baserunner86

Considering the cheapest heads around are $200+/side, and then gaskets, fluids and any other misc parts needed, and the fact that the car is only valued at about $1,200 in good condition, I think it might just be time to say goodbye to it.

the gaskets were from evergreen performance parts, and we cleaned the heads up well, didnt have them checked, but they looked to be in okay condition, far from the worst i have worked on. But I also dont see how that would get water into the exhaust, unless the exhaust gasket also happened to not seal, which is unlikely. And yes, we followed a recommended 2 stage torque sequence for it. No visible leaks to the outside, dropped oil pan and comfirmed it is coolant in the oil, had about an inch of it floating on top of the oil in the pan after resting a few hours.

Okay, so after a few failed attempts, timing is on and the car started. But now 2 new issues arose. First, lots of white smoke out the exhaust, that is not dissipating with time from stuff burning off, which makes me think water/coolant into the exhaust, someone please tell me that is not a cracked head. Second, the oil is getting foaming, looking like water getting into the oil as well, not sure where that would be happening.

My 1995 Subaru Legacy L Wagon (EJ22) was having overheating problems, caused by a headgasket leak (I assumed), so i purchased the gasket kit and my brother and I set to work replacing everything. After everything was back together though, the car would not start. At first we did not even have spark, but then my brother realised he had the cam pulleys on the wrong sides. After fixing that and checking the timing marks on each, the car had spark but still would not start. It would turn over, quickly, but would not so much as cough for us. We double checked everythnig we could think of and thought maybe it flooded. So we let it sit for 2 hours, but when we went to try again, it still would not start, but this time we had what sounded like a small backfire through the intake, enough to make the air filter case bounce and could see a small amount of blue smoke coming from somewhere, could not tell exactly where. Any ideas what we are missing?