AcidFr33ze

First off I have done the research and I have not been able to come to any conclusion with my problem, looking for some suggestions...

Let me describe what is going on...

I have a 93 civic dx, stock, 1.5 L

My car over heated a month ago. The radiator leaked and the thermostat was fried. I replaced the radiator and replaced the thermostat.

I bought a fail-safe thermostat, and now it is locked open. Let me explain why:
My car overheated from what I believe is lack of coolant in the system. My car burns coolant.

So what I did was a compression test today. The compression came out to be 200 across the board. So I do not know if the head gasket is blown. From my research it is not blown.

Also let me explain the coolant being burned. I see white smoke mostly when I am at idle. So every 200 miles I add about a pint of coolant into the system.

And when I turn on the car with the radiator cap off, I see bubbles constantly coming up (also possible head gasket being blown symptom?????)

Any suggestions to what my problem is, is it the head gasket? Anything else I can do to test??

Meaningful suggestions greatly appreciated, thanks for your time guys ...

Also there seems to be oil in the coolant, since the coolant overfill tank is a brownish color. As for the head, under the oil cap, there is no white foamy substance (hence no coolant buring in head???)...

Andy


Modified by AcidFr33ze at 1:01 PM 1/7/2006

turbod ek

Once you overheat a car i would change the head gasket and get the head checked out so it aint warped.

robert_v

its your head gasket. try filling up the radiator and if the coolant starts getting pushed out then its your head gasket. i just recently experienced the same problem

gray_civic_coupe

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I face the same problem and i think its my gasket

AcidFr33ze

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by robert_v &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its your head gasket. try filling up the radiator and if the coolant starts getting pushed out then its your head gasket. i just recently experienced the same problem</TD></TR></TABLE>

The coolant does bubble and get pushed out, which I have read here to be a symptom of a head gasket. I just want to know how come the compression test was the same on all cylinders. I thought that if the head gasket/ or even head are going bad, then the compression test would differentiate between cylinders (&gt;10%).

Any thoughts HT?

AcidFr33ze

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