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Car Forum / Honda Cars / July 2005Still white steam after head gasket replaced?
94 civix lx 176k miles on block, 80k miles on head that was planed and checked out at the local parts store. I noticed the exhaust has white steam coming out the tailpipe, looking like when the head gasket went. The head is torqued properly. Sounds like possibly a defective head? Shouldn't the shop have caught this when they tanked the head and pressure tested it? I forgot to mention, this is not the original head, but one I bought used, reasoning it had 1/2 the miles and would be shop tested. The car it came off of was a 95 that needed a head gasket, was fixed, then the owner decided to part the car out after a year or so. > 94 civix lx 176k miles on block, 80k miles on head that was planed and > checked out at the local parts store. I noticed the exhaust has white [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Sounds like possibly a defective head? Shouldn't the shop have caught > this when they tanked the head and pressure tested it? > 94 civix lx 176k miles on block, 80k miles on head that was planed and > checked out at the local parts store. I noticed the exhaust has white steam [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Sounds like possibly a defective head? Shouldn't the shop have caught this > when they tanked the head and pressure tested it? --------------------- All cars emit steam, especially until they warm up . . . are you sure it's not just normal 'steam' ? 'Curly' WHen the engine is cold - take off the radiator cap and hopefully the radiator is full up to the top - start the engine - if there is a compression leak to the coolant - the coolant will really jump outof the neck of the radiator. Your oil will also be congealed if any coolant gets into it. You probably have normal water vapor - cats cause a lot of it. Generally people who have warped a head on a honda i4 (overheating does this very handily) don't have a lot of luck when milling or replacing the head at keeping head gaskets in place.. My gas station did the compression test and cooling system pressure test for 1/2 hr and they said all is well. They said the white steam is gone - it was most lukely accumulated antifreeze in the cat when the head gasket went. >> 94 civix lx 176k miles on block, 80k miles on head that was planed and >> checked out at the local parts store. I noticed the exhaust has white [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > 'Curly' > 94 civix lx 176k miles on block, 80k miles on head that was planed and > checked out at the local parts store. I noticed the exhaust has white steam > coming out the tailpipe, looking like when the head gasket went. The head > is torqued properly. its been 80k since the planing, etc was done? > Sounds like possibly a defective head? Shouldn't the shop have caught this > when they tanked the head and pressure tested it? not if it was 80k miles ago :) does it constantly smoke like that? are you loosing coolant? are the hoses bulging? sometimes steam just happens from miosture trapped in the exhaust. sorry, I should have been clearer - I just had the head planned a couple weeks ago, and finally had time today to wrap up the install of the head. It ran for about 3 minutes and I started to see the white steam - it was not as white and thick as when the gasket blew out. The car has been sitting for 2 months before I bought it and at least a month after I bought it and did the head gasket. I suppose there could be excess moisture in the exhaust system. I still need to replace the siezed alternator, and I will have a compresion test done by a professional. I think I need to replace the alternator from underneath...I could not get the bolts loose today, so I sprayed them with pb blaster. I noticed I also have to remove the a/c belt to install the alt. belt. I noticed the abs light came on today while the car was warming up. >> 94 civix lx 176k miles on block, 80k miles on head that was planed and >> checked out at the local parts store. I noticed the exhaust has white [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > sometimes steam just happens from miosture trapped in the exhaust. I would see about getting a compression test and a possible leak down test if a cylinder is found out of spec with the compression test. Chris > 94 civix lx 176k miles on block, 80k miles on head that was planed and > checked out at the local parts store. I noticed the exhaust has white steam [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Sounds like possibly a defective head? Shouldn't the shop have caught this > when they tanked the head and pressure tested it? > 94 civix lx 176k miles on block, 80k miles on head that was planed and > checked out at the local parts store. I noticed the exhaust has white steam [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Sounds like possibly a defective head? Shouldn't the shop have caught this > when they tanked the head and pressure tested it? Different car, many years ago... Dealer talked me into replacing leaking head gasket. What happened next was new compression broke piston ring. (Everything was sort of fine before (except the oil that leaked onto the engine block; after the head gasket, thick white smoke from the tailpipe -- I think it went away after the car was running a while, but not sure.) They ended up fixing it for free, though it took a while. |
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