heya guys, i have recently notice that the water/coolant level on my resevoir keeps getting low

im not sure if its my headgasket or what, but headgasket is just recently changed like 1200mile ago

if its leaking, where does coolant normally leaks on hondas ???
and the clamps that holding the radiator hose are still factory, im not sure if its normal or not, but i am able to press and move the clamps along the hose

im really confused and pissed off

any help would be greatly appreciated ...

 

leaks into the combustion chamber and exits out the exhaust.

 

so ur saying that my headgasket is toasted again ???

 

My guess is head gasket if you havn't seen a leak.

Take it to a shop and they will most likely have a hydro-carbon tester. It takes and sucks air out of the top of the radiator through a "special" liquid and it turns a color if it senses a trace of hydro-carbon.

It is always cool when i get to use it. Customers are always like how do i know that it works. So, i blow at the inlet and the blue liquid turns yellow. Even the "exhaust" from your body will trip fluid.

 

my radiator busted today and i overheated. You could try checking for any pin sized holes in your radiator or drops of water under your car. If you don't see any my guess would be head gasket.

 

uhmm im pretty sure my car does not smoke at all when it fully warm up

at the moment its kinda hard to tell whether the smoke that coming out of the muffler is coolant or just normal steam , is there a way to identify it ?

 

leakdown test.

 

will compression test tells if i have a blown headgasket ?

 

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in most case no

 

ok if you guys could answer my last question

for those who thinks my headgasket is toasted again after only 1200miles been changed, say if i starts the engine, the smoke that comes out of the tail pipe should have that sweet-burning-coolant smell, am i right ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Cyber ITR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok if you guys could answer my last question

for those who thinks my headgasket is toasted again after only 1200miles been changed, say if i starts the engine, the smoke that comes out of the tail pipe should have that sweet-burning-coolant smell, am i right ?</TD></TR></TABLE>