for about 2 months i have been seeing a leak around my head gasket so i searched the forum and people said if there is oil in the coolant u may have a blown head gasket wut do u think?

This is wut came out of radiator.

 

You are correct!Sorry.

 

yup, blown headgasket...


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wow def looks like a blowen head gasket to me... happened to me in my lightning it was a pita to change should be muchhhhh easier in an evo though

 

Sure looks like it. To be certain, do a leak down test. Does the car overheat and/or get no heat in the cabin?

 

im starting to remove the head now any advice to make my life eaiser

 

i did a leak down it was all good and the heat kicks ***

 

yeah normally when coolant and oil mix it doesn't retain its green hue. can you post pics of said leak?

 

It's a pretty easy job except the damn intake manifold bracket.... that was a mother and I didn't put it back on. Just take off the obvious things, like accessory belt, water pump pulley, passenger side engine mount, upper/lower timing belt cover to loosen the timing belt. Then pull the exhaust manifold, all the electrical connectors, vacuum, and coolant lines.

The job takes a bit of time, but isn't that hard with the exception of the damn intake manifold bracket. I ended up removing the bolts from the block instead of the manifold, because the ones on the manifold were too damn hard to get leverage on. You will most likely have to get your head resurfaced, I just got done doing that because of an overheating issue.

 

i have the t case out so the intake bracket was easy
is there a good diy on the head gasket replacment.

im pretty good with this car fixing S**t but the timing belt scares me a little.

 

There might be a DIY in the how to section of the forum, but I just used the pdf dealer tech manual. It explains the tricky things like how to know when you put just the right amount of tension on the timing belt (the grenade pin of the tensioner will slide in and out without resistence). I usually end up overtensioning the belt a bit and then tightening the tensioner pulley bolt a bit more to loosen the tension slightly. Of course you want to rotate the engine a few times by hand after you think the tension is good and then wait a bit to double check the grenade pin.

As far as making sure everything lines up, just make sure all the hash marks line up on the oil pump gear, the crank sprocket and the two cam gears with the cam cover. The only thing that might get off is the oil pump gear, but just make sure you don't let it rotate too much. If it does rotate too much and you lose track of where it is, you can take a bolt out of the exhaust side of the block by where your turbo hangs down and stick a screwdriver in there. It should be able to go in quite a bit. If it gets stuck, it is out of phase.

Here's a link to a how to on timing belt replacement:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...placement.html

Of course you won't need to remove the crank sprocket (can be a pain without an impact gun) or the balancer shaft belt, because you are just loosening the timing belt, but it should help some.

 

I use this method to start:

http://www.evomoto.com/tech_articles..._article_id=18

also, a set of flex head ratcheting box end wrenches are your friend. I picked up a cheap set for 40 bucks from a local Harbor Freight and they have saved me so many headaches.

 

i think i may just leave the stock timing belt on it only has 30k in it
my question is can i do a head gasket without completly removing the timing belt?

 

Yes, you only loosen the belt so you can slide it off the cam gears, you don't have to remove any other part of the belt.

 

to loosen the belt i need that special mitsu tool rite?