Radiator antifreeze DISAPPEARING..HELP
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Radiator antifreeze DISAPPEARING..HELP
ej1 d16z6 My radiator isnt leaking, but the antifreeze always seems to dissappear lik ein a week i had to fill up with a quart... what could be going on? -thanks
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no leaks anywhere.... i rapleced bypass coolant hose. radiator cap isnt leaking.. resivor has pressure so i know radiator doesnt have a leak
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what coolant are you using?
I know it sounds biazzare but I had this problem in my '00 civic until I drained it and refilled it with genuine honda coolant. It wasn't draining quite as fast as yours was though. Probably a leak if it's going that fast.
I know it sounds biazzare but I had this problem in my '00 civic until I drained it and refilled it with genuine honda coolant. It wasn't draining quite as fast as yours was though. Probably a leak if it's going that fast.
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Re: Radiator antifreeze DISAPPEARING..HELP
Smell your exhaust pipe, if it smells like coolant ... there ya go, Head gasket. Just did mine recently...
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sounds like a bad head gasket to me.
I had a car do the same thing, we finally replaced the HG and it went completely away. Start the car and see if the exhaust smell like a hint of coolant, then you'll know.
Or do a leak down and compression check to be sure.
I had a car do the same thing, we finally replaced the HG and it went completely away. Start the car and see if the exhaust smell like a hint of coolant, then you'll know.
Or do a leak down and compression check to be sure.
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There is an echo in here !
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Floor the car and look for white smoke out of the exhaust, I believe white smoke is burning coolant, and black smoke is oil or perhaps running rich I forget what black is.
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and if there isnt white smoke then i definetly do not have a blown head gasket right? because i did replaced it about 6 months ago. i gutted my cat so it always smells like **** so im not sure if i can tell by the smell. -thanks
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Re: Radiator antifreeze DISAPPEARING..HELP
well the coolant is going somewhere, and if its not leaking then, its probably the head gasket. Did you use new head bolts, or did you re-use the factory bolts?
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Re: Radiator antifreeze DISAPPEARING..HELP
my friend had this problem with his b16
it would just disappear... just like casper... although it didn't re-appear
but anyway it was his head gasket
it would just disappear... just like casper... although it didn't re-appear
but anyway it was his head gasket
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Thats your problem. You cannot reuse the factory head bolts. They Strectch like a damn rubber band andwill not tighten correctly no matter what you torqued them too.
Get a new OEM head gasket and ARP head studs.Be sure to srpay the gasket with copper.
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Re: Radiator antifreeze DISAPPEARING..HELP
To the OP, i've seen tons of blown honda headgaskets with no outward signs besides disapearing coolant, no oil/coolant contamination, no white smoke, no overheating, just coolant loss. I've also seen tons of them go through headgaskets repeatedly after the first one blows.
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Thats not exactly true. Honda does state that they shouldn't be reused, but thats not to say that lots of people do. For what its worth both honda dealerships I deal with reuse headbolts. That said if you are going to replace the headbolts you might as well go for ARP headstuds.
To the OP, i've seen tons of blown honda headgaskets with no outward signs besides disapearing coolant, no oil/coolant contamination, no white smoke, no overheating, just coolant loss. I've also seen tons of them go through headgaskets repeatedly after the first one blows.
To the OP, i've seen tons of blown honda headgaskets with no outward signs besides disapearing coolant, no oil/coolant contamination, no white smoke, no overheating, just coolant loss. I've also seen tons of them go through headgaskets repeatedly after the first one blows.
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I'd either have the head checked, or try a slightly thicker head gasket with arp head studs to really clamp it down good.
DONT RE-USE honda stock head bolts. NOT A GOOD IDEA.
DONT RE-USE honda stock head bolts. NOT A GOOD IDEA.
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Re: Radiator antifreeze DISAPPEARING..HELP
I had this same problem. Trouble was that the hose going into the head was split about 1/5 of the way around on the bottom side, and the split was right next to the lip that the hose clamps on, so it held in place while i was checking, but when the rpm was changing, it was spitting it out, then holding it, then spitting some more. It took me forever to figure it out, and it was leaking the entire reservoir every day.
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