Civic EG

Before i replaced my head gasket i was thinking of taking me d15 out and putting this in...

Just kidding, i was in my garage and thought i would post it as a joke.

Finally had a chance to replace my head gasket so i snapped some pics...
valve cover off

something doesn't look right, hmmmm?


the problem

the solution (thanks bangballs for the homemade tool)


head off and block ready to be cleaned (intake is pretty dirty)

before and after

nice job tackling all the additional things while replacing the HG

be sure to post a pic of the VC when you get it all back together

What the hell is that? Looks like peanut butter under your vc!?! Ive never seen anything like that!

Thats what happens when water and oil mix pistons look good

ya there was just a little water in the oil ya the pistons were just a little dirty so i cleaned them, but i didn't have to do much cleaning since the car only has 40,000miles o and by the way the head is at the machine shop getting checked out, rather be safe then sorry. i will have update pics when it goes back together.

Never thought about bronze for the VC, looks nice though. Second the pics.

the underside of that valve cover looks gross any tips for pulling the head i blew my headgasket (or worse) and looking for some pointers

Hey bceg, just go by your haynes or chilton manual and you should be fine.

the inside of that vc looks nasty. i like the new color you painted it. try to fit the blower in that thing.

Then i could turbo the stang! O wait the cam i have is way to big for the street and my setup! LOL

Finally had time to post the updated pics. Well the machine shop cleaned the head up and resurfaced it. They said it was i little warped.

cleaned and resurfaced



all torqued down

the valve cover and the new header



I replaced the water pump and timing belt while i was at it. The car runs great except for idle surge which i got right before the headgasket went.

Non MLS head gasket FTMFL. Sorry man. Have you ever seen what happens when you get water on cardboard? how it expands and falls apart. Thats basically what happens with those kinda head gaskets. Hope it lasts for you. almost all of the cars i have done that have bad head gaskets have those gaskets on them. so watch your temp gauge.

As for the idle surge, this usually occurs when an air bubble is stuck in the IAC, bleed the air out of your coolant system. make sure the engine is COLD remove the radiator cap, start the engine, and let it get up to temp, it might kinda make a mess as the air bubbles all come out. let it run a while until no more bubbles are coming out and you should be good.

how long did it take u to change the head gasket?

with all the parts & tools, it could be done in a few hours.