First a little back ground. Cold winter and I started the car to let it
warm up, went into the house for 10 minutes. When I came back out
I found that the car had heated up a little( just over the 1/2 mark) Found
it weird but wasn`t overly concerned with it as I was running late for
work. As soon as I got moving the needle dropped back into the normal range
and all was good. The next morning I found I had trouble starting the
car. So a little looking under the hood and I notice that the radiator cap
has broken off ( holding in place but inside portion was broke). Buy a new
cap
(cheap one) and top the system up. The car that night started up after
numerous attempts.Still I haven`t placed the all the clues together here.
I look at the rad level and it is low again, so one more top up ( 10 ounces
at a time, coke can worth).Finding this weird I stop by Honda and they say
buy the
cap off them as the cheaper ones don`t hold the pressure good enough, sold i
buy it and install. Next day ; same thing,same time. So to sum up 60kms
(35mi) a day and I have to add 8-12 ounces of rad fluid. No external leaks,
one major symptom is the oil filler cap has moisture on it and no white
smoke billowing out. I go by the Honda shop and they tell me that they have
never heard of someone changing the head gasket on a 1997 Accord , to look
further, Any idea what else it might be? Car has 170,000 km .