"until then I shall enjoy what I have built and what i can say is that my idea to fit a small turbo like the td04 suited the car so well and have really taken on some far more expensive cars. I have no desires for any of them and hence why i love this car even more and the d14 in general."...

Ah very good points Jangz, same same i didnt get my head skimmed and I reused the bolts, hopefully we'l get to the bottom of it at some point!(as much as i'd like to buy some of your parts tho)
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hey jangz, Oh know not another possible cause for overheating! Mine has not been mapped since doing the headswap/vtec swap, but i doubt its the case for me, as iv read on here that the d14s normally run rich after the swap due to using 1.6 fuel maps! Did your tuner lean out ur AFR do you know,becaus...

Jangz!dont give up, have you got any parts for sale that you can go without?ie so that the money made from the sales could go towards a head gasket etc?to finally get your car done but then quit now is terrible! :o Would you be able to take the civic off the road until fixing the problem?or go down ...

Just a quick reply for now, I agree we are on similiar grounds with the civics!Once we got the problems sorted we'l have to meet up man! I saw a vid(from a link posted here)which mentioned the rad cap being very overlooked when it comes to overheating, might order one.did u get an OEM honda one?if s...

Hey jangz, yea the price is'nt too bad!TBH i learned everythin i know about cars through a couple of things. 1-the internet(this forum) scouring for hourssssssss n i mean hours :ugeek: 2-A friend i can ask anything 3-But i am NO mechanic ahahah :lol: Also about the head prices, yea dont get it done ...

If it can be done i say do it!In the end i went for the integra DC2 backbox, as it is very similar to stock ej/ek backboxs. I got a friend to chop an inch or so from the tailpipe, the other pipe and moved the hangars abit closer.After the work it was a perfect fit, sounds nice too, too bad the cat i...

hi jangz, Its such a ballache mate isnt it!I also priced up a skim and pressure test,head gasket,water pump (and of course my time ahaha) and it totalled £126 head gasket-£50 Skim-£25 Pressure test-£25 Water pump-£26 My time-£less lol But i am still hesitant to go ahead with it all, as i feel its a ...

I am not entirely convinced yet its the head gasket, as i can still drive hard and the car is fine but when at a stand still it heats up due to the coolant being sprayed out and emptied via the overflow and with no coolant inside it heated up. As long as i have coolant in my system I'm fine, hence ...

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"lots of coolant being pushed into the overflow" iv noticed this before.when car is cold the water ;level is within the min and max, but when hot hot it is nearly full.is this a sign of headgasket??

thanks for help everyone