lilmarcEH3

Car is a 92 Civic Si with a B16A2 swap.

Today at work I noticed that about two hours after I'd parked, a small puddle of antifreeze had developed under the car. I looked in the engine bay and there was some coolant on the left (passenger side) of the bay. Of course I was at work and didn't have time to look at it.

After I got off I headed home and by the time I got home, soo much more on the same side of the bay was soaked in coolant. It's all over the passenger side shock tower, air intake tubing, transmission mount, and it's all over every coolant hose I can see, so I'm really lost and I drive the car every day.

If anyone has had a similar problem, what was the fix??

Thanks

lilmarcEH3

Bump. Any ideas?

SimpleAznMan

Did you check the hoses that go into your IACV? The two small hoses have coolant in them.

That general area is also where your radiator hoses also are... Check thermostat housing/gasket? Heater inlet/outlet hoses?

EJeff8

Dude, just go hog wild in replacing lines or clamps. It doesn't hurt from a service standpoint.

elliot

Radiator?

lilmarcEH3

I will eventually replace all hoses and clamps, but I need a quick fix!

Where are the heater inlet/outlet hoses located? I don't think it's the IACV hoses because they don't feel wet at all. And no it's not the radiator.

D16SiHatch

radiator cap not holding pressure?

could be a few things really. have you tried revving it up a bit and watching the engine bay to see if you can pinpoint where the leak is coming from?

98civdx

check upper lower rad hoses, squeze them and whatch.

EJeff8

^It'll be like squeezing a stress ball. It may either help him and he'll feel really relived, or he'll just keep squeezing with no positive product and just get more pissed off.

honda_luvr_2000

When you have a half hour at home do this:
Open the hood
Take off the radiator cap
Top off your coolant
Put the radiator cap back on
Keep the hood up
Start the car
Watch the area that had the coolant
Let it warm up
Watch for where the coolant is spraying out
Once you find it, shut the car off
Fix the leak
Top off the coolant
Verify no more leaks
Bleed the system
Shut the hood

You have now found & fixed the leak.

98civdx

yaa, honda's can do that to someone,
i remember when mine was pissing coolent, it took forever to find and it was some o ring for the t stat into the bypass thing behind engine and under im.