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nstygomez
07-26-2010, 07:44 AM
So I bought the car and it was ridin good..
But it seems like I gotta refill the water in the radiator and the reservoir and when I drive it kinda far my water evaporaes you can say..
Sometimes after I drive the car and I stop and pop the hood I find water around my reservoir or radiator..

I've heard it could be a blown headgasket,my fan not workin, or my thermostat.
I dnt kno what to do and its keepin me from getting to work.
Some1 plzzz help

importracer
07-26-2010, 08:30 AM
blown head gasket.. its building pressure.. thats my guess without seeing in person. but its only $6 so change thermostat too

nstygomez
07-26-2010, 08:47 AM
Yea ima change the thermostat today and see if that fixes anythin.
But that's what a few friends have said it can be

nstygomez
07-26-2010, 08:48 AM
Yea ima change the thermostat today and see if that fixes anythin.
But that's what a few friends have said it can be

james497
07-26-2010, 09:21 PM
and radiator cap

blown_ss
07-27-2010, 06:04 PM
make sure you bleed the system too and get all the air out. that could cause the problem too.

98blackcivic
07-29-2010, 09:52 PM
yea ur headgasket is going out sorry bro replace it ASAP!

Bacon
07-29-2010, 09:53 PM
When you check your oil, does it look milky?

Batlground
07-30-2010, 09:40 AM
replace your radiator cap

Hektik
07-30-2010, 09:50 AM
Yea id go with radiator cap first also. Check around the top portion of ur radiator(the plastic looking part) look for any hairline cracks, thats where some of your fluid might be seeping out of. It might be to small to spot right away but once the system begins to build pressure it'll leak through there. Look inside your reservoir make sure there are no traces of oil in the coolant and also pull your oil cap of and look inside of it for a milky (like cofee and milk) substance, these are warnings of a blown head gasket.