Coolant coming from Oil Bolt PLEASE HELP!

The car is a 93 Honda Civic EX with a D16Z6 engine, which is a 1.6L.
When i picked up the vechile I was told that the head gasket had blown
on the vehicle.


I have changed the head gasket, which you could see had been blown and
have had the head planed for smoothness and levelness. I have also
changed the water pump, timing belts and thermostat on the vehicle.
After i reassembled the head on the block and had the engine all
together, I started to pour coolant into the radiator and as the
radiator filled to the top i noticed that coolant was coming out slowly
from the oil bolt ( I had taken it off to drain some of the original
slug from when the head blew).


So my question is where is the leak coming from. I have not even tried
to start the car since doing the head job. Could there be a lower
gasket below the head that has been blown? Does it matter which way the
gasket on the head goes on (it is a multilayer steal head gasket? OR is
the engine just completely screwed.


I am puzzled on this so any help would be greatly appreciated!!


Thanks in advance everyone!!

<mrfcelia.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The car is a 93 Honda Civic EX with a D16Z6 engine, which is a 1.6L.
> When i picked up the vechile I was told that the head gasket had blown
> on the vehicle.
>
>
> I have changed the head gasket, which you could see had been blown and
> have had the head planed for smoothness and levelness. I have also
> changed the water pump, timing belts and thermostat on the vehicle.
> After i reassembled the head on the block and had the engine all
> together, I started to pour coolant into the radiator and as the
> radiator filled to the top i noticed that coolant was coming out slowly
> from the oil bolt ( I had taken it off to drain some of the original
> slug from when the head blew).
>
>
> So my question is where is the leak coming from. I have not even tried
> to start the car since doing the head job. Could there be a lower
> gasket below the head that has been blown? Does it matter which way the
> gasket on the head goes on (it is a multilayer steal head gasket? OR is
> the engine just completely screwed.
>
>
> I am puzzled on this so any help would be greatly appreciated!!
>
>
> Thanks in advance everyone!!
>
Short answers -
Yes, there is something very wrong.
There is no second gasket below the head gasket.
It matters very much which way the head gasket goes on - that is my top
suspect at this point if you are uncertain which way it went on.
It is possible there is still something seriously wrong with the engine, but
don't borrow trouble. Take it one step at a time.

NOTE: see Eric's post and my question to him on the subject of "89 Prelude."
If the coolant passages do reach the intake manifold gasket, it may not be
necessary to remove the head for the first checks - the problem could be at
the manifold gasket. I recommend his advice on that.

Otherwise... sorry to say, the head has to come back off. Whatever the
problem is, you can't do anything about it until the head is off, and you
can hope the gasket is not on right. In any event, do not reuse the gasket
you have now once you remove the head again. They are "crush fit" and the
gasket will not last long (may not work right at all) if you reuse it. Use a
genuine Honda head gasket for your own sanity.

There is a chance the block or head is cracked (since the head was milled, I
would hope the shop at least looked the head over first) since you got it
with the engine not running. But, here's the thing. If the coolant is
running into the crankcase faster than when it had the blown head gasket, it
is reasonable to expect the problem you are seeing to be related to a
boo-boo in reassembling it.

Mike