I was driving today and all of a sudden I noticed the temp going up and down then it started lightly steaming so I pulled over and it just let out a shitload of steam when I opened up the hood. There was a hose going into the farthest left side of the intake manifold close to the head with a pin size hole in it, then I noticed the temp sensor in the manifold was super loose and there was steam just squeeling out of that hole around the threads and all. Alot of antifreeze and water had leaked out of the system so I got some water from a local restaurant nearby and filled up the radiator with the water. I drove home with the temp sensor loose and the pin size hole in the hose still there and the temp stayed at normal. I got to my friends house and tightened up the sensor and a bolt that was extrememely loose on the water pump. I plan on getting a new hose and some new clamps for the hose since the old ones are well just old and crappy. I also noticed right under the cam gear theres a threaded hole missing a bolt and just my guess that I should probably put a bolt in that right? Also I wanted to ask about water wetter I've heard good and bad things about it just wanted to know if anyone recomended it over antifreeze?

 

i would rec. a 50/50 mix of coolant and water. i personally don't like any kind of additives, although i'm not quite sure what water wetter is. i do know that straight coolant has less heat carrying capacity than water. you may want to check for corrosion in your radiator--a common foe to our old hondas.

 

I'll do that...Just look at the actual radiator itself for holes or rust or do I need to take some stuff out and really comb over the whole thing? Alright I'll do that 50/50 of coolant and water. Thanks so much for helpin out, untill I get a job I wanna make sure I do everything right to keep the car tuggin along.

 

you live in nc so you can go 60/40 or even 70/30 water to coolant without problem just look on the back of the bottle and use whatever amount they reccomend for the lowest temp you will see in your area, also watter wetter is good stuff add 1-2 bottles to your mix

 

Alright I'll do that. I guess if I'm changing all this stuff I will probably need to flush out the radiator right? So I guess I'll do that then. Thanks so much.