Took the car out today, only to find my idle all fawked up and gettin a CEL #14. I also started smelling coolant, so I checked it out and saw that my garage spot where I had parked, had a pool of coolant, and little trails of coolant from the car out to the street where I had driven.

A couple days ago, I was just in the garage checking my oil and coolant, and to my surprise, the coolant reservoir box that connects to the radiator was totally empty (I don't know how long I've been driving without Coolant). I immediately filled it up, only to find my car leaking it again. It's half empty already after 2 days of filling it up. There must be a leak somewhere. The temp needle hasn't gone up thankfully.

What could be the problem? Would that be the reason why my idle is messed up and gettin a IACV defected CEL? I'm gonna try and find out what the problem is before I take it to a shop and get it diagnosed on tuesday.

 

any cracks in the radiator? Any coolant sprayed on the underside of the hood?

 

Get a new radiator. The same thing happened to my car. Radiators.com sells them for 100 and they are in Santra Clara. You have to call them before you go there.

 

hmm.. .i know that these radiator suck and crack...

but guys... this is one LOW mileage GS-R!! im hoping that's the only problem Jun!!

edit -NOTE- I did not get a CEL when my radiator took a dump
but it sounds like its just the infamous honda radiator

since she's not overheating... fire it up, and watch for a leak!!

 

Shouldnt the radiator be covered under warranty considering your car only has 10k on it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Threatcon13 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Shouldnt the radiator be covered under warranty considering your car only has 10k on it? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thas what I thought too, but someone told me since my car is modified, my warranty is voided??

 

Do you have a hondata heatshield?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Skunk2nR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Thas what I thought too, but someone told me since my car is modified, my warranty is voided??</TD></TR></TABLE> no...because anything that has to do w/ your cooling system is not modified, so it should still be covered. For example, if you modded your suspension, and your tranny went out, your tranny would still be covered.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Threatcon13 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> no...because anything that has to do w/ your cooling system is not modified, so it should still be covered. For example, if you modded your suspension, and your tranny went out, your tranny would still be covered. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh ok. I hope this is true. I'm gonna get everything checked out on Tuesday.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mac8008 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do you have a hondata heatshield? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Nope.

 

jack the car up.....start it....and watch for leaking coolant, it could be from anywhere, rad. hoses, IACV, also the IACV has small rubber hoses, check those

 

The same thing happened to my car........check the reservoir tank and it was bone dry.......notice a spot of coolant on the ground where my car was parked......basically, lowered integra's are known for cracked radiators. I've known a couple guys who are on their 4th radiator. I just got one off of ebay, slapped it in, and no more coolant leaks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iH8RICERZ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The same thing happened to my car........check the reservoir tank and it was bone dry.......notice a spot of coolant on the ground where my car was parked......basically, lowered integra's are known for cracked radiators. I've known a couple guys who are on their 4th radiator. I just got one off of ebay, slapped it in, and no more coolant leaks. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I've leaked coolant twice. Once from a hose and the second from my radiator. Just hope that its only a hose.

 

Thats "coolant resivior box that connects to the readiator" is called a Collant Overflow Resivior. That shouldnt have coolant in it...hense the name overflow.
Check, and re-check all your hoses, and underside of the radiator (maybe a rock cracked it). In the mean time, a bottle of water, or a bottle of coolant should be your new passenger in the car at all times till you figure out the problem.
I had the same problem after my motor swap. I had to put a fan switch in the radiator, and it was leaking from that area everytime i hit VTEC. I had a bottle of coolant on my back seat at all times.

 

wtf?

I was suppose to get my car checked out today, but my ***** not leaking anymore. It's the wierdest ****. I took it around town and took it to redline a couple times and still no sign of leaking. I checked the hoses, radiator and water pump. Seems like everything is fine.

I'm stumped.

 

thats what you get for having such a clean car

 

If you are in the same boat with me, you may have a leak somewhere on the inside of the car. I noticed that my res. bottle went completely empty after a road trip last weekend. I have been smelling coolant from time to time and even noticed vapors from an obvious leak somewhere. I looked everwhere and I still haven't found it. I took the car to the dealership and they told me that it may be coming from the heater core. This part, which is inside the car, has a small inlet hose running from the radiator system somewhere. Funny this is, the guys told me that if the core was leaking, I should be seeing a damp or wet floor on the passenger side of the car.

I have looked and looked and still haven't found out where it's coming from. I only smell burning coolant from time to time, but the bottle stays empty. You maybe having the same problem as me. Hopefully you will find it before it gets worse. I just pray that it's not the heater core. The part runs about $290 from the dealers. But it could also be a cracked hose somewhere also.

Good luck. let me know what you find.

 

Ok. I started my car and let it idle for about 10 minutes. I pressed the gas a couple times and let it idle some more.

Afterwards, I checked underneath the car and saw the leak. I took some pictures of it. It was dripping HOT coolant where the header was at, next to the cat.

Where do you think the coolant is leaking from?

 

I'd say the IACV rubber hoses

 

theres two coolant hoses that go to the iacv... odds are one is ripped or not attached.

 

If i remember correctly, you have the skunk2 manifold swap. I'd look over all the coolant lines... maybe one of the hoses came loose.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tilt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If i remember correctly, you have the skunk2 manifold swap. I'd look over all the coolant lines... maybe one of the hoses came loose.</TD></TR></TABLE>

If you do have the skunk2 manifold, check the outlet on the skunk2 manifold that's normally plugged by guys who put them on. I've leaked from there too but the hose with a bolt on the end seems to be holding up well.

 

See... this is why I love H-T so much. Thanks to all your help, I found exactly where it was leaking and most of you were right.

It was leaking from the extra Coolant port I had plugged before installing the Skunk2 IM. It seems like the plug wasn't strong enough for the pressure. I'll be gettin some plugs and clamps and plugging it up real good this time.

BTW, will it spurt out coolant if I unplugged it while the car was cool?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Skunk2nR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">BTW, will it spurt out coolant if I unplugged it while the car was cool?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not really, it will just leak a bit (on an LS). Done that many times .
Like i said, a hose with a bolt on the end with clamps works well. Good luck

 

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Not really, it will just leak a bit (on an LS). Done that many times .
Like i said, a hose with a bolt on the end with clamps works well. Good luck </TD></TR></TABLE>

It will just leak a bit? Are you sure? I just took the hose off and coolant started gushing out. I had to put the hose back on to stop it...

 

good thing it was just a hose and not anything more serious.

Damn Hoes always messing ya up

hehe