blown head gasket????
 

ok, so I put a b16a in my 89 si hatch and the first time the gasket was put on upside down. so I sent the head to the machine shop and they fixed the head. I finally got around to putting the head back on today. I put the timing belt on and I couldnt get it to tighten, and at the same time I had 2 of the plug wires swithed around. I fixed the plug wires and got the timing belt to tighten after a long attempt of trying to get it to start. Well I got it to start and it runs but horribly rough and know the head gasket is blown(has a white milky texture to it) and Im not sure why. does anyone know what could have happened

Re: blown head gasket????
 

it is also throwing an engie code, its #5

Re: blown head gasket????
 

did you torque the head to the right specs

Re: blown head gasket????
 

yes everything was torqued properly(head, cam caps,rods mains...ect)

Re: blown head gasket????
 

did you put the same head gasket back on it? the one that you took off that was upside down?

Re: blown head gasket????
 

your prob off time reall bad and compression is all screwed up

Re: blown head gasket????
 

You need a new head gasket. Can't re-use the other one.

Re: blown head gasket????
 

ditto!

Re: blown head gasket????
 

put nwe head gasket on and car is timed properly

Re: blown head gasket????
 

rods and mains arent in the head.