Burp the coolant, you might have a bubble somewhere. Let the car come up to temp. and let the fan come on wit the rad cap off until all air bubbles are out, you will know when its done. If you need help PM me and I might be able to stop by on sunday and lend a free hand.
Because in order to deck the head it has to be bolted down to the mill or whatever is used and the IM would be in the way. Plus metal shavings would get everywhere and the last thing you would want would be to have one inside the IM someplace.
I know its a pain in the ass to remove and install it, but why are you so against it? Plus its a good time to clean the IM out because its probably full of goop as was my civic’s IM with 250k on it.
i did this, only problem is the fan doesnt work lol
i didnt see any bubbling in the overflow
fan doesn’t work why?
then ur thermostat isn’t working or the fan switch/wiring is fuxxed…
you can use 100 % distilled water if you want to , although it will corrode the block and metal parts… coolant helps with cooling but is mainly for corrosion protection and lowers freezing point of water
alot of southerners use distilled water with a drop of soap or water wetter and have absolutely no problems
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you can use 100 % distilled water if you want to , although it will corrode the block and metal parts… coolant helps with cooling but is mainly for corrosion protection and lowers freezing point of water
alot of southerners use distilled water with a drop of soap or water wetter and have absolutely no problems
to test the fan, unplug the fan switch and jump it, if the fan turns on when the car is on than its either an air bubble or the switch is bad
make sure you clean the threads in the block before installing the arp’s and tq to 80ft lbs and you will be set
if it had a blown headgasket i would get the head decked (around 40-50 in my area) just for reassurance
use only oem headgasket and forget the copper spray stuff, ive done it way too many times with and without it and it did not make a difference either way
while your in there get a new cam cap seal as most fail and lead to oil running all over the side of the head/block
any other questions feel free to call man
I didnt know he was getting it milled, i thought it was just a HG swap with studs.
he stated it had a blown headgasket, and imo it is something that you should do everytime a car blows a headgasket and your replacing it, might cost and extra 50-60 extra (machine costs and intake manifold gasket) but is worth the piece of mind
Maybe, but I have done maybe 15 HG, and once I had a problem with a head( carnut knows how bad the head was warped). Any other time its been fine, just need a good straight edge to measure.
well you’ve done 15, i have seen over 100+ and can tell you that if you are going to do a headgasket ($70+ ) you might as well spend the extra ($60) to make sure everything is good
why, if its straight?
i guess if you have the equipment to check to make sure it is 100% straight then it wouldn’t matter
i personally don’t so i get it surfaced just to make sure
i didnt have a few of the tools that i needed, and i didnt have a straight enough straight edge to trust(the one i use for laying tile)
so i jus dropped it off to andy and he is checking over a few other things as well 