my H23 head swap thread

[wed3k]

h23 head swap...


however it is running likle total crap...misfiring, hesistating, running way rich, stalling.

got two? CEL's

8: TDC...looks like ill be doing the timing belt again to fix this

and like a long flash-puase-long flash

the h23 timing belt is WAAAAY loose, so lose that it hits the timing cover and makes a loud ass clacking sound.

the apexi exhaust is somewhat quiet

[wed3k]

GSR belt should be on very soon!!!

[gdout90accord]

GSR belt should be on very soon!!!

hope you dont experience what xwadex is experiencing haha but on my f22b we used gsr belt and its loose a lil bit. SHOULD WORK tho

good luck ........

[wed3k]

man, the gsr fit perfectly...i still have like 2/3 space to tighten it if i wanted to.

two problems now...

running WAYYYY rich still (but i was told it'd run rich with the p14 ecu)

and

idling pretty rough

first it wouldnt really idle, so i changed back to the stock accord injectors which were cleaned professionally.

so how do you advance the timing? counter or clockwise? (turning of the distributor)

[g-wagon]

damn sounds just like mine..... i ran mine off a p14 and it never really idled right..

[wed3k]

hmm, so all that smoke might actually be the head gasket and not it running rich.

i checked the spark plugs and they dont look terrible, meaning back to step one.

im gonna bring the head to some place and see if the surfae it totally flat, maybe mill it a bit to raise the compression.

[d112crzy]

turning the dizzy away from you is advancing and the opposite is retarding. I THINK thats right. do you have a timing gun?

[wed3k]

turning the dizzy away from you is advancing and the opposite is retarding. I THINK thats right. do you have a timing gun?

yea i do...but i have a more serious rpoblem on my hands

[d112crzy]

like what?

how come its taking you like forever to get your timing belt right? i just adjusted mine and it took like 1/2 an hour, at the most. its not that hard.

[ehulst]

As far as i remeber you cant just hook the timing light up and check your timing, you need to jump the computer to the CEL mode and do it that way, thats how your supose to do it with a stock motor, but with having a Chipped ECU i'm not entirely sure if you can get a dead on reading with just throwing it on the plug and going .....

[Ilikebigbutts]

try spraying some brake parts clean around your manifold/vacuum hoses...could be a leak.

[wed3k]

its not the timing belt thats wrong, im taking the whole head off again and checking if the surface is true.

the white smoke is most likely coolant.

[wed3k]

welp, sent the head to the machine shop today
45 for resurface
45 for pressure testing (ge thinks there is a crack but whatever)
20 for valve stem seal replacement

not bad for all that...gonna pick it up on wednesday.

[HondaFan81]

welp, sent the head to the machine shop today
45 for resurface
45 for pressure testing (ge thinks there is a crack but whatever)
20 for valve stem seal replacement

not bad for all that...gonna pick it up on wednesday.

Facing the dizzy housing, counter-clockwise is advancing the ignition timing.

Are you stating you didn't get the head resurfaced when you received it for the swap? Did you just swap it on?

I swear I should start charging like a full-time mechanic, I probably do a better job than most.

[wed3k]

Facing the dizzy housing, counter-clockwise is advancing the ignition timing.

Are you stating you didn't get the head resurfaced when you received it for the swap? Did you just swap it on?

I swear I should start charging like a full-time mechanic, I probably do a better job than most.

yea i just swapped it on in hopes that it would worked.

the machinsit said that the head was actually okay...but i went ahead and resurfaced it anyways, dont want to take any chances this time.