DanielLaruso

I put in a new thermostat, and had someone do the water pump, and the car runs fine, however i'm consistantly losing coolant from the reservoir......for example i filled it up last week, now its almost empty, to me that seems like a lot of coolant to be losing....

also, i just put a new cam seal in b/c i had been leaking oil from the factory one, so i put that in and cleaned it up, now i can see a small amount of coolant on the top of the block and the bottom of the head, (in the same place where the oil from a b-series cam seal would be leaking, to make it more specific) any answers would really help me out.

DanielLaruso

someone help me out

Ricey McRicerton

check for leaks in the radiator. Pressurize your sysem and see where it is leaking.

DanielLaruso

yeah, its not leakin, but i was thinkin about checkin it for leaks everywhere else

Ricey McRicerton

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Good plan if you are loosing coolant...also check and make sure there isnt any in your oil . You know what that means right??

DanielLaruso

yeah, i know exactly what that means, the oil was the first thing i checked. it looks good just a little low....car runs fine and theres no white smoke or nothin

Spartanic

Check all of your coolant hoses becuase sometimes it'll rub against a bolt and create a small opening where coolant can slowly leak. Do you notice white smoke coming out the tail pipe when driving around? If so then you may either have a leaking headgasket, warped cylinder head or a cracked block so hopefully its just the gasket that needs replacing. You should bring your car to a shop to have its compression tested, it'll tell you quickly what needs replacing if there is a leak.

Evs-One

it's probably a leak in one of the hoses, Start up the car, and take a flashlight and look around...see if you can see it spilling anywhere.

Quik Chris

I'm thinking head gasket. This is how it starts, then it will begin to over-heat then cool down, then heat up and cool down. Then the whole thing goes. You don't see leaks because it's leaving your tail pipe as vapor.

monsterb18b

Head gasket or seals. I had the same thing happen to me. I just replaced both and I dont have a problem anymore. I didn't have any hose leaks.

FcUK It.

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i agree

99blackcivicSi

head gasket dude!

DanielLaruso

it would be just nmy luck if the head gasket was going....cause i am totally broke.

i'm takin it now too the guy who did my swap, see what he thinks...i don't know though, cause i was out earlier to start it up and now i got a nice big puddle of coolant on the street...it seems to be leaking from the thermostat housing, so maybe i just didn't titen everything enough when i did the thermostat, but that was in july...anyhow, i really appriciate all the help...eventhough almost everyone of you pointed towards the headgasket.

DanielLaruso

well hopefully it was the right conclusion to have, and i think it was but it seems as though the coolant was escaping from the Hondata intake mainifold gasket, and the plastic washers it came with, the end bolt towards the intake was totally loose, and some of the others were a little loose as well, so hopefully that is the end of that...