Blown Head Gasket repair w/pics

IHateHacks · 06-24-2007, 12:11 PM

And I forgot to add that my Cyl 6 plug's white insulator that is exposed to combustion was rusty colored whenever I took the plugs out BEFORE my head gasket. 1-5 were always in perfect condition. You can tell alot about how the engine is running by inspecting the spark plugs. The rusty color was from water getting in the cylinder. Now yesterday was the first day I had the new plugs out after the HG swap. I pulled #6......and it was clean. Looked just like the other 5. I was satisfied after I saw that. I could post pics if anyone wants to see the old #6 vs. the new #6. And I don't by all means baby this car around. Maybe until the oil temp get around 190 degrees, but after that its fair game and I do drive it hard.

IHateHacks · 06-25-2007, 01:03 AM

Just another update. My super monitor is reading 17.6mpg. And thats mostly around town driving, only had it on the highway a couple times for like 30 miles or so. The last thing it read was 18.7mpg before the head gasket. And it would go up when ever I was in boost, it was weird. Now it goes down when I boost the shit out of it and comes back up to 17.6.

88Tsupra · 06-25-2007, 05:58 AM

can you post the pictures for me plz. my last spark plugs was ngk that the original owner had and it was compeltely black around the the tip and the tip was the rusty color and now my new plugs look the same mostly on number 5 & 6 and i just replace it with NGK ones too with NGK wires

88Tsupra · 06-29-2007, 07:23 AM

hey did u get the pictures and oh how does your blitz exhuast sounds im thinking of going with that or the hks one or the apexi GT series i know the Apexi doesnt fit but ill make it

IHateHacks · 06-30-2007, 01:24 PM

Well I have pictures but my hosting site is fucked up so I can't post pics at the moment.

Listen, if the white insulator on the combustion side of the spark plug, near the electrode, is a brown color, then that is bad. All of the plugs must look the same, nice and bright white. Trust me, you can tell the difference if one is burning water.

I just did a block test on my engine yesterday. Passed with flying colors. I took a pic of the test fluid when I was done but cant post it right now. One thing I did notice is you have to take the overflow hose off the radiator and plug the nipple up with your finger to get an accurate test. Because you will draw air from the overflow tank, or coolant if its not empty, and the fresh air coming from the overflow will give you a false reading. You will think its good to go, but you didn't test it right if you left the overflow hose on the radiator and didnt' plug the hole up. And you should run the test for a solid minute.

And my exhaust is quite loud. But thats because I have no cat or pre cat and I replaced my O2 housing with a 3" downpipe. I have a turbo back 3".

88Tsupra · 07-02-2007, 03:24 AM

damn i didnt pulg up the overflow tank shit buh i did mines for 4 minutes ill have to do it again soon then thanx..yeah my 6 5 and i think 4 plugs are gone they have the brownish look so ima replace all 6 of them thanx hack

ddmcse · 07-02-2007, 10:53 AM

http://www.ddmcse.com/turbo/images/three/DSC00004.WAV

88Tsupra · 07-04-2007, 03:21 AM

i did a quick check and its actually near the bottom of the plug were the thread it and i already bought to plugs to replace five and six... so you think thats ok hack...(not tryna thread jack)

06-25-2007, 05:58 AM	#3
88Tsupra 12psi boost Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: long beach, CA Posts: 252	can you post the pictures for me plz. my last spark plugs was ngk that the original owner had and it was compeltely black around the the tip and the tip was the rusty color and now my new plugs look the same mostly on number 5 & 6 and i just replace it with NGK ones too with NGK wires __________________ 88turbo targa-white original Pin Stripe custom intake-Tenzo filter.....Momo racing seats and steering wheel... apexi exhaust tip-custom 3" piping. Replaced with RSR GT II NGK plug and wires HID conversion head lights HKS Turbo Timer Type-1 (in black) Tial BOV BIC DDP

06-29-2007, 07:23 AM	#4
88Tsupra 12psi boost Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: long beach, CA Posts: 252	hey did u get the pictures and oh how does your blitz exhuast sounds im thinking of going with that or the hks one or the apexi GT series i know the Apexi doesnt fit but ill make it __________________ 88turbo targa-white original Pin Stripe custom intake-Tenzo filter.....Momo racing seats and steering wheel... apexi exhaust tip-custom 3" piping. Replaced with RSR GT II NGK plug and wires HID conversion head lights HKS Turbo Timer Type-1 (in black) Tial BOV BIC DDP

07-02-2007, 10:53 AM	#7
ddmcse 500whp yet? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CT U.S.A. Posts: 966	88T it sounds kinda like this ... http://www.ddmcse.com/turbo/images/three/DSC00004.WAV __________________ 300+ RW HP Dyno run, jdm,mod turbo,3"exh,electfan,greddyboost Blown HeadGasket info My Supra KiXGaS

07-04-2007, 03:21 AM	#8
88Tsupra 12psi boost Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: long beach, CA Posts: 252	i did a quick check and its actually near the bottom of the plug were the thread it and i already bought to plugs to replace five and six... so you think thats ok hack...(not tryna thread jack) __________________ 88turbo targa-white original Pin Stripe custom intake-Tenzo filter.....Momo racing seats and steering wheel... apexi exhaust tip-custom 3" piping. Replaced with RSR GT II NGK plug and wires HID conversion head lights HKS Turbo Timer Type-1 (in black) Tial BOV BIC DDP

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06-24-2007, 12:11 PM	#1
IHateHacks 20psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Haven/Hamden Posts: 793	And I forgot to add that my Cyl 6 plug's white insulator that is exposed to combustion was rusty colored whenever I took the plugs out BEFORE my head gasket. 1-5 were always in perfect condition. You can tell alot about how the engine is running by inspecting the spark plugs. The rusty color was from water getting in the cylinder. Now yesterday was the first day I had the new plugs out after the HG swap. I pulled #6......and it was clean. Looked just like the other 5. I was satisfied after I saw that. I could post pics if anyone wants to see the old #6 vs. the new #6. And I don't by all means baby this car around. Maybe until the oil temp get around 190 degrees, but after that its fair game and I do drive it hard.

06-25-2007, 01:03 AM	#2
IHateHacks 20psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Haven/Hamden Posts: 793	Just another update. My super monitor is reading 17.6mpg. And thats mostly around town driving, only had it on the highway a couple times for like 30 miles or so. The last thing it read was 18.7mpg before the head gasket. And it would go up when ever I was in boost, it was weird. Now it goes down when I boost the shit out of it and comes back up to 17.6.

06-30-2007, 01:24 PM	#5
IHateHacks 20psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Haven/Hamden Posts: 793	Well I have pictures but my hosting site is fucked up so I can't post pics at the moment. Listen, if the white insulator on the combustion side of the spark plug, near the electrode, is a brown color, then that is bad. All of the plugs must look the same, nice and bright white. Trust me, you can tell the difference if one is burning water. I just did a block test on my engine yesterday. Passed with flying colors. I took a pic of the test fluid when I was done but cant post it right now. One thing I did notice is you have to take the overflow hose off the radiator and plug the nipple up with your finger to get an accurate test. Because you will draw air from the overflow tank, or coolant if its not empty, and the fresh air coming from the overflow will give you a false reading. You will think its good to go, but you didn't test it right if you left the overflow hose on the radiator and didnt' plug the hole up. And you should run the test for a solid minute. And my exhaust is quite loud. But thats because I have no cat or pre cat and I replaced my O2 housing with a 3" downpipe. I have a turbo back 3".

07-02-2007, 03:24 AM	#6
88Tsupra 12psi boost Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: long beach, CA Posts: 252	damn i didnt pulg up the overflow tank shit buh i did mines for 4 minutes ill have to do it again soon then thanx..yeah my 6 5 and i think 4 plugs are gone they have the brownish look so ima replace all 6 of them thanx hack __________________ 88turbo targa-white original Pin Stripe custom intake-Tenzo filter.....Momo racing seats and steering wheel... apexi exhaust tip-custom 3" piping. Replaced with RSR GT II NGK plug and wires HID conversion head lights HKS Turbo Timer Type-1 (in black) Tial BOV BIC DDP