Hey guys, I searched for a bit, but I couldn't find a straight answer... And I was wondering, my radiator keeps burning water? I put water in the radiator about two days ago, and on the reserve, and today there was no water at all.

When the car starts, it doesn't throw out any white smoke at all. I was wondering if any of you guys can tell me what the issue might be? I'm a complete newb at cars, and on how they work.

Btw, it's a H23a1 with 160k on it. 95'

 

Do you have a Radiator cap?
Do you have an overflow tank?
Do you have air in the system that is bleeding out?
Do you have a leak somewhere (ie, crank the car cold, let pressure build in the system and see if anything leaks).

 

I have the radiator cap.
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I'm gonna try the last one. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

No leaks, man... I don't know what it could be. It's bumming me out, last night the cars thermostat started showing me that it was overheating. :/

 

Don't use water and make sure you burped the system correctly.

 

How do I burp the system out? So should I just use anti freeze?

 

So your car is overheating, and you are low on coolant...sounds like its getting too hot and boiling the fluid away.

The most common cause of overheating is air in the system.

 

The second most common cause of overheating is a faulty thermostat, is your fan coming on?

The fan switch is on the other side of the thermostat, if it's not opening, the fan won't come on.

Also too much water in the system can cause it to boil and evaporate in the overflow bottle.

There is a bleeder on the thermostat housing for releasing air from the system.

 

This.

 

Yea, the fan comes on, randomly.
"There is a bleeder on the thermostat housing for releasing air from the system. "

Like I posted above, I know almost nothing about cars, where would the thermostat be located?

 

 

Thanks for the picture, what do I do, to take out the air? (stoopid newb)

 

Loosen that nut, then fill the radiator with honda coolant. Coolant will start to
bubble out of the nut, once it turns to a steady stream tighten the nut. Start
your lude and then let the engine get hot and wait for a while and watch for
the fans to come on, have the rad cap off while you let this all happen. And top
up any extra coolant you need to put in, then put the cap on.

 

****ing awesome, that helped a lot. Thanks a lot guys, it means so much. Hopefully I can learn a little more on how to do my own repairs on the car. Thanks again.

 

Bleeding it fixed the problem?

Great. Congratulations on your first car repair.

 

For a future note - never use straight water in a radiator - which it sounds like you did.

do 50% water 50% coolant if anything