i was cruisin my car around town earlier and one of my heater hoses blew up. I repaired the hose and got the car home. I think that I have a head gasket leak but its wierd because my car not once did overheat.. my oil looks like there is alittle water in it. my hoses were swellin when i got home like it was ready to blow. I changed my rad cap and i think it is not releasing pressure. but there still shouldnt be that much pressure in the cooling system unless I have a headgasket leak.. so im going to change the HG but i wanted to know if an of you know a good headgasket for turbos..o yeah my set up is a mini me turbo.. so yea LMK.. shoots

 

are the cometic head gaskets good for turbo carss..

 

Is this happening with the hole still in your radiator?

If so, get that fixed first.
Then do a compression test, leakdown test and/or get your coolant sniff tested for gases.

Sorry, I can't help with the turbo head gasket advice. But a search on a board with a forced induction section should give you some answers.

 

go with the cometic head gasket, a buddy of mine is using them on his crx runnin about 25-30 lbs

 

OEM headgasket

 

yeah. oem or cometic.

 

agreed

 

i fixed the hole in the radiator..but yeah i think that i will go with the cometic gasket..the one im looking at has different thickness.. is it better to go thicker??

 

thinker means lower compression if thats what you are looking for.......know for sure you gasket is blown? block testers are like 30 at napa best of luck with your problem and fix

 

I'd take it to a smog shop and have then "sniff" for the presence of hydrocarbons in the radiator. Much more accurate than those liquid block tester kits. If no HC's, I'd suspect a failed thermostat, an inop cooling fan or a clogged radiator.