Coolant mixed with oil

B16, B18, B20
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By poorman type-r
- Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:10 pm #245435 Time for a new head gasket. :thumb: lol
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By chilango41
- Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:58 pm #245447 I already ordered the head gasket.
But do I just put the new headgasket on, add oil coolant and start it up again?

I dont add something to take the left over out? I drained the oild and coolant already.
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By JUICE
- Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:41 pm #245457 pretty sure we have a good DIY on it



when you get it back together, use some cheap oil and do an oil change after your first start up
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By chilango41
- Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:50 pm #245464 Yeah I used the DIY on the forum for the head gasket. Okay I will put some cheap oil, run it for a little bit and drain it. You think it would be a good idea to use some Sea Foam?
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By Eg6H2D
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:06 am #245780
chilango41 wrote:Yeah I used the DIY on the forum for the head gasket. Okay I will put some cheap oil, run it for a little bit and drain it. You think it would be a good idea to use some Sea Foam?


SeaFoam is mainly for the carbon build up. Just drain after start up for a few mins maybe 20 let it warm up. let it run . then drain and add ur new good oil..

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By LaosToaster
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:45 am #245784 when coolant is mixed in with the oil its not only because the head gasket went bad, u could possibly have a cracked head or block, or both, or even all three (gasket). inspect for cracked when ur taking off ur old gasket :thumb:
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By Eg6H2D
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:31 pm #245918
chilango41 wrote:I hope its not cracked block or head :pray:

I will get it fixed on the weekend, re-torque and flushed :thumb:




Lets pray!!!! usually it doesnt happen unless heavily abused and high revving unbalanced. Is it a JDM b16 or USDM?

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By chilango41
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:35 pm #245920 Its JDM. Im pretty sure it's not. Because before I did the rebuild everything was working fine. I never really drove it after I put it together, beceause I wanted to get tuned first.
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By Eg6H2D
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:40 pm #245924
chilango41 wrote:Its JDM. Im pretty sure it's not. Because before I did the rebuild everything was working fine. I never really drove it after I put it together, beceause I wanted to get tuned first.


So on your rebuild you used a new headgasket obviously.. and what studs? ARP or OEM?
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By Eg6H2D
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:55 pm #245929 Did you get the torque values from ARP themselves?
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By chilango41
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:59 pm #245931 Yeah I did I followed ARP's instructions. I think what happened was that there was coolant or oil at the bottom of the thread holes on the block. When I took the head off (for the second time) the studs where very loose.
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