Suggestion on replacement vs repair of Honda civic

pls suggest

99 percent chance it's not a headgasket

Buy a Volkswagen Scirocco mk2

fuel pump starting to go

>>13985454
wouldn't i feel that while accelerating? Cause its a smooth even under balls to the driving.
>>13985439
>>13985454
My radiator is very slowly leaking

other than taking it to the mechanic who told me "keep driving it to see if your coolant drops", what ways can i be sure its not the headgasket?

>>13985472
To confirm if it's a headgasket or not, do a leakdown test on all cylinders while they're at tdc. If you hear air coming into the coolant system the gasket is blown. If air goes into an adjacent cylinder it is blown between cylinders

>>13985519
There's also the way of checking your oil. If the oil looks like a chocolate milkshake, your headgasket is blown.

>>13985537
>>13985519
No chocolate milk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofSiTGeLXvc
Would i feasibly be able to do this? My only experience is doing my own oil changes..

http://www.harborfreight.com/quick-connect-compression-tester-95187.html

>>13985598
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHnoEq9tv9Q
actually, i think i might be able to do this.
I recognize the areas he's pointing at

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>>13985598
just an fyi. This is the chocolate milkshake I was referring to. Not all headgaskets blow in such fashion, but it is a common enough occurance.

I once blew the headgaskets on my Monte Carlo Z34. The oil and coolant didn't mix, but the coolant did leak into the cylinders and get burnt up. Drove the car like that for... oh god... Must've been a year or two. just kept adding in coolant from time to time.

It all depends on HOW the gasket has blown. If it leaks coolant into the cylinders, it's not really going to hurt anything unless the oil rings on your pistons are fried.

>>13985675
thank you for the pic. It looked like the oil hasn't been affected.


On the other side of the argument, would it be a good idea to engine swap to just a normal 2.4 accord engine, or the much safer engine replacement from the same model engine?

>>13985723
The 2.4 Accord engine is a popular swap among people who want performance from those cars. But it is NOT a simple swap.
Here's a list of everything required for that swap to work. Its literally easier and cheaper to just get another D17 engine.
http://www.7thgenhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19255

>>13985817
'nother list.
http://web.archive.org/web/20120311120627/http://www.xproductionz.com/k20swap/k20swap.html

>>13985817
>>13985836
thank you all <3
I'll let the thread die now

Its not a blown headgasket
Only water vapour that cools down close to condensing temperatures (thus becoming visible), when it travels through an ice cold exhaust.
When the exhaust is up to normal operating temperature, the vapour isnt visible anymore, even though its still the same amount (as you know, complete combustion results in 2 particles of water for every particle of co2)