So i was driving my civic home today and i realized at a stop light that my car was getting above the half way point on the temp gauge. Thinking that it would maybe go down when i started driving i proceeded home....it got hotter I pulled over at a gas station and thought maybe the fan didnt turn on so i poped the hood and saw that it was on. I touched that radiator cap and it wasnt hot so i didnt the dumb thing and opened it and got fluid everywhere Im guessing that my thermostat has went bad but what do you think?

ty in advance

 

Did you feel your bottom hose?does your top hose look like its expanded

 

both hoses look good but the bottom seemed hotter then the top

 

I think at the very least you should try and replace the thermostat.

 

ya and im going to replace the cap also....

 

Curious. When was the last time the timing belt/water pump was replaced?

 

12k ago when i rebuilt the engine

 

You're lucky, you can get some pretty nasty burns that way. If you have a blown headgasket especially that cap can be under a hell of a lot of pressure.

Try a new thermostat and cap and go from there (oem not aftermarket junk, I've had some many issues with aftermarket thermostats it's not even funny)

I would also do a compression test on it. Maybe do that first actually.