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Black specks in radiator on 95 honda

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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 07:17 AM
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I was just checkn up on my car this morning and I noticed that the reservoir was low so I opened up the cap and found some black specks... Turns out to be specs of oil... does that mean a blown head gasket?


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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 08:16 AM
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Empty reservoir + oil in the coolant indeed suggests a blown head gasket.
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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 09:50 AM
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My radiator does have a crack in it also... but i checked the oil cap and there was no gooey junk, nor did the exhaust show white smoke after a 5 min drive...
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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 08:25 PM
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keep driving it
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