my car is overheating help please!!!!!!!!!

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Re: my car is overheating help please!!!!!!!!!

By flyinryan122
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:20 am #66780
egcivic95 wrote:my car is overheating .the coolant is coming out of the Coolant Reservoir Bottle.and when i turn it off the coolant start coming out :? .can someone help


What radiator is in your car? a honda half size?? or is it aftermarket?? (like autozone or something)
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By id3379
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:16 am #66788 i had the same problem, turned out my rad fan fuse was blown
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By Greasedmonkey
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:33 pm #66855 When I had the problem it was the head gasket. Pressure from the cylinder was leaking into the coolant system.
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By suspendedHatch
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:46 pm #67110 If the coolant gets hot enough it can boil and will force it's way out like that. It's often due to a bad mixture. But the obvious culprits for any cooling problem are air in the system, too much or too little coolant, a leak in the system, the fan's not coming on, the pumps going out, the thermostat is stuck closed, or you have clogged coolant passages.

I completely forgot the radiator cap. If your cap doesn't hold pressure, the coolant's boiling point will be lower.
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By egcivic95
- Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:50 pm #67282 i got the dx radiator .i just finish doin the mini me and thats when it started having the problem .and the fan turn on
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By suspendedHatch
- Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:37 am #67354 Maybe you blocked a coolant passage or something horrible like that. Maybe you simply hooked up a coolant line incorrectly. It's impossible to tell at this point especially since none of us can see your vehicle first-hand. If the motor was stock, it'd be a fairly simple diagnosis. Good luck.
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By flyinryan122
- Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:56 am #67359
egcivic95 wrote:i got the dx radiator .i just finish doin the mini me and thats when it started having the problem .and the fan turn on


Did you add coolant and bleed the air out of the system after doing the mini-me?

By egcivic95
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:33 am #67429 yea i did use the proper procedure when torquing the head ... and i bleeed the air out of the system ... this is wat happen: i was on the freeway and i heard like a misfire but it wasnt loud it was like a knock maybe the headgasket its blown because since then the car started overheating.
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By flyinryan122
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:56 am #67445 If you run the car up to temp, shut it off for a few minutes, like 5-10 minutes, start it up again, does it smoke white at all? or has it ever smoked white since you heard the loud knock?

What kind of head gasket did you use? was it an MLS (multi-layer steel), or on of those perferated ones, that are like coated paper?
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By LsHatchKid
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:27 pm #67454 hey dude i had the same promblem . try changing your thermistat thats why mine was over heating :thumb:
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