I have a 1992 Honda Accord stick-shift.

Where to start:

For months, my honda has had a bad fuel injector. It is hard to start at first, but after a few attempts and some revving, the car starts and runs perfect. I tried to use Seafoam but that made the situation worse. Also, the fuel injector makes a high pitch squeal whenever the car is running when my foot is not on the gas.

Also, recently my car overheated. I pulled over as soon as I noticed and then saw that there was white smoke coming from the hood. I filled up the radiator after letting the car cool down and drove it about 2 miles. I noticed that my car's top speed is now about 50 mph, and that it doesn't run smoothly. It runs like a novice driving a stick shift. Also, acceleration is very weak. It seems rpms and mphs go up very slowly.

I checked the transmission fluid and it is brown. Also, the radiator fluid leaks really fast.

Any help is appreciated.

 

How many miles are on the car and how did you check the transmission fluid? Did you drain it and refill it?

 

Ok, almost everything has been taken care of. I replaced the coolant senser and one of the hoses.

Car starts on first try now. Even so, it does not start overheating. I turn it off though because it seems the coolant hose that attaches at the back of the engine is leaking from where it attaches to the engine. It's leaking considerably.



I do not have another one of those hoses(this is not the hose that I replaced). Is it ok just to cut the tip off the hose and reattach it?

Also, someone I told said it might be a head gasket problem, causing pressure and pushing fluid out. Is this likely the case? My car does not have any white smoke now, and it never had any from the exhaust. The hoses of the radiator are all holding pressure (except the one leaking).

 

I'm oh so close now. I have replaced the hose, so now I am not losing any coolant fluid.

For some reason, my car is overheating. Also, after the engine starts to warm (20 minutes or so), the acceleration loses power. The engine only seems to heat up when accelerating or when going up a hill. The car seems to idle fine. Whenever the car is stopped, the heat drops way down.