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hi guys today i pulled off my head off of my da integra, and this is the first time i do this by myself so i think im doing ok, but i pulled out the headgasket and noticed there was no tear on the gasket, but rather have all the black stuff chipped off, i was wondering if thats wats making coolant leak into the cylinders and also all the tanish gunk is all over the head and mostlikely in the block, wats ur guys opinions and recomendations to cleaning the gunk thanks
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Honestly it’s not common for that head gasket to have a problem, how did you verify the combustion leak? Pretty much anything with a steal gasket like that one does not often have head gasket issues and when they do it’s usually a warped part so be sure to check the mating surfaces of the head and block. BTW I don’t’ see anything in that picture that would indicate a coolant leak, if there was the cylinder that was getting the coolant would be much cleaner than it’s neighbors, if they all look the same then I’m going to say you probably didn’t have a leak into the combustion chamber.
I did a combustion leak test at my automotive school and it was confirmed there was hydrocarbons going into the cooling system and i think cylinder 2 and 3 r clean around the edges while 1 and 4 have carbon build up on them, i was adding coolant every 2 weeks and was starting to show signs like white smoke at the exhaust and i would hear the coolant bubbling when i would turn off the car. But i was100% sure after the leak test. I just sent out the head today to get checked out and i gotta find a straight edge to check the block thanks for the responses!
Keep us posted.
Im curious of the outcome seeing as you stated you already did a block test.
Did you have any visible signs of coolant leaks? Any cracks in the block?
No visible signs of leaks except after i opened up the head and when i drained the oil, coolant started seeping out first before i fully pulled off the plug, and i did pressure test the coolant system i did have a leak but not external, so far no cracks and no warpage on block, coudlnt find a legit straight edge but something equivilent i used and hope it was straight enough but everythig seemed fine, just waiting to see wat they tell me about the head
Well it seems the block was ok, and the head was rebuilt and not warped, just a couple holes stripped and spark plug hole stripped also(all got fixed) i put the car back together and is running great! it seems it was just the actual headgasket that failed, either way i am going to do a cylinder leak test to check if everything is fixed and keep u guys posted
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