For Head Gasket Experts

[theone]

removed it today...(also remove my tore up exhaust system of my beater and replaced it with the exhaust system i had on the boosted car before i bossted it).

but heres a view for all u head gasket experts. let me know how it looks, to me it looks in bad shape but there wasnt any coolant in the cylinders. but maybe im wrong and its in good shape....let me know

[offthahook]

I'm no expert... BUT the areas between the cylinders look pretty good to me. I've seen some that were pretty sketchy between the each cylinder. Looks like it came off in one piece, too. Others can speak to the discoloration/build up...

[91megancb7]

Yeah man that thing is shot. ny h/g looked pretty good but it still leaked. Coolant doesn't necessari;y need to be in the cylinders for it to be bad. Get you a ridge reamer and a new gasket and hook it up.
Chiltons has the procedure. Have your head milled flat too if you can. it makes a bigg difference in how the head seats on the block..good luck man

[alb_accord]

well mine its i much better shape than that. and it leaked on # 2 piston.
and i look at it and it looks brand new. but who knows. i jlust got a new one for $65 and gona install it tomorrow.

[Mista Juice]

well, since youve taken it off already, just replace it.. plus, from what many friends have told me, once you take off the head gasket, you HAVE to replace it..

[i_love_cb7]

sorry to hijack the thread, but is there a aftermarket one better for turbo?, like a strong one so we don't blow!

[theone]

sorry to hijack the thread, but is there a aftermarket one better for turbo?, like a strong one so we don't blow!

im still looking myself, dont think so tho...but i here teh best to use is OEM.
this gasket is a 35buc gasket from autozone. so thats why i pulled it, plan to run a hOnda OEM gasket sprayed with copper (suppose to handle high temps better)

[MRX]

I don't think its the headgasket that you should be looking closely at. Remember than your coolant was only heating up under boost. I think u should be paying more attention to the head bolts and the amount that they may have stretched. Maybe its just my backwards way of thinking but i think your head bolts had lost some of their torque and it only showed up under high cylinder pressure/boost. Have u thought about sending your new head bolts to the cryogen place?

[theone]

yeah thats why i removed everything...to mainly change the bolts...
but when i removed them i say hey, im better off change the gasket to OEM and spraying it down while im at it.
but the main thing i want to do is replace the bolts because i know they've been on there sense ive had the car (3 years) and ive had the cylinder head remove 2 times sense then.
ive been looking for stronger studs but of course no luck....
but thats a good idea, im a call Cryo and see if they do head bolts also, they sould.
ill let u know what they say....
thanks.

[MRX]

Oh this head bolt cryo stuff ain't for me. I ain't takin that fuckin' head off unless i blow it lol. Nope, last time i took the head off i lost spark for a week lol...never again lol

[theone]

lol..........

[theone]

ok, got some news....
if u r every looking into stronger head studs for our vehicles (which APR doenst make)
Cryo will deep freeze them for $15 a set.
so we have 10 bolts.....15bux for all ten.
im buying some new ones next week and sending them out for the process

if anyone doesnt have the site its: www.deepfreezecryo.com

[MRX]

see, told ya it was a good idea . I was actually gonna get a delta cam and send it to them just cause want to insure the cam doesn't snap in half

[theone]

yeah man....im sending all my shit to them....eventually...lol. j/k
but mainly parts they dont make for our cars, like the studs.....rocker arms....valve springs, etc.

[alb_accord]

i just finished mine. i had this wierd vibration when the car are over 2500rpms. and some noise. wtf lol. i am keeping my fingers crosed so my car don't have any other overhating problems. because if it has then its a bad engine head.