I was changing a bulb yesterday and removed the coolant overflow bottle and left it resting beside the headers, changed the bulbs and closed the hood. I drove about 5 miles and got a burning smell, so i stopped and black smoke was pouring out of the hood vent...I realised immediately what had happened, popped the hood and lo and behold the friggen bottle had melted completely all over the header....**** i was mad with myself....not because i should have remembered to put the bottle back again but because this is my 4th DC2 and i have managed to do it on every one of them! Luckily i was at a scrap yard a few months back and got the bottle from a crashed integra as i knew i probably would need it at some stage...I need to look out for another one now...just in case

 

That's harsh!!! Did it damage the header in any way?

On a side note, I am planning on relocating the overflow to the other side so it's not in front my J's intake. Heat soak sucks

 

There was melted plastic all over cylinder #4 header piping but it wiped off easily when it still hot, so no damage thankfully.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mugenracer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was changing a bulb yesterday and removed the coolant overflow bottle and left it resting beside the headers, changed the bulbs and closed the hood. I drove about 5 miles and got a burning smell, so i stopped and black smoke was pouring out of the hood vent...I realised immediately what had happened, popped the hood and lo and behold the friggen bottle had melted completely all over the header....**** i was mad with myself....not because i should have remembered to put the bottle back again but because this is my 4th DC2 and i have managed to do it on every one of them! Luckily i was at a scrap yard a few months back and got the bottle from a crashed integra as i knew i probably would need it at some stage...I need to look out for another one now...just in case </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha, I did that and a new bottle is like 60 ******* dollars.

 

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haha, I did that and a new bottle is like 60 ******* dollars. </TD></TR></TABLE>

LMAO!!!

i did the EXACT same thing in my 98 GSR!!

******* acura man, 65 bucks for a damn bottle

 

LOL, are there not any junkyards around you guys? I could snag one of those from Honda-Heaven for no more than $10.

 

try having your radiator somehow fall out while driving hard on back roads and melting the radiator fan on the header a mugen header and a c&r radiator fan

 

LOL...this happened to me too when i was changing my jdm non hid headlights to an jdm hid set...forgot bout it...drove on the high way and BOOM! the bottle exploded in my engine bay....i was scared as ****...

 

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Been there. done that. Bad smell when driving... blech!!

I used a mtn dew bottle for a long, long time. Mostly b/c I could not find a resevoir for a reasonable price, or from someone who would actually follow through on shipping the item after being paid. (yes im still overly annoyed at this, heh) I finally got one when I was planning to sell my car... I kept the mtn dew bottle

 

I put cheese on my heatshield before and drove around town.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mugenracer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was changing a bulb yesterday and removed the coolant overflow bottle and left it resting beside the headers, changed the bulbs and closed the hood. I drove about 5 miles and got a burning smell, so i stopped and black smoke was pouring out of the hood vent...I realised immediately what had happened, popped the hood and lo and behold the friggen bottle had melted completely all over the header....**** i was mad with myself....not because i should have remembered to put the bottle back again but because this is my 4th DC2 and i have managed to do it on every one of them! Luckily i was at a scrap yard a few months back and got the bottle from a crashed integra as i knew i probably would need it at some stage...I need to look out for another one now...just in case </TD></TR></TABLE>

Guilty as charged

 

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I use my header to heat my sandwhich at Expo

 

done it once or twice

 

guilt here ive done that but it never melted it that bad

 

that same thing happen to me..when i was taking out my cold air intake pipe =[..but i found one for 20 bucks =D

 

haha, i am guilty of doing that as well. luckily a buddy of mine had an extra coolant overflow for me

 

hahah it sucks that is happened but the fact that it's the fourth time makes me laugh my *** off lol

 

lol yep i did the same thing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by white rocket &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's harsh!!! Did it damage the header in any way?

On a side note, I am planning on relocating the overflow to the other side so it's not in front my J's intake. Heat soak sucks </TD></TR></TABLE>

dont mean to thread jack, but where did you put it on the other side? I have the J's as well and thought about moving it.

 

did that crap, twice out of the 6 integras Ive owned

 

I almost did it when I installed my J's.

 

damn man even retards learn by the 4th time..... like that guy on mind of mencia with spinal paulsy or whatever it is spelled.