How do I test if my Head Gasket is blown? My car has been over heating once in a while. I have plenty of coolant, new water pump, new thermostat, and rebuild radiator. I notice when my car over heats, there's a bubble coming out of my reservior. My car is not smoking any sort of color.. white or blue. any feedback is appreciated.

 

Sounds like a leaking head gasket, i see this all the time, if it pushes antifreeze out from the overflow reservoir thats what cause the over heating and a headgasket that leaks compression into the waterjackets is to blame for this kind of thing BTW take your radiator cap off and rev the engine, if it shoots a lot of water out from the radiator when you rev it OR if there is a white froth or bubbles present then your looking at a bad head gasket.

 

... bump...

... cuz i have the same question... i have coolant/antifreeze leaking out of the reservoir tank an onto my radiator fan... i have to add coolant/antifreeze about once every week - week and a half or so... but i dont overheat... ever...

... anyone have any other thoughts?!?... is it the head gasket?... or maybe something else... lemme know... thanks...


... whagkangmakulet ((hehehe makulet ka?))... sorry for hijacking your thread... if it bothers you, lemme know and i will edit/erase and repost...

 

sounds like you may have the same problem or a partially clogged radiator or even a bad cap with a week spring (Rare on the hondas) it all depends on how much you have to add and how well your cooling sytem was kept...

 

i also replace the radiator cap. (1.8T my Turbo is makulet) I was told that you can buy something from a auto supply store that you can add to your radiator to determine is theres a monoxide(spelling?) on your raditor to determine a head leak? is this true? My car really overheated this saturday and i have to stop to check it out. My reservoir is overflowing and there's no more coolant on my radiator, I have to transfer the coolant from the reservoir to the radiator just to get home safe. PLS HELP!!!