Hey guys!

Yesterday the temp gauge ('93 JDM VTEC Lude, hate the dig. meter, got a feeling its inaccurate) climbed one bar over the middle, whereas the middle is as high as it ever went. I tried turning on the AC to let the fans cool of the rad, but meter didnt budge. I then tried to dissipate the heat by turning on the heater, and noticed it wouldnt blow hot air. After 10 minutes of on/off toggling and with the help of some revs, it finally kicked in and this helped bring the meter down to normal.

Anyway, the amount leaking kinda got me be surprise as the coolant falls onto the exhaust, making the amount on the floor not seem that much, but when I checked today, it took about half a gallon to top rad off.

From all this, I suspect that coolant is leaking from the connections to the cabin heating recirculation system, not sure though, couldnt get the car high enough to crawl under there...It does drip from the rear of the engine bay, fallsright onto the flex-pipe/O2sensor

I'm thinkin to bypass the heater system, dont need it (live in South America, 30 deg. centigrade about every day of the year!), but dunno if this will adversily affect other components.

Can someone give green light for this mod?

PS: I also noticed that the rad will not refill itself from the reservoir tank (overflow), so I thought that maybe the vacuum in the system also escaped through the leak; I also will check thermostat, but taking on the leak first; any other thoughts?


Thanks!