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B18A1 after Head gasket Change
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Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:51 pmby RSuave
After I changed the head gasket on my B18A1 in my del sol the check engine light turned on and the car idles poorly and I keep putting coolant into the reservoir but it keeps going empty any ideas? I put the head gasket on correctly and I tightened down all bolt to specs, all hoses and sensors seem to be in place and new spark plugs and newer wires. The timing may be off or may have something to do with the new header or new NGK spark plugs.
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:06 amby JUICE
why was the gasket changed? did it blow? did the car overheat? was the block decked?
have you checked what CEL code your throwing?
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:12 amby forcefedEG
JUICE wrote:why was the gasket changed? did it blow? did the car overheat? was the block decked?
have you checked what CEL code your throwing?
He is asking all the same questions i would. Did you inspect the head and or old gasket at all?
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:19 amby eggman95
Pull your dipstick and see if your oil is milky?
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:23 amby forcefedEG
eggman95 wrote:Pull your dipstick and see if your oil is milky?
Yea that too
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:34 amby EG6karen.
did you resurface the head after you took it off?
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:36 amby EG6karen.
or maybe the head is cracked....
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:13 pmby RSuave
The car had a new head gasket put on it, about a week before I bought the car but the gasket was put on the wrong way and before white smoke would come out the exhaust, but I have not pulled any codes out yet but I am going to bring it somewhere I think just to make sure everything is okay, better safe than sorry.
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:09 pmby JUICE
^^ checking the code is very easy...
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Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:45 pmby RSuave
With my last car there was a plug and I did the old paper clip trick but it got me nowhere but spending money on pieces I did not need.