coolant/head troubles

[sammy342]

hey guys last night was driving on the freeway and noticed my gauge was reading red hot so i shut off the car straight away and pulled over to find no water in the radiator due to a busted radiator... massive crack lol... so i replaced that 265 dollars later but guess what..? white smoke and milky rocker cover. shattered or what? i sorta knew i had a head problem since about a month ago it blew 2 coolant hoses in one week and i have been slowly lossing coolant and it was running a bit rough every now and then also there is heaps of gunk and shit in the radiator and it smells funnky ohh and when u start the car with the cap off it shoots out water like a fountian but if u open the cap while its running its normall and doesent shoot out but yer i had all these symptoms b4 it over heated last night on the freeway,, exept the white smoke and milky rocker cover that only happened after it over heated and by the way its got a few new hoses new thermostat and new radiator

[A-man]

so what is the reason for the thread for venting??? (dont mean it to come across arogent)

[Slaz]

Reason is he has replaced all cooling items and doesnt understand what could still be the problem im thinking?

Sounds and by your description of the milky substance now found in your rocker cover means that the head has warped with the excess heat or you have blown the seal of your headgasket and water is mixing with the oil making it milky, also compression could be leaking into the cooling system making your hoses blow up.

Any decent mechanic can quickly see if it infact is, and you'll be up for a head service and resurfacing of it making it flat and installed with a new head gasket.

Freeway driving and a quick shut down after not having water for a decent amount of time and the heat sink involved, is more then likely done your head or gasket in, water getting into the cylinder is also a symptom of this with it running rough as its burning water in that cylinder.

Hope this might help. :thumbsup:

[sammy342]

maybe ppl could give me some tips n shit on what else i should check or do from their own experiance and mabye someone else might have similar issues and could use this thred to help em but yea tru

[sammy342]

thanks mate yea i would start the car and quickly check my hoses to see if they had instaly built up pressure but it did not then i shut it off took off the cap put it bak and did it agian and it built up strait out its like its a incosistant problem real head ache to diagnose especially in ya bak yard with insuficiant tools n yer would be great if i had a head check kit or something

[aaronng]

Best case, blown headgasket. Worst case, warped head.

[A-man]

yeh thats what i rekon to....

[sammy342]

doing searches on the fourm i gathered its pretty rare to do a head gasket lol shattered

[A-man]

its not rare if u dont look after the car its quite common for this to happen actually. not just in hondas but ever car.. everyone has had some sort of run in or has done it themselves

[sammy342]

yea ur right no matter what engine overheats the head or head gasket is gonna crack

[A-man]

like i had a 1jz notorious bullet proof engine i still blew a head gasket on it... i think however that wasnt my fault it was the previous owner.. but aw well

[sammy342]

yea tru i got my head back today from the machine shop got it crack tested and re cut no cracks so its all sweet just need a gasket

[TODA AU]

Best case, blown headgasket. Worst case, warped head.
Naaa, Best case warped head & blown gasket...
Worse case, warped & cracked head, warped block & blown gasket...