hello i have a 1991 acura integra ls with some modes and recently i was driving it and it shut off on me so i took it to the shop and they said it was my distrubiter so it was replaced then i ran into another problem my car overheats sometimes all the way hot so i checked the fan an noticed it wasent working at all an also my coolent is running low. today i was driving and parked and went back to turn on my car and it wouldnt start after 5 mins of trying to get it to start alot of white smoke came out of my exhaust tons!!!an was idling bad i drove off an it started to run fine but still overheated and fan still not working at all iv been searching alot trying to find the problem befor i take it in to a shop some say its the thermostat others say its a headgasket so idk im looking for help.my car drives fine and strong dosent shut off no more if it is a blowen heasgasket can i if it w/o all the expense cause iv been reading its like 1000 to fix a blowen head gasket so any info for me to find out whats really the problem would b great btw i dont know alot bout cars thx for all your help

 

your fan relay might be out or your fan motor, check the fan by pulling it out and connecting it to a positive wire and negative wire to the batt if it spins then its fine...then that means it probly is your realay which is located in front of the battery (mounted toward the front) if you think your head gasket is blown take the oil cap off and see if its a milky color brown if it is then its all bad..

 

Check it my man, i got the answer for you.. When the cars O/h again get the water hose and spray that bitch till it stops overheating. Let me know when it works!

 

if you paid 1000 bucks for a headgasket repair job, you'd be an idiot. just get some basic hand tools and a manual and do it yourself in a weekend. is there oil in the coolant? or visa versa? thats one way to tell if its a blown gasket. or can you hear a sucking sound coming from where the head and block are together?
how to remove and replace head gasket.

 

lots of white smoke out of the exhaust, low on coolant, and overheating sounds like headgasket to me.

check to see if your coolant has oil in it and vice versa.

 

same the symptoms sound like a blown headgasket, if you get it fixed now before it causes any major problems it shouldnt be too expensive, definently not 1k

 

Headgasket sounds about right, or it overheated from the fan not working too many times and possibly warped the head. good luck