i have a 93 hatch wit jdm b16 2nd gen swap... with full bolt ons... except for throttle body.....i filled up my radiator and my resivoir tank with coolant..... after every time i pop the hood my resivoir is always empty.... i checked my friends gsr and he had coolant sitting in his resivoir tank... is this normal to have no coolant in the resivoir tank or do u think i have a leak?

but my car doesnt overheat or anything ... i just never have coolant in the resivoir

 

did you install a new radiator?

i did replaced my radiator a month ago, and for 3 wks, the levels kept dropping, and i just kept adding coolant... right now it doesnt drop anymore.

i think it just needed time to circulate through the whole system since i flushed it.

 

nah the same old radiator thats been in it it for a year or so

 

well fill some in the res and check it in a week and see if it's still there..

THen you know it's not a leak

 

did u recently do a flush?

you may have a leak.. id top it off with coolant and check after a good drive and check when it cools down

 

I am willing to bet that the resivior is leaking.

Honda did a really shitty job of mounting them and they vibrate during driving. Ususlly, when the plastic gets old, they tend to get brittle and crack. When they crack, every bit of coolant in the bottle will leak out.

 

are you checking the resevoir while the engine is still warm?

 

ill do all this stuff tomorrow and find out whats goin on.... ive pulled the resivoir out and filled it up and nuthing leaked....