Just repaired head gasket...

[RoB51988]

Gaskets needed to be replaced because my girlfriend over heated the car, put more coolent in and drove the car a little more. I took it to 2 different places and they both said it was the head gaskets.

The gaskets I got were pretty idiot proof, they said "up" on the side that needed to be up on them. I torqued the bolts down to the right weight according to online research and a book I bought for my car.

A couple of the pistons were all the way up so I couldnt tell if there were any cracks. But before the gaskets were replaced, there was nothing like this happening so Im guessing it isnt cracked.

[RoB51988]

I'm hoping theres just some left over water in the oil pan and when I get another oil change it will empty out. I've also seen that a PCV could be causing this.

I also just read that some Lucas oil stabilizer could fix this but where would I add this in?

[RoB51988]

so it isn't blowby because there's no oil in the air filter. I got a check engine code reader today. I forget the error code exactly because I'm at work ruche now but it said something like there's not enough fuel getting to engine. I cleared it out twice and noticed the car runs real nice now besides the belt squeaking. The check engine light hasn't come back on. Not sure if it fixed itself or what?

[RoB51988]

P0171 system to lean - bank one

[Willyum]

If it is a simple thing like water in the oil pan, it will evaporate when you drive it some distance.

[LeSabre97mint]

Rob

Keep an eye on the coolant level. If it's going down you have trouble.

Dan

[RoB51988]

thanks

[RoB51988]

Also a smell of gas when the car is running.

[shorod]

Sounds like you should check the fuel line fittings and the injector seals. Did you have the injectors out when doing the head gasket job?

Also, I'm going to merge your two current threads together as they really are both related. In the future, please don't post two separate threads on the same topic.

-Rod

[RoB51988]

Ended up taking the heads out again and havig them machined. Car runs like brand new. Thanks a lot for all the help

[LeSabre97mint]

Originally Posted by RoB51988

Ended up taking the heads out again and havig them machined. Car runs like brand new. Thanks a lot for all the help

What did the shop find? Why did the heads need machining?

Dan

[RoB51988]

Both heads were warped and there was a bad valve on the back head

[LeSabre97mint]

I've been tempted to just replace HGs and not have them surfaced and valves checked for leaks. After hearing your story I'm glad I didn't and had them checked out.

Glad you got it figured out!

Regards

Dan

[RoB51988]

Haha thats the mistake I made the first time. I just replaced the gaskets thinking it would be alright. Come to find out I get the whole thing back together and 2 days later Im taking it apart again. It cost me 250 go get the head machined and a valve replaced and 50 bucks for the other head to just get surfaced. Really.. when you have this done your supposed to change all valves changed and get new rocker arms depending on your engine. But I was already over budget for having to do it a second time.

Runs like brand new now besides the engine light but thats because antifreeze went through the cat converter and ruined it.

[LeSabre97mint]

Rob

What code are you getting?

Dan