just changed head gasket now burning coolant

[golden_accord]

alot of white smoke coming from the exhaust i can see water coming out of the exhaust tip. i also changed the intake manifold gasket since i took the head off without the IM.

so my question is how can this coolant be leaking into the combustin camber if i changed all the gaskets?

[bruno8747]

alot of white smoke coming from the exhaust i can see water coming out of the exhaust tip. i also changed the intake manifold gasket since i took the head off without the IM.

so my question is how can this coolant be leaking into the combustin camber if i changed all the gaskets?

Couple things could be wrong:

A) When you reinstalled the head gasket you didnt put it on correctly and causing it to be misalinged. Or the headgasket was bad to begin with.

B) Warpped head. Could be caused by the order you took the head bolts off.

C) Head bolts not torqued down enough

D) Cracked head.

And why did you change the head gasket in the first place?

[m-tec93accord]

did you have the head resurfaced???

if not, possible warpage or cracked as stated

either way, off with your head.......again

[golden_accord]

Couple things could be wrong:

A) When you reinstalled the head gasket you didnt put it on correctly and causing it to be misalinged. Or the headgasket was bad to begin with.

B) Warpped head. Could be caused by the order you took the head bolts off.

C) Head bolts not torqued down enough

D) Cracked head.

And why did you change the head gasket in the first place?

brand new head gaskets can be bad to begin with?!? well when i put on the head gasket i place it on the block with those pins dowels to hold it in place then i put on the head. so i dont think i misalinged it.

i did a compression test on it and all of the cylinders came out good. all were around 200. if the cylinders didnt come out good so wouldnt that mean the head isnt warpped, cracked and not torqued down enough?

if i do a leak down where would i look or listen to for air coming out from the coolant system?

[golden_accord]

did you have the head resurfaced???

if not, possible warpage or cracked as stated

either way, off with your head.......again

no i didnt have the head resurfaced because i didnt think it was warpped.

[golden_accord]

does anybody know if a leak down will find the problem?

[BlackPearl2006]

I'm so curious, why did you change the head gasket in the first place? Did it blow? And how was the car behaving prior to the gasket change?

When you put the head back on, did you do the bolts in correct order, and tighten them little by little? And did you use a torque wrench to properly tighten them to the right specs? (and, for that matter, when you originally took the head off, did you untighten the bolts in order, little by little, so as not to warp the head while removing it?)

If you didn't do any of the above, then it's possible you warped the head and there's a leak.

You did a compression test on each cylinder and they came out fine...wierd though. I don't know how else coolant can get into the combustion chamber other than through a blown/warped/poorly mated head/gasket or a cracked head/block.

You sure it's truly White smoke? Does it smell like coolant? Or is it grey/bluish (which would probably be oil burning)?

Is your car actually losing coolant? (does it overheat and you have to keep refilling the coolant frequently?) It's possible to have a little moisture coming out of the tailpipe without it necessarily meaning you're leaking coolant into the system.

Also, did you recently seafoam or do one of those engine gunk additive flushes? That could cause temporary smoking until it's all out of the system.

Also, is this a new/crate/remanufactured engine? Could be too that it's still being broken in and the fluid needs to circulate.

Also, I don't know what good a leak down would do since it would only show leaks on the outside of the block. The internal leak can exist even if there is no sign of leakage on the outside, since what would be leaking is coolant going into the chambers. IF it's a leak that can't be fixed with just redoing the gasket, then pretty much your block or head is most likely done for.

[BlackPearl2006]

Oil Dipstick...

Oh yeah, one other thing...when you pull your dipstick out, do you see lotsa little tiny bubbles on it? (would indicate coolant mixing in with the oil).

And when you open your radiator cap, does the coolant look contaminated (with either fuel or oil swirling at the top?)

Just trying to make sure if you really have a coolant leak.

[golden_accord]

well i changed the head gasket because i had to take off the head to get one of the spark plug holes retapped cause one of the spark plugs broke and got stuck inside.

i tighten all the bolts cris crossed starting from the middle all down to 78lbs. and i removed it going the opposite way.

the compression test came out good like i said before all around 200 so i dont see how its leaking. im thinking it mite be coming from the intake manifold but i also replaced that with a new gasket too.

the smoke is diffrently white you can see clouds of it coming out from the exhaust and you can also see the coolant coming out from the exhaust tip.

it doesnt over heat for some reason and i didnt use any of that seafoam or additives to clean it out.

i really dont wanna take my head back off to find this problem. im really hoping its coming from the intake manifold.

[golden_accord]

ok i just took the head back off today there was alot of water/antifreeze. can somebody tell me where this is coming from?!?

[golden_accord]

here are some pics of the IM gasket and IM it looks like this could be the problem but im not sure can somebody confirm this for me?

[Cb7GHOST]

thats a coolant passage for the thermostat housing to the head. if it were leaking you'd probably find coolant dripping to the floor. I am not sure if that can possibly leak into the adjacent port. For the sake of it, get the head checked for warpage/surface it. Check the block too. When I did my head gasket I torqued the bolts down it 3 stages: 29 ft lb, in the criss-cross order, then 51 ft lb, and then to final tourque of 78 ft lb. make sure that the dowel pins are in all the way.

[m-tec93accord]

take it to a machining shop, they charge like 90.00 to completely clean the head and cut it, but it does sound like its warped

[golden_accord]

thats a coolant passage for the thermostat housing to the head. if it were leaking you'd probably find coolant dripping to the floor. I am not sure if that can possibly leak into the adjacent port. For the sake of it, get the head checked for warpage/surface it. Check the block too. When I did my head gasket I torqued the bolts down it 3 stages: 29 ft lb, in the criss-cross order, then 51 ft lb, and then to final tourque of 78 ft lb. make sure that the dowel pins are in all the way.

i only did 2 stages first at 51 ft lbs and then 78 ft lbs. i dont know if the machine guy check to see if it was warp or not when he tapped the spark plug hole but i guess ill have to call him and ask.

take it to a machining shop, they charge like 90.00 to completely clean the head and cut it, but it does sound like its warped

$90 bucks to clean and mill it?!? damn thats hella i dont know about that one.

[golden_accord]

ok so i got the head resurfaced but still same problem also replaced the IM gasket so i really dont know what is wrong with it? can anybody help me?!?