air bubbles in coolant- definately blown headgasket?
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air bubbles in coolant- definately blown headgasket?
i got a 95 civic, I just replaced a broken thermostat after it was almost overheating and the fan wasnt working, then two weeks later I got a new timing belt and water pump installed because I got 98k on the motor. Now I was driving yesterday and my car was smoking and radiator fluid was leaking out of the radiator and the resovoir was bubbling and leaking coolant. I took the rad. cap off and air bubbles were just pouring out. I think this means there is air in my system, but I only have this symptom of a blown headgasket. I got no white smoke or oil in the coolant. What else could it be?
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Re: air bubbles in coolant- definately blown headgasket? (enwycee)
when i had my cx motor
it had a blown gasket
all the coolant will either burn up or fly out of the exhaust or it will overfill my resovoir
when i was low on coolant i would get white smoke coming out
once i filled it back up it would go away
i would have to fill it up every 10 min of driving
Modified by komat at 6:29 PM 5/10/2005
it had a blown gasket
all the coolant will either burn up or fly out of the exhaust or it will overfill my resovoir
when i was low on coolant i would get white smoke coming out
once i filled it back up it would go away
i would have to fill it up every 10 min of driving
Modified by komat at 6:29 PM 5/10/2005
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Re: air bubbles in coolant- definately blown headgasket? (DBLAZE)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DBLAZE »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ALMOST 99% SURE ITS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET....SAME SYMPTOMS AS ME LIKE 6 MONTHS AGO.... </TD></TR></TABLE>
same here
same here
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Re: air bubbles in coolant- definately blown headgasket? (enwycee)
I think it could be air traped in the system but unlikely, to check tho do a compression test on the cooling system, if it leaks then its a head gasket, if not then its traped air.
But after reading what you replaced on it, its more then likely your head gasket so the compression test should tell you right away which one it is.
But after reading what you replaced on it, its more then likely your head gasket so the compression test should tell you right away which one it is.
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Re: air bubbles in coolant- definately blown headgasket? (nocturnaldragon)
thanks thats what i figured and im not too happy about that, im gonna try to put a new one on myself since it is ripoff in a shop w/ labor. it cant get any worse since im not driving it until this is fixed, even tho it drives and starts and runs cool until extended driving, then the coolant spits out.
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