Changing head gasket 89 Accord

I have an 89 Accord SEI that appears to have a blown head gasket. One of the
symptoms is a constant stream of bubbles in the radiator overflow tank. I
also noticed that the cooling system(cold) had pressure after cranking it
with the coil wire disconnected. After filling and bleeding cooling system
and letting idle, the gage will eventually go to hot, even though the fan is
kicking in. I would then reloosen the bleed bolt in the thermostat housing
and steam would come out. Do it all over again with the same result. Idle is
smooth sometimes and rough others. New dist. cap, rotor, plugs, wires,
timing belt, injectors, thermostat, radiator and cap. I also just replaced
the struts and CV axles. Anywhooo .... I'm going to tear it down myself and
replace it. I was just wondering if anybody had any tips, tricks or advice
for me to help make the job easier. Also, if the head looks OK, level across
the surface etc, should I go through the expense and hassle of having a shop
go over it? What is a good brand of gasket kit? The car is a beater with a
lot of new parts. It has 220,000 miles on it. I know that the rings aren't
that great and really don't want to get into that job. I did a compression
test last year and the "wet test" raised the compression quite a bit. I plan
on keeping it about another couple of years and maybe putting about another
30,000 miles on it. Thanks in advance for any replies.

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:52:48 -0700, Forrest wrote:

>> So, you're comfortable with your son driving 350-400 miles per week in a
>> car like this? You really think that's a good idea? How safe do you
>> think this car is? Get him a decent car now, before it's too late.

> No worries, mate. He has a birthday coming up in a few months and I'm
> getting him some seat belts.

Yeah, real funny. You should be ashamed of yourself.


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