Kgill23

hey i have a 89 honda accord lxi and i have to fill the radiator up everyday and after everyday i check it the reserve tank is totally empty and the radiator needs more coolant.. i have seen white smoke twice fora short time and do not have bubbles when i run my car with raidator cap off so i dont think its a blown head.. and i dont have any leaks under the car so im in a pickle!!

HonBeer

Your in a 1990-2002 Honda Accord section. Post in the correct section please. Thank you.

Kgill23

its only one year lol

holmesnmanny

Well obviously the coolant has to be going somewhere. If it's not going to the ground it's gotta be going to combustion chamber. Or I suppose the crankcase.

Kgill23

how do i check where its going? and how do i fix it?

HonBeer

You obviously do not understand auto manufactures.They design and build cars in generations. Each generation is a complete redesign from the other. So your "89" will have NOTHING in common whats so ever with a 1990. So time to upgrade your 21 year old Honda. I bet the car is older than you!

poorman212

In small defence, the sections are not clear. Third gen accords are 86-89, however if you "look" at the sections the 88-89' accords are kind of left out. Pre 88, 1990 and newer accords? If you are new then it could get confusing. Can someone update this?

Either way, "Kgill23": I've already suggested ways of finding out your issue in one of your other posts. How did that go? In the future, post in the classic section. Thanks to everyone.

Kgill23

dude i paid 200 bucks for it and im just tryin to get it running and **** chill lol. and poorman i tok it in to the mechanic and he said theres alot of life left in that engine and he said eventually i will prbably need a new head gasket. he but some stop radiator leak stuff in and i think it might be kinda working cuz my colant has been lasting longer now.

HondaPartsHero

**sarcasm warning**

yeah because honda radically changed their cooling systems from 89 to 90. If you can go to your local autoparts store rent one of these if they have them to pressure test the system. I would guess according to the age of the car if it has never had a replacement radiator there may be some fine cranks running along the top of the radiator. Check here: http://techauto.awardspace.com/overheating.html

Kgill23

i think the alumaseal worked pretty good for now but i will probably do that to anyways thanks man.