Re: Opinion please; Blown Head Gasket?
 

Greyjaei,

Sorry for what appears to be continuing bad news. This is an
interesting one. I hope you'll keep the group updated.

Michael, interesting Sherlock Holmsian analysis!

Dunno about shipping a new engine to Northern Canada, but
when helping some friends try to locate an engine for their
Isuzu recently, there sure were a lot of American companies
who ultimately emailed me to give me a price and shipping
charge. I think I found one of those master sites where one
types in exactly what one is seeking for an engine, and asks
for shipping. Shipping was not expensive, at say $100 for
some companies, but I'm in the "lower 48." I do remember
seeing a site with Honda engines closer to $500 in cost
IIRC.

If you haven't googled already, keywords {Honda Civic engine
swap} turn up a lot of hits. Ebay often sells engines, too.

"Greyjaei" <greyjaei@gmail.com> wrote
> That slow creeping dreadfull feeling inside of me was
> right ;)
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Michael Pardee wrote:
>> "Greyjaei" <greyjaei@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1159059886.927360.286250@e3g2000cwe.googlegro ups.com...
>> > The 240 is the one that is the second closest to the
>> > distributer cap.
>> > Not too sure on the ordering, so bear with me :)
>> >
>>
>> Yeah... my concern is that typical (not necessarily all)
>> head gasket
>> failures are in the center of the head, and especially
>> those resulting from
>> overheating. If you had 185-160-150-175 I'd think a head
>> gasket would get
>> you looking decent again. With the possibility of coolant
>> in the oil but not
>> oil in the coolant and the atypical compression numbers,
>> plus the other
>> observations you have, I'm concerned you will find a
>> crack in the head or
>> block. That would allow coolant into the crankcase
>> without letting oil into
>> the coolant. It also is not what you want to deal with. A
>> replacement engine
>> is the clearest path to daylight again.
>>
>> Mike
>