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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 01:37 PM
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94 accord EX is losing coolant at the rate of a quarter gallon every 2 weeks. No visable signs on the ground or in the engine bay. Radiator cap looks like it has seen better days so I ordered one and it is on the way. Any other ideas where to look?
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 01:48 PM
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Do you get alot of white, sweet-smelling smoke? It could be burning it due to a leaky head gasket or something. Is it running hot?
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 01:59 PM
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yea it kinda sounds like the head gasket is goin bad, maybe take a look under the car on the driver side and look at the water pump and see if theres a little bit of water coming from the weep hole. hope you can figure it out.
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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Does it smell like coolant in the engine bay or in the cabin, when running or afterwards?
If not it might be the head gasket.
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 03:51 PM
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No white smoke or sweet smell, the headgasket and water pump was done less that 10,000 miles ago but will check that out just to be sure. Will update as soon as I get a look at it.
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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 05:26 PM
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Crawled under it today and didn't see anything from the weep hole. Any other ideas before the headgasket?
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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Pull the spark plugs and see if they look similar to the color of your coolant with hard deposits on them. If so, the deposits are coming from somewhere and it aint the fuel system.
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