z6.
Anyways, I bought the car for a bargain price off of Ebay, bodywork isn't fantastic but I know a panel beater (my father) who will sort the rust and small dents for me before I get a respray. Anyways, more about that in another topic, this is about my engine! Here's an image of my engine;
After I bought it, I was driving home with it, had travelled a good 70-80miles then BOOM! Pulled onto the hard shoulder, my top hose from the rad to the engine shredded literally in half!
I replaced it, went through the correct procedure when re-filling my rad back up and sorting the cooling system up and my water level continously kept dropping after a few days. In the end I got it sniff tested - and the worst was the problem, my head gasket has gone! Exhaust fumes was leaking into my cooling system.
I spoke to a few mates who own modified JDM motors and they know quite a bit, and one of them said, it's better to do a full top end re-build rather than just buy the head gasket and replace that only. Is it essential? I mean is it absolutely necessary to do that? If so, why?
Can't I just replace the head gasket only and if the head is warped, can't I just get that skimmed?
Thanks!
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