sorry, I should have been clearer - I just had the head planned a couple
weeks ago, and finally had time today to wrap up the install of the head.
It ran for about 3 minutes and I started to see the white steam - it was not
as white and thick as when the gasket blew out. The car has been sitting
for 2 months before I bought it and at least a month after I bought it and
did the head gasket. I suppose there could be excess moisture in the
exhaust system.

I still need to replace the siezed alternator, and I will have a compresion
test done by a professional. I think I need to replace the alternator from
underneath...I could not get the bolts loose today, so I sprayed them with
pb blaster. I noticed I also have to remove the a/c belt to install the
alt. belt.

I noticed the abs light came on today while the car was warming up.

"SoCalMike" > wrote in message
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> Rocky wrote:
>> 94 civix lx 176k miles on block, 80k miles on head that was planed and
>> checked out at the local parts store. I noticed the exhaust has white
>> steam coming out the tailpipe, looking like when the head gasket went.
>> The head is torqued properly.
>
> its been 80k since the planing, etc was done?
>>
>> Sounds like possibly a defective head? Shouldn't the shop have caught
>> this when they tanked the head and pressure tested it?
>
> not if it was 80k miles ago
>
> does it constantly smoke like that? are you loosing coolant? are the hoses
> bulging?
>
> sometimes steam just happens from miosture trapped in the exhaust.