how can you tell if the head is warped

Post by **getnrowdy23** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:07 am

car got kinda hot. radiator fluid came out of my s13 blacktop. not sure if i warped head. how can i tell without taking it somewhere... i searched no luck. the oil should be milky? i didnt drive it once it got hot so oil might not be milky yet. let me know thanks

Post by **912.0turbo** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:37 am

Radiator Fluid?LOLOL!!! Sorry but that was funny. If your head was warped you would have coolant in the oil or vice versa. Also you could run a compression check. Does your car smoke?

Post by **TunaFish** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:20 am

The only way to tell if your head is warped is to pull it and check with a flat edge and feeler gadges.

If the head is warped, the headgasket isn't going to seal and will have the same symptoms of a blown headgasket.

Depending on where the head gasket isn't sealing several things can happen

- Coolant can get mixed into the cylinders, and you will burn coolant- Coolant can get mixed into the oil (or oil into the coolant) and your oil or coolant resivour will turn milky brown- Coolant or oil can actually leak from where the head meets the block.

Post by **getnrowdy23** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:45 am

will the milkiness take effect immediately or do i need to let the car run a little to see if it mixes up? i dont think it is warped but i MUSt check

Post by **getnrowdy23** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:14 am

will the car run fine and boost fine if it is warped. car seems to run fine.

Post by **Florida240sx** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:16 am

You'd lose compression so you must be lucky.Check your oil to see if it's pure though.And do a compression test to be 100% sure everything is good.

Post by **getnrowdy23** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:03 am

aight cool, i just did a compression test a week ago so i know what i should get =)

Website · Post by **s13sr20chris** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:18 pm

i drove for months with a broken piston. hardly noticed it. be carefull.

Post by **spider_slayer** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:05 am

just curious....i would think that if a piston was cracked it would eventually fail shortly after and break into little pieces and scroe the cylinder walls. also if it was cracked wouldn't you burn oil like a mother? i jsut don't see how it could run fine

Website · Post by **s13sr20chris** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:29 pm

it started with my compression on cyl 4 cutting about in half. i kept driving because the car was still really fast and i was planning to build a motor anyhow. as the months wore on she started blowing some oil out the breather filter and idling rough. i did not bother to do a compression test at that point. i just took her apart(with the block in the car) expecting to just do a re-ring and freshen up. nope, check my members rides gallery for pics. i blew the 2nd ring land. top land was fine. it left a gouge in the cyl wall that was cleaned up by a .020 overbore. that means the gouge was less than .010 deep. not bad for an iron liner being rubbed on by a piece of chromed steel at 7000+ rpm under boost!

Post by **spider_slayer** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:59 am

i see......thats pretty sucky

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