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Bubbles in Radiator cap/over heating help!

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Old 12-17-2010, 02:16 PM
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Car Info:
1994 Civic Dx
D15b7
195k miles

Car was overheating the other night during the winter..(2daysAgo)
weird.
I checked and i needed a lot of water..
I change the head gasket, thermostat, radiator nd cap in the summer and after that i never had a problem with it over heating. (also changed the exhaust and manifold gasket while i did that)

Yesterday i open the radiator cap and it had white bubbles..
Today i threw sum coolant to seal any leaks, and i didnt see the fan turned on either. It was on idle for about 8min. Im thinking it was suppose to turn on already.

What do the white bubbles meann? Head gasket again?
Nd its winter! wtf. HELP!
Old 12-17-2010, 04:35 PM
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Default Re: Bubbles in Radiator cap/over heating help!

test to see if the bubbles contain carbon monoxcided chemical that changes colour most shops should be able to do this .did you have the head decked (maid flat) when you did the gasket ? how hot did it get ?
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2nd that. Blown head gasket or warped head/block.
Old 12-18-2010, 11:25 AM
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the shop cleaned it , made it flat, and put those gaskets inside(i 4got the name of them )

everything i took off when i did it, i made sure to put a new gasket in..
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Sounds like you need to replace the head gasket again.
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Originally Posted by itsnotfast
Sounds like you need to replace the head gasket again.
i thought so..

I live like less than a mile from work/school/ nd the homies house lol..

i dnt drive no wer loong, (well for the engine to b hot all the time) can i drive for a while? or is it going to break sumthing like the head/block
im in a recession !
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Default Re: Bubbles in Radiator cap/over heating help!

If they replaced it with another D15B7 headgasket then that's probably the reason. I've read it's better to replace with a headgasket for a D16Y8.

Also, check to see why your fan isn't turning on.. that's kind of important.
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