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Old 28 Feb 2007, 11:31 pm
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Default Re: Blown head gasket... but??

> you haven't experienced significant coolant loss, all you really have is
> a misfire. head gaskets on hondas are usually accompanied by coolant
> loss and bubbling into the expansion bottle. injector cleaner has
> nothing to do with it. suggest you do a pressure test for leakage or a
> chemical test to see if you have hydrocarbons in the coolant. and you
> won't usually get water in the oil in hondas because the wet liners mean
> coolant has no access to oil passages unless the block and/or head is
> cracked.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


When the problem first surfaced, I lost about half of my coolent.
Once I stopped the car I topped it off and drove it to the garage.
Didn't seem to run THAT hot (maybe a bit warmer than usual, but arrow
didn't reach halfway mark, fairly cold day though). Also as noted I
didn't really examine the coolant in the expansion bubble with the
vehicle running, but it certainly didn't smell right...

Glad to hear the observation on not having water in my oil, seems to
corroborate everything else. Good design choice on Honda's part I
guess!

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