I just did the head gasket on my 90 integra two days ago. the coolant was flushed and replaced. car was fine. drove it a little bit, no problem.

an hour ago i went to the bank and to get gas..I came home and was on a street talking to a friend. when i pulled away, a huge puddle of antifreeze was beneath me.

it stops when the car is off. thermostat was just replaced, too.

any ideas at all? could the head gasket be blown again? after only 10 miles? I did get on the car a little bit today, but like I said I drove under 10 miles since the HG was changed.

It doesnt look like its coming from the radiator, either. If you're facing the car, it appears to be coming from somewhere between the oil pan and the cam gears

 

I was going to tell you to check the thermostat (my teg was leaking coolant on the weekend - thermostat), but you just had that replaced... On the older DA thermostats (my mechanic told me that honda changed them - correct me if I'm - he's - wrong) there's a screw to bleed the system. Check to see if you have that kind, and make sure it's tightened or w/e. Failing that, I'd say open the hood, start the car and see if you can spot the leak.

 

its the opposite side of the motor than the thermo.

the last place that it drips from the motor before hitting the ground is the oil pan.

water pump needs to be changed, too. but no overheating of any kind so far

 

Hey...I have a 94 LS integra and mine seems to be leaking sometimes too. Like it was said before the last place it looks like it drops off is the oil pan... Im not really sure what its from.

 

Water pump, that is what is in the area your talking about. Its leaking

 

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yeah thats what i thought. but will it spill fluid out THAT quickly, THAT much?

 

my friend was driving behind me on the way to the bank and he said when i floored it white/grey smoke would come out. this is a sign of a blown head gasket right? but i JUST did it on Monday

 

That is a sign of it, however that might just be coolant left over from when the HG went the first time. I assume you resurfaced the cylinder head and block? Torqued in the correct sequence? Do a compression test and find out if the HG is bad again. To answer your question yes a bed water pump will cause coolant to rush out.

 

coolant left over? it was bled already, completely emptied. i did no resurfacing of anything. no real time to take care of that.

head was torqued down correctly and in proper order. i'll do a compression test tomorrow.

 

Its possible if you didn't resurface the head it could be warped alittle. Aluminum heads warp real easy, thats why they always recommend it.

 

Im not sure on the 90 if its there or not, but there is a coolant hose that runs from the back of the head up toward the intake manifold. Its about 1" diameter.... I scratched my head for weeks wondering where my little coolant leak was.

and much like you, it only happened when the car was on, off it was fine. like i said tho, i dont know if yours has it, my 91 ls did (so Im assuming yours did), and my b16 has the same hose also....

 

i'm going to go and get some radiator sealant tomorrow and run it through.

I still cannot find the source of it..the exhaust smells fine and there's nothing but oil in the crankcase..so i dont think its the HG. Temp stays normal, too

still doing a compression test tomorrow.

i'm just so completely bummed..i sold my automatic mercedes for this so i could have a car that was more suited to me, and more fun. I've nearly spent all my benz money..and still have a broken car.

 

your weep hole is probably leaking on your water pump. mine weeped and i wasnt over heating. Edit**, but look and make sure all your hose are clamped right.


Modified by projectTeG at 3:53 AM 11/3/2005

 

Dont loose faith, you can get this fixed.

Was the HG blown, or was it just starting to show signs of blowing?? Any overheating??

Are you sure it is comming from that side of the motor?? When coolant dry's to turns white, look all of the place, see if you see any whit spots, or trails. This might lead you to a bad hose or something else really small.

When you pulled the head did you notice any extra coolant around the water pump??

 

I've had the same problem like 5 times already, and 4 of them happened to me my 15 year old coolant hoses, that run to and from various places on the engine. They were just old and worn out, and started getting tears in them, and leaking. They only leaked when the engine was running. They wouldn't leak with it off, since there's no pressure on the hoses. But on these 15 year old DA's, things like that happen I guess.

 

oh yeah, the 5th time was the 90 dollar ebay radiator I bought when I bottomed my car out and blew the radiator. The new ebay one was like 3 months old, and just sprung a big *** leak all at once. Now I'm rocking the PWR Civic half style radiator!! Good ****!

 

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damn how low is your car and how hard did you hit?

 

My car isn't that low at all, maybe a 2 inch drop. It was night, and I hit a huge *** pothole that was about 6-7 inches deep, and it hit the tab that the radiator sits on, bending it upwards causing the bottom of the radiator to tear, it lost all of the coolant within a minute. It was horrible. I went to the junk yard, and found one from an EF 4dr, and I made it work for a few weeks, until I got my ebay one. Then 3 months later, that sprung a leak out of nowhere, and that's when I decided to get my PWR.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by loudassVTEC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My car isn't that low at all, maybe a 2 inch drop. It was night, and I hit a huge *** pothole that was about 6-7 inches deep, and it hit the tab that the radiator sits on, bending it upwards causing the bottom of the radiator to tear, it lost all of the coolant within a minute. It was horrible. I went to the junk yard, and found one from an EF 4dr, and I made it work for a few weeks, until I got my ebay one. Then 3 months later, that sprung a leak out of nowhere, and that's when I decided to get my PWR.</TD></TR></TABLE>

well damn that sucks, ive hit hard...enough to send sparks flying, but i have never crack my radiator...lol, but i can see how that could happen..i feel bad for DC owners because they dont have he protection like we do with our front crossmembers. i mean our clearance sucks, but id rather hit that instead of my engine

 

yeah no ****

that is true until my next mod...full-race traction bars, which I'm going to do while I'm swapping for the b20

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by projectTeG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">your weep hole is probably leaking on your water pump. mine weeped and i wasnt over heating. Edit**, but look and make sure all your hose are clamped right.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i checked all hose ends that i could visibly see and they all look fine.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Racermech &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Dont loose faith, you can get this fixed.

Was the HG blown, or was it just starting to show signs of blowing?? Any overheating??

Are you sure it is comming from that side of the motor?? When coolant dry's to turns white, look all of the place, see if you see any whit spots, or trails. This might lead you to a bad hose or something else really small.

When you pulled the head did you notice any extra coolant around the water pump??</TD></TR></TABLE>

its difficult not to lose faith when all this car has given me is problems in the past month. i found out the odom was rolled back, HG blew, thermostat went, and i still need a tie rod and other little ****.

the head gasket was completely blown. to the point where the car wouldnt even start. it would turn over but not start. it would also leak all the coolant out when the car sat.

the car was over heating the few days prior to the head gasket going..i diagnosed it as the thermostat..changed it and the overheating stopped. i drove it a couple miles, then to get it registed and inspected that next day..and then it would no longer start.

I'm positive its coming from the front right side of the motor. I will check in the morning for any white trails.

Never actually pulled the head off, simply lifted it up, swaped gaskets and placed it back down. I did not look at the water pump. I was going to change the timing belt, tensioner and pump at a friends garage where he has air tools. I simply did the HG so the car was mobile.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by loudassVTEC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've had the same problem like 5 times already, and 4 of them happened to me my 15 year old coolant hoses, that run to and from various places on the engine. They were just old and worn out, and started getting tears in them, and leaking. They only leaked when the engine was running. They wouldn't leak with it off, since there's no pressure on the hoses. But on these 15 year old DA's, things like that happen I guess.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I pray it is something of this nature and merely coincidence that a hose split and everything else happened all in the same week period.

I dont know if its related to the car not building pressure yet, but the car does start dripping until its at operating temp.

 

yeah, just have faith bro. That's what I've done. Things start getting you down when **** breaks all the time, but after you fix everything, there's nothing left to fix, and your straight. So don't lose hope. Just stick with it, and your car will run fine. I've been in your shoes. These 15 year old cars all are showing wear, except for the ones that have owners made of money, and fix everything even before it wears out, it's just a fact of life.

 

look at it this way tho man, when you finally get the car up and running like a top (im sure you will), you will forget about the problems in a heartbeat... when my last da got rear-ended, i was pretty much depressed for about 3 weeks untill i got my new one. I wasnt completely happy with it untill I had everything swapped in, but after it was completed to the point it is now, I get happier and happier everytime I see it, even though i have to put a new alternator in it tomorrow but after its in i'll feel 1000 times better again....

The love for our cars as a community is just like dating a girl, we spend what most would think is outrageous on them, the emotional roller coaster is up and down, but the difference is, they usually don't get pissed and threaten to kick you out. And look, where do you go when she's being a bitch, for me, its to my garage.

 

Water pump, same thing happened to my 87 integra ls, Sold it last month.

It only leakek when car was on and stopped leaking after car was off, becuase when car is on, presure,


But this is IMO,

Good Luck

 

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It only leakek when car was on and stopped leaking after car was off, becuase when car is on, presure,


But this is IMO,

Good Luck </TD></TR></TABLE>

was it leaking in the same location?

i still dont get why it would blow white/grey smoke when flooring it.