**updated** wtf is wrong with my car........
 

well i am having this re-occurring issue with the motor/ temp gauge. my temp gauge says my car is getting hot when i damn know there is no way possible. then again recently my rad went out on me and i lost the coolant and by the time i relized it, i had ran hot for about 2-4 minutes to get to a auto store to reapair the rad itself. what im getting to is that the car runs and has power like it used to, but my temp gauge says its getting hot. ive replaced my thermostat, recently replaced my water pump and flushed the coolant system. i drove it for about 10 minutes and then sat in a parking lot for about another 20 minutes and it started to get hot again and i lost all my heat. although i can still touch the head and hoses and hold them for a short period of time before my hand starts to get to hot. i dont think i set the head gasket on its way out, but is there a possibility that i have blown it, though i have no signs of a blown head gasket? i have no mixed coolant with oil or nothing. or is it possible that maybe from running hot like it did for 2-4 minutes at sub 20mph driving done something else, like rings or something? im puzzled and cant figure this out.

cliffnotes:

temp gauge says im running hot, installed new thermostat and flushed coolant system. got heat again.
drove, temp gauge says im running hot again. lost heat.
doesnt have symptoms of overheating, ie- tight rad hoses, oerflow can bubbling.
no mixed coolant, but not sure about head gasket.

help me i need my car guys!!!!!!!

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Sounds like you've got a problem. I usually just installed a new sohc when I had problems I couldn't figure out. They were cheap enough and plentiful back then. 8)

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you putting in water or coolant ?

you bleed the system when your refill ?

you might need a new rad cap that is what it sounds like to me kinda :P

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clean all your grounds especially t ground stat wire brush grounds cause funky stuff with temp gauges

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i found the problem.....was a ------- heater core being clogged with rust buildup and gunk beyond hell. took me all day to get the bitch out but shes running good now. new thermostat, water pump, coolant, and a nice cleanup inside. thanks for looking out or me though guys... im tired now, been up since 9 pm yesterday and i worked last night and tonight :1

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if you have the time clean up those grounds too Im sure they are rust buckets


also your going to want to dump that radiator again has it will be rust chunk quickly



you still want that d16z6 cam

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yeah i planned on pming you about the cam this week some time. also the other part i need im trying to get a pic of. but it holds the rocker assembly.

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wtf guys? what causes so much buildup in such a short time? i had to once again flush my coolant system... this is driving me crazy........

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I told you it would. Simple the whole system is rusted to hell proably never fully cleaned in 20+years.




Run it dump it. Run it dump it. Run it dump it. Expect to do this alot. Just use water while doing this.

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good advice but do it in a hurry, winter is coming

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yeah ive done it twice today and have had pure clean water come out. i just filled it back with half coolant/ half water. i my redo it at the end of the week and run some cleaner through it for a few days or so. but its all good. funny though, the motor was just rebuilt. cleaned inside and out, all new coolant lines. head was hot tanked to perfection, and all that remained was the heater core. wish they didnt cost 92 dollars ------- new.........

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not to mention a total pain in the ass to intsall

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also make sure to bleed your system if you are nto doing it yet

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yeah ive bleed the system and it still does as previously stated. i think i may just replace the heater core and headgasket. i dont really want to replace the hg, but there may be a possibilty that it could be garbage. even though i have no symptoms of it failing....

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ok updates....

1- straight water i have no issues at all except constant smoking, or maybe just cold weather and exhaust is exiting making it smoke.
2- never overheats, doesnt get hot at all, have consistent heat.
3- i rape it like a new 16 year old virgin and it stays cool.....

im wondering if my hg is really at fault here, or if its the rad coolant im using? im using the cheap store brand thats supposed to be able to be mixed with anything. did fine for a week prior when i used it, went back and forth to school every day and it was fine. then went to the mall and started to come back sunday and it went bozo on me again. i dunno, im going nuts.

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i dont think the coolant is the problem. it sounds like it might be a headgasket. they make some stuff to test your coolant and see if there is any combustion gasses in it. it is pretty cheap

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compression test wont lie.

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that too, but it seems that a lot of people here dont have a gauge

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that's no problem, everybody can get one cheap :6

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true. i think im gonna go to the auto store and see about renting one thursday, since i have school and work today im not gonna be able to get anything done. but thats what i was thinkin as well that its the hg. but its wierd.....as far as i can tell i show no sypmtoms of a blown hg? i still have plenty of power to chirp into second with a 4 speed mind you.....but i will do a compression check thursday. cant be to hard to do one....or is it?

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super duper easy


you should own a manual by now



haynes or chilton will do

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i do have one of those you stated though i dont remember which one i have. if im lucky ill just have my dad guide me through when he gets off of work so i can get other things done.

but as far as today and yesterday goes for running straight water, its running fine. im going to dump it in the morning though and refill with fresh liquids.

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+1..i copy&past a how-to i did ago long time to my crashed vti :'(

it's in spanish. but pics will be very intelligible for u.

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It is quite possible you could have a leak that just goes into the combustion chamber. I had a long-time leak on an integra I had, and an old chevy I owned. They only smoked and took a little coolant, never overheated or mixed with the oil.

Nice pictures, but you also should disconnect the main relay (so you don't have spark and fuel, which can flood the motor, and ---- your dizzy). The main relay is easy to get to, around the kick-panel area, near the fuse-box.

Other thing it forgot to mention was you should wire the TB open and pull off the intake to get the most air into the motor for the test. I would also do it when the motor is at least a little warmed-up since some headgaskets won't even leak until the engine is up to temp.