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CarGuru > Honda > reasons for overheating 7 April 2005 23:18:30

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reasons for overheating

Enravi 7 April 2005 21:33:05
 My 93 honda civic overheats. I took it to a mechanics(firestone­) he did
pressure test and said that the thermostat and radiator have to be
replaced. I had warrenty for radiator from another mechanic so I took my
car back to him to fix the radiator. He said that the overheating is not
from thermostat or radiator it is because the head gashead is gone. I am
confused! what is really happening to my car. I see bubble coming out in
the coolant tank when the engin is on!
ENR

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TeGGer® 7 April 2005 22:17:00 permanent link ]
 "enravi" <enravi@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:3e040aa40e5402­cad8096dc017044364@l­ocalhost.talkaboutau­tos.com:
My 93 honda civic overheats. I took it to a mechanics(firestone­) he did> pressure test and said that the thermostat and radiator have to be> replaced. I had warrenty for radiator from another mechanic so I took my> car back to him to fix the radiator. He said that the overheating is not> from thermostat or radiator it is because the head gashead is gone. I am> confused! what is really happening to my car. I see bubble coming out in> the coolant tank when the engin is on!> ENR>



Sounds like your head GASKET may have failed, and the engine is blowing
bubbles in the coolant.

One quick thing to try first if there are no external leaks is to replace
the rad cap. If it goes bad, coolant will boil, resulting in similar
symptoms to a failed head gasket. Rad caps are cheap.

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Randolph 7 April 2005 22:40:44 permanent link ]
 
enravi wrote:

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I see bubble coming out in> the coolant tank when the engin is on!> ENR

That would be consistent with a broken head gasket. Anyone ever heard of
Firestone actually doing something right?


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Dan Beaton 7 April 2005 23:18:30 permanent link ]
 
"TeGGer®" (tegger@tegger.c0m)­ writes:> "enravi" <enravi@yahoo.com> wrote in > news:3e040aa40e5402­cad8096dc017044364@l­ocalhost.talkaboutau­tos.com:>
My 93 honda civic overheats. I took it to a mechanics(firestone­) he did>> pressure test and said that the thermostat and radiator have to be>> replaced. I had warrenty for radiator from another mechanic so I took my>> car back to him to fix the radiator. He said that the overheating is not>> from thermostat or radiator it is because the head gashead is gone. I am>> confused! what is really happening to my car. I see bubble coming out in>> the coolant tank when the engin is on!>> ENR>>
Sounds like your head GASKET may have failed, and the engine is blowing > bubbles in the coolant.>
One quick thing to try first if there are no external leaks is to replace > the rad cap. If it goes bad, coolant will boil, resulting in similar > symptoms to a failed head gasket. Rad caps are cheap.>
-- > TeGGeR®>
The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ> www.tegger.com/hond­afaq/

Of course, one of the main causes of head gasket failure is overheating.
So the engine may now have two things wrong with it.

To add to what TeGGeR said above, if there are bubbles in the coolant tank
when the engine is started from COLD, then the coolant cannot be boiling
and the head gasket is most likely gone.

Dan

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