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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 12:11 PM
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Well to start things off im driving a gsr (b18c1). I just did an oil change and i happend to look under my oil cap and notice a milky white substance mixed with my oil. I heard it was a bad head gasket and oil and coolant is mixing up. Would it be safe to drive it like this, or would i have to get my head gasket change asap? Anyone with advice please let me know.

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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 12:16 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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Do a compression test to confirm. When you pulled the oil out, was it mixed with coolant or just the milky substance. Doesn't look good though. Good luck.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 09:04 PM
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Well actually i didn't notice the milky white substance in my oil when i changed it. I noticed it when i decided to look under my oil cap. It only seems to appear in my oil cap not my oil when i did my oil change. Also i just swap out the head gasket about 3 weeks ago and i torque it to spec. Is it required to remove it guys?? Or should i do a compession test first to see if its leaking? HELP!!!
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 09:25 PM
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I don't think I understand what you are saying. Did you reuse the old headgasket or use a new one? If you used the old one, it will not seal right and you will have to tear it apart again and use a new one. You can only torque a headgasket down once.

If you used a new one, did you get the head resurfaced? Do a compression test to make sure everything is fine. The tester is cheap, so it wouldn't hurt.
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Old Feb 8, 2005 | 06:55 AM
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Some condensation is normal if you somewhere cold & you do lotsa short trips & park outside.
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Old Feb 8, 2005 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Shmoo
I don't think I understand what you are saying. Did you reuse the old headgasket or use a new one? If you used the old one, it will not seal right and you will have to tear it apart again and use a new one. You can only torque a headgasket down once.

If you used a new one, did you get the head resurfaced? Do a compression test to make sure everything is fine. The tester is cheap, so it wouldn't hurt.
you can reuse it but you have to spray it with copper before hand. still not the best idea though.
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Old Feb 8, 2005 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by BoostedITR41
you can reuse it but you have to spray it with copper before hand. still not the best idea though.
I would rather pay $60 for a new one than chance reusing the old one to find out it leaks after putting everything back together.
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 07:01 AM
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I would take a part the head and seand it out to get check to see if you do not have a little crak in the head . Also it is recamened to put a new gasket very time you tear it a part.
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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I agree, always use new gaskets when ever you do any repairs like that
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