Hi.
I am learning car repair ....slowly.
My daughter's 94 civic was overheating..they tested and said bad head gasket.
I removed head and had it machined flat.
I bought the entire set of gaskets and new head bolts.
I put it all back together and torqued bolts per specs.... but stupidly I put the intake gasket on incorrectly.
When I added antifreeze, it leaked out.
I removed the intake and checked the gasket (appeared ok) and put on correctly. I tightened everything down and there is antifreeze leaking out of somewhere but I cant tell where.
If I get underneath the engine I can feel it dripping down but can't place where its coming from.

Any help would really be appreciated...Im at wits end.

 

Need to find where it is coming from-- there are coolant passages in the intake as well as those little hoses that go to the IACV and FITV. One of the heater hoses connects to the head, did you put it back?

 

I added more antifreeze to radiator and then I could hear more dripping out somewhere way back underneath....I used a high powered flash light to search for where its coming from but I cannot see. I did look at all hoses and they appear to be connected
Relative to gaskets I did not put any "copper" stuff on as the machine shop guy said it was not needed....should i have ?
Any other suggestions would be helpful
Thanks
Tim

 

You'll have to get underneath the car. There is a pretty good view of the back of the engine from underneath.

Gaskets don't need any extra stuff. When it drips out right away after filling with no pressure, there is a big opening that is not just a gasket leak.