basshead88

i drive a 1997 civic ex..like 3 days ago i was driving around town with my friend with the a/c on and i was going to drop him off and my car felt really bogged down and was sputtering through low rpm's..when we got to his house he said we should pop the hood..since he knows lots more about hondas than me i was like ya..so we popped the hood and the water in the resovor was boiling..he touched the hose that was coming off of the top of the radiator and it was hella hot..then the bottom hose wasnt hot at all like nothing was going through it...we both immedatly thought it was the thermostat..so i got home and changed the thermostat..it was driving cool up until today..i was driving down the road and i could tell that my car was getting hot but it wasnt as bad as the other day with my friend..so i tried to just take it easy and cruse to my house...then all the sudden the car shut off when i was driving down a street about 3 miles from my house...so i pulled over and let it cool down and filled up the resivor and drove it home...right now the car is out front of my house but idk what exactly is wrong with it...no check engine light or anything..could it be the water pump? any help is appreciated...thanks.

dannis.

did you bleed the coolent system after you filled it up?

ke98248

iTrader: (1)

Could be lots of air bubbles in coolant.. Try bleeding

basshead88

i just flushed the radiator and put some fresh coolant in it and let it idle for a while and revved it up every now and then for about for about 15 min and everything seems to be running cool...before nothing would even go through the bottom hose...now it gets warm haha...but thanks for the help guys..i went and bought brake pads n **** the other day and was supposed to have somebody help me do my brakes but one of us is always doin something and i gotta get em done, they dont sound too good...is the a diy for brakes anywhere? thanks