its a 1992 civic hb 1.5 is it sohc? i dont know much about these motors

 

oil just looks old and no never over heated and i drove it from his house hour and a half away

 

yes its sohc, also you dont have to post that many times just click edit tab and then add what you wanna say,

call the guy and ask him about the head gasket being replaced,

 

oops sorry ok well it dosn't smoke either looks brown ok thank you

 

do a compression test to see how balanced things are throughout the cylinders. You can buy a kit for like $15

 

Well bad news its smoking now when you get on the gas so i priced gasket kit is $100

 

You can get a head gasket for around $50. I highly recommend changing intake and exhaust manifold gaskets as well which is around $30. But $80 to do it yourself beats like $500+ for a shop to replace it. I would also recommend having your head machined to prevent the same thing happening again. Believe me it's worth it.

 

FWIW, I just replaced the headgasket on my D15B7. I bought the car with 92K and the headgasket went at 145K resulting in losing a small amount of coolant over a long period of time. My gasket was blown between the water jacket and cylinder on #3. It looked to me as though someone else was into this engine at one time or another with an aftermarket gasket and perhaps an incorrect tightening sequence. I am telling you this as an argument for buying genuine Honda parts, at least a headgasket. It is significant expense to change out a headgasket, especially if you have to do it all over again for a lousy aftermarket flawed gasket that wont last. As an aside, I changed ALL hoses and belts while I had the top of the engine torn down, again with genuine Honda parts. I don't want to do it again anytime soon.

If your oil hasn't been compromised with water contamination, and yours doesn't sound as though it has, your car can be fixed without too much worry. Find a reputable Honda shop or at least mechanic and get good parts. Machine the head to ensure flatness upon reinstallation and make sure that they/you understand torque specs and tightening sequences. They are critical. The torque on this little head was surprisingly light compared to many other engines that I have done, but I am still learning Hondas.

Good luck,

Ed Fisher
Dallas, Tx

 

hey thanks alot my step dad builds race motors so he said he will do my head for 60 bucks hes good to thanks again its weird it hasn't even got hot at all and yesterday i filled with oil and is at same place on oil dip stick it did have a bad radiator cap and the spring was just laying in radiator i got it out put new one on radiator so we will see whats going on wife just drove it to school after i got home from work. ill keep you up dated.


Well today i flushed out radiator and yesterday i put quart and a half in the oil and it the same level on dip stick today thats good right? i cleaned out the over flow bottle and flushed the system and put new radiator fluid in so its looking good