over heating, dont know why

[spoulineg]

this will be the secound head gasket i put on it.i had the cylinder head shaved and checked,ok cometic mls head gasket first and i didnt torque it down right and on the dyno the head lifted up. i couldnt wait so i order a honda oem it drives for a few days ok and then its starts to over heat.ive put thermostat and takein it off the fan is direct and it haves coolant i cant figure it out im going insane some one told me to chage the head studs and to take off my block gaurds that the block gaurds are not leting the water circulate but what about all the others who run block garuds on boost can any one give me a heads up idea

[eighty9crx]

What does your cylinder wall guard look like?

[spoulineg]

race engineres it haves a lot of little holes and the other one haves less holes but there spread apart i dont know, i dont have not even an idea
why would the block gaurds afect it.........

[Ax]

You aren't reusing head studs are you? Most Honda engines have torque-to-yield head bolts. Meaning they actually stretch when they're torqued down, and once they stretch, they can't be reused...

[spoulineg]

arp studs only used twice this will be the third time
Ive heard you have to tight and drive and tight again what tha
am on it

[Ax]

What kind of engine do you have? Because like I said, most Honda's have stretch bolts, and you CAN NOT REUSE THEM!

[eighty9crx]

He clearly stated that he had ARP head studs. I haven't seen a Honda engine yet with factory head studs. A cylinder wall guard could be limiting the amount of coolant flow that you have around your cylinder walls.

[Ax]

Having ARP bolts doesn't mean anything. They're still stretch bolts. Look:

ARP | Tech - Torque and Stretch

See the third column to the right? That spec shows how much the bolt stretches in ten thousandths of an inch when torqued to spec. Each time you remove and re-torque those bolts they get that much longer every time.

[eighty9crx]

Originally Posted by Ax

Having ARP bolts doesn't mean anything. They're still stretch bolts. Look:

ARP | Tech - Torque and Stretch

See the third column to the right? That spec shows how much the bolt stretches in ten thousandths of an inch when torqued to spec. Each time you remove and re-torque those bolts they get that much longer every time.

You were going on talking about Honda head studs when he clearly stated that he had ARP studs. Not once did I say that ARP studs or bolts didn't stretch.

[Ax]

Originally Posted by eighty9crx

You were going on talking about Honda head studs when he clearly stated that he had ARP studs. Not once did I say that ARP studs or bolts didn't stretch.

And not once did I ask if he was reusing STOCK studs, but merely if he was using ANY studs more than once.

Originally Posted by Ax

You aren't reusing head studs are you? Most Honda engines have torque-to-yield head bolts. Meaning they actually stretch when they're torqued down, and once they stretch, they can't be reused...

Originally Posted by Ax

What kind of engine do you have? Because like I said, most Honda's have stretch bolts, and you CAN NOT REUSE THEM!

[eighty9crx]

Originally Posted by Ax

You aren't reusing head studs are you? Most Honda engines have torque-to-yield head bolts. Meaning they actually stretch when they're torqued down, and once they stretch, they can't be reused...

This quote looked like you were stating about Honda studs or bolts.
You have all of the new automotive books look it up. Mine are all over 10 years old from when I was in school. I have just about every Honda service manual for every car ever made in the states.

[Ax]

Originally Posted by Ax

You aren't reusing head studs are you? Most Honda engines have torque-to-yield head bolts. Meaning they actually stretch when they're torqued down, and once they stretch, they can't be reused...

I first asked him if he was reusing head studs, in general...

Originally Posted by Ax

You aren't reusing head studs are you? Most Honda engines have torque-to-yield head bolts. Meaning they actually stretch when they're torqued down, and once they stretch, they can't be reused...

And by that ^ I mean that most Honda's require torque to yield bolts. That statement can be easily misinterpreted.

Look up what?

[rascles]

try different coolant ?

[jdmhondafan]

i dont speak ebonics

[civiclongtime]

i have the same problem with my civic i though it was fuel too lean blockguard and it a bitch taking it off changed the waterpump changed headgasket radiator still do the same thing so i decide to rebuild the motor from the ground up it ran better but fan not working have run manual switch .that suck