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A coworker is giving me a 90-93 integra >>

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zixxer

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BUT according to him it has a blown head gasket (this is what the dealer told him)


Should I take it? How hard is it to change the head gasket on it? I have no idea if the head is warped or if other damage is done.




Any ideas? worth the hassle?
 
Changing the headgasket involves quite a bit of work if you are just used to changing the oil.

You have to remove all the drive belts as if you were changing the timing belt, and take off the timing belt (might be a good idea to change the timing belt, water pump, and acc/drive belts, and do a vavle adjustment). You have to take out the spark plugs. You also have to remove all vacumm lines to the head, dissconnect all wire harnesses and remove the intake manifold too. You also have to remove the exhaust manifold as well. Then, you have to unbolt the head, remove it, then take out the old gasket, put the new one in, and torque everything down, and make sure the timing and everything is right because you had to take out the timing belt. Keep in mind that you will also need a new head cover gasket set (cover gasket, and four spark plug gaskets), and you may need new intake and exhaust manifold gaskets if they get bent or whatnot. It is very very important to make sure the head is properly torqued down. Oh, and sometimes the crank pulley bolt is really hard to get out (It's torqued on at about 150ft/lbs). You will also want to mark all harnesses and such, so its easier to put it all back together. A Helms manual would help imensely, and is necesarry in this type of repair.

A lot of work if you ask me.


EDIT: If other parts are damaged, like a warped head (which you would take to a machine shop to check for the eveness of the head plane) or scored cylinder walls, or fried pistons/rings etc, then you are in for a lot more than you think.
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Let's play Metaphor.

My coworker is giving me a free Dell 2100, but it needs a new stick of SDRAM. Should I take it?

- M4H
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My coworker is giving me his dog but it only has 3 legs. Should i take it?
 
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Let's play Metaphor.

My coworker is giving me a free Dell 2100, but it needs a new stick of SDRAM. Should I take it?

- M4H
Click to expand...

My coworker is giving me his dog but it only has 3 legs. Should i take it?
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A dog with a wooden leg would kick ass!
 
I personaly would take it since, I would like to learn how dissasemble a car engine and if I fvck it up I can just sell it for parts with a slight gain.
 
Originally posted by: no0b
I personaly would take it since, I would like to learn how dissasemble a car engine and if I fvck it up I can just sell it for parts with a slight gain.
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That's exactly what I would do. If it can't be fixed at least you can sell it to the junkyard and make a couple hun
 
Originally posted by: Tetsuo
Originally posted by: no0b
I personaly would take it since, I would like to learn how dissasemble a car engine and if I fvck it up I can just sell it for parts with a slight gain.
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That's exactly what I would do. If it can't be fixed at least you can sell it to the junkyard and make a couple hun
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Yeah... would be a cool project car since its free anyway. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Changing the headgasket involves quite a bit of work if you are just used to changing the oil.

You have to remove all the drive belts as if you were changing the timing belt, and take off the timing belt (might be a good idea to change the timing belt, water pump, and acc/drive belts, and do a vavle adjustment). You have to take out the spark plugs. You also have to remove all vacumm lines to the head, dissconnect all wire harnesses and remove the intake manifold too. You also have to remove the exhaust manifold as well. Then, you have to unbolt the head, remove it, then take out the old gasket, put the new one in, and torque everything down, and make sure the timing and everything is right because you had to take out the timing belt. Keep in mind that you will also need a new head cover gasket set (cover gasket, and four spark plug gaskets), and you may need new intake and exhaust manifold gaskets if they get bent or whatnot. It is very very important to make sure the head is properly torqued down. Oh, and sometimes the crank pulley bolt is really hard to get out (It's torqued on at about 150ft/lbs). You will also want to mark all harnesses and such, so its easier to put it all back together. A Helms manual would help imensely, and is necesarry in this type of repair.

A lot of work if you ask me.


EDIT: If other parts are damaged, like a warped head (which you would take to a machine shop to check for the eveness of the head plane) or scored cylinder walls, or fried pistons/rings etc, then you are in for a lot more than you think.
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no need to deal with the crank pulley otehr than setting it to TDC. Free car is a free car, id take it. Setting timing on an i4 car is easy because theres less pulleys (i drive a 300zx and a4 quattro). Make sure you bolt the head down in crisscross pattern.... if you follow a shop manual, its not that bad

 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Let's play Metaphor.

My coworker is giving me a free Dell 2100, but it needs a new stick of SDRAM. Should I take it?

- M4H
Click to expand...

well, a 10 year old Dell would be a closer analogy 🙂
 
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Changing the headgasket involves quite a bit of work if you are just used to changing the oil.

You have to remove all the drive belts as if you were changing the timing belt, and take off the timing belt (might be a good idea to change the timing belt, water pump, and acc/drive belts, and do a vavle adjustment). You have to take out the spark plugs. You also have to remove all vacumm lines to the head, dissconnect all wire harnesses and remove the intake manifold too. You also have to remove the exhaust manifold as well. Then, you have to unbolt the head, remove it, then take out the old gasket, put the new one in, and torque everything down, and make sure the timing and everything is right because you had to take out the timing belt. Keep in mind that you will also need a new head cover gasket set (cover gasket, and four spark plug gaskets), and you may need new intake and exhaust manifold gaskets if they get bent or whatnot. It is very very important to make sure the head is properly torqued down. Oh, and sometimes the crank pulley bolt is really hard to get out (It's torqued on at about 150ft/lbs). You will also want to mark all harnesses and such, so its easier to put it all back together. A Helms manual would help imensely, and is necesarry in this type of repair.

A lot of work if you ask me.


EDIT: If other parts are damaged, like a warped head (which you would take to a machine shop to check for the eveness of the head plane) or scored cylinder walls, or fried pistons/rings etc, then you are in for a lot more than you think.
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I'm pretty sure I'm capable of doing the work.. I'm just not sure on THIS engine how hard it is.

I put an sr20de-t red top in my 200sx.. Couldn't be harder than that.

It's a 5 speed, 2 door, with 120k on it. (the integra) I think it's a 1990 but im not sure, maybe 91 i dunno
 
okay.. it's a 91. it runs (but rough..) and needs a new alternator and head gasket (according to his mechanic)
 
If it's free.. and you can't fix it.. You can probably sell it to the junkyard for couple hundred bucks..
 
Here's what you do if you can't fix it. Take it apart and use the suspension pieces and wheels, seats, etc, and a motorcycle engine from a junkyard or something, to make a go kart!
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Let's play Metaphor.

My coworker is giving me a free Dell 2100, but it needs a new stick of SDRAM. Should I take it?

- M4H


My coworker is giving me his dog but it only has 3 legs. Should i take it?
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My coworker is giving me his wife, but she doesn't have any teeth.... er wait...
 
You could always just replace the engine.

I have heard in Japan they only allow cars to has X amount of miles on them, then they have to replace the engine. Those engines are then (many times) sold as used engines in the states. Do a search and I'm sure you can turn something up!
 
going to pick it up in about 30 minutes.

the alt's dead on the integra.. think i can temporarily use my nissan battery; or should i remove the battery from the integra, charge it, then drive the integra home, or just have it towed home?
 
If you have no accessories running, you could probably get 20 miles out of a fully charged battery easy.

But if it has a blown head gasket, it might be worth towing it.. you wouldn't want to damage it anymore.
 
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