civic hatch jdm b18c swap need some help

[brian.t]

Hi i recently pick up a 95 civic hatch that has the jdm b18c with the lsd tranny for 2400.The motor came with a skunk2 intake manifold,blox 68mm throttle body,aem fuel rail,aem fuel filter,and a aem intake ect.The reason i got the car for so cheap ,is it smoke's sometimes at high rpm's and it need'ed a little tlc,and the guy done put way to much into the car to keep going.What im asking is,should i go and replace the head gasket on it and if so can i use a b18c1 gasket kit for it cause im not really sure and should i have it machined why im at it thanks and any info will help.

 

[Eveline52]

So silence!

 

[Jay Jay]

Welcome to the site. Are you replacing the head gasket because of the smoke? The smoke could be coming from a bunch of things. Do you know what color the smoke is?

 

[brian.t]

its white and it only does it at high rpms its not a constant puring out.

 

[HondaP_wer]

Do a compression test and a leak down test. That's a good start. Make sure the engine is fully warmed up though. Check your radiator hoses for stiffness too. Or even a exhaust contamination in the coolant test. You might smell combustion gas in the coolant if it's bad enough.

 

[MistahJuice]

Yeah white is generally coolant so head gasket is a good guess, but u don't want to spend more money then u have to. DO the above and like stated if you are losing coolant and or have murky chocolate milk looking coolant/oil then its most likely the head gasket