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I just refilled coolant in my car just last week, and when i popped the hood today, taht **** was below min. why is it like that? it's been like that for the past couple weeks, i've been refilling coolant every week. is this normal? btw it's a 92-civic CX motor.

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bizump

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anyone?

Gump

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maybe there isn't enough coolant in there to begin with. Did you just do a coolant flush?

eg6beater

ok..lets go down the line...check your radiator cap first..you need to check if the cap opens up to the reservoir at the correct pressure (16 psi i think )...you'll need a pressure tester for the cap..a local radiator shop or kragens might have it..not sure about kragens though.... if your cooling system is doing a poor job...the water will boil hotter and the pressure will build up for longer periods of time..therefore allowing more fluid to go into the reservoir than it will suck back in once the temperature goes down..... check is you purged the system.. (or bleed)....make sure you dont have huge air bubble gaps in your coolant lines....it can cause severe damage.... if your radiator is a bit on the clogged up side...it will spit out alot more coolant when at hotter temperatures..more than it can suck back in....so you will notice coolant disapearin on ya....hope all this helped..it's pretty long and not even punctuated...haha

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Gump &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe there isn't enough coolant in there to begin with. Did you just do a coolant flush?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no, there is actually plenty too.

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eg6beater &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok..lets go down the line...check your radiator cap first..you need to check if the cap opens up to the reservoir at the correct pressure (16 psi i think )...you'll need a pressure tester for the cap..a local radiator shop or kragens might have it..not sure about kragens though.... if your cooling system is doing a poor job...the water will boil hotter and the pressure will build up for longer periods of time..therefore allowing more fluid to go into the reservoir than it will suck back in once the temperature goes down..... check is you purged the system.. (or bleed)....make sure you dont have huge air bubble gaps in your coolant lines....it can cause severe damage.... if your radiator is a bit on the clogged up side...it will spit out alot more coolant when at hotter temperatures..more than it can suck back in....so you will notice coolant disapearin on ya....hope all this helped..it's pretty long and not even punctuated...haha</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wow, thanx, i'll try looking.

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how do i check for bubbles?

careawholelot

i say tighten the lower radiator hose, because i would look at my coolant resivoir and i notice it went down a little and low and behold the lower radiator always get loosend up some how it even happens on my yota truck.

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by careawholelot &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i say tighten the lower radiator hose, because i would look at my coolant resivoir and i notice it went down a little and low and behold the lower radiator always get loosend up some how it even happens on my yota truck.</TD></TR></TABLE>

alright i'll check into that also, thanx

FuZioNxMaxBoost

I would take a look at your waterpump... that was the culprit for me.

MLogan

The culprit for me was blown head gasket. Check your exhaust for white smoke and do a compression test. Hopefully this is not your problem.

To purge the system of air, loosen the bleeder nut on the upper radiator hose, it is near the valve cover. Let the fluid run out until there are no more bubbles.