89 civic keeps smoking and overheating and sometime wont start

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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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Default 89 civic keeps smoking and overheating and sometime wont start

i bought a new thermostat and when it start, it smokes hella. i hear like a clicking noise when i try to start it and i have to step on the gas pedal to make it start. It leaks out coolant and i need help!!! My first car!!
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 08:44 PM
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headgasket?
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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a clicking noise? could be bad rod
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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headgasket
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