[Johnny Kim]

s3?

 

[pyros88legendcoupe]

smartjay you have a blown headgasket. the black stuff your seeing in your overflow is oil. your head has blow the gasket and now the oil,piston, or coolant passages are connected in any order. check your oil if might have white stuff in it. right now the cheapest choice is to replace it with a JDM engine. do a search you can find some info on that. or if you want rebuild the old head. but if you have driven the car with the blown head for a long time it could be ****ed.

and to bleed the air you have to loosen the 12mm nipple comeing out of the coolant tube on the cylinder head. it is above the dis.

 

[Johnny Kim]

smartjay you have a blown headgasket. the black stuff your seeing in your overflow is oil. your head has blow the gasket and now the oil,piston, or coolant passages are connected in any order. check your oil if might have white stuff in it. right now the cheapest choice is to replace it with a JDM engine. do a search you can find some info on that. or if you want rebuild the old head. but if you have driven the car with the blown head for a long time it could be ****ed.

and to bleed the air you have to loosen the 12mm nipple comeing out of the coolant tube on the cylinder head. it is above the dis.

thanks...i found one on ebay located at miami,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6770&item=2415437426
say i buy this engine, what else would i need? ECU? ect...
and how long/complicated would this be to swap the engines
final question, this just started recently like since 2 months ago, how long would i be able to drive before it wont acualy run.
thanks in advance

 

[Johnny2]

If your satisfied it's a blown H.G. get some stop leak & pour in the radiator, it usually stops the leak for quite a while.

 

[90Legendman(LS)]

If your satisfied it's a blown H.G. get some stop leak & pour in the radiator, it usually stops the leak for quite a while. [/QUOTE

I have a coolant leak coming from the freeze plug/ expansion plug (the plug that keeps the engine block from cracking) its not a really significant leak. Question is would the stop leak work on this??
This is a $ 700 repair from what I understand... :eek2:

 

[GREYLEGEND]

if you can tolerate the leak maybe live with it.

From what i hear, these stop leaks will stop the leak now but it might eventually, begin clogging radiators, especially if they are old, and at worst seize your water pump and bust or jump your timing belt. Ugh!!!!

A lot of these chemicals are a cheap fix to a car you want to dump soon.

 

[Johnny2]

Yes, it will work for a long time. Ask Pep Boy's or Napa Auto Parts which stop leak they recomend for your particular leak.

 

[Johnny2]

If you need to change engines or remove & replace for freeze plug change then you need to flush cooling system anyway. Both the H.G. & freeze plug problems probably were caused by not using genuine Honda anti-freeze/coolant.

 

[90Legendman(LS)]

Cool thanks for the info. I would rather purchase a low mileage JDM engine before I spent $700 on the freeze plug repair. I think that makes more sense !! $500 for the engine another $500 for installation works for me !!

 

[johnny3]

Yes, JDM would be the way to go for the permanent fix & best $ value if you're keeping it.

 

[pyros88legendcoupe]

before you know it. there are going to be no engines left in japan i better stock up :2cool:

 

[90Legendman(LS)]

before you know it. there are going to be no engines left in japan i better stock up :2cool:

 

[Shrmndlit]

After you make a repair make sure you take out the fuse to reset the ECU to clear the memory if you dont after you fix something it will say it is still broken