E_Turtle7
New Member
I own a 94 Honda Civic DX 4cylinder 1.5L Automatic. I was experiencing an issue with my car where there was a coolant leak, engine was shaking violently, overheating and a fluctuating idle rev. I know my car was overheating because the fan was not kicking in due to a bad coolant temperature sensor so I decided to Replace the sensor, radiator, radiator hoses, Thermostat, and cleaned the IAC valve. Heater kicked back in, also the fan started to work and there was no leakage afterwards. After cleaning the IAC valve the car started smoother and the engine was no longer shaking violently. Although the car continued to overheat and fluctuate idle so i decided to purge the air by bleeding it and top it off with coolant. Afterwards the car was no longer reving in and out so the fluctuating idle was fixed by removing the air pockets in my cooling system. I took it for a spin around town for a good half hour and it did not overheat nor fluctuate idle what so ever. Ran like new but as soon as i got back home and turned off the car i heard a boiling sound coming from the coolant reservoir tank. i popped the hood and noticed it leaked out everywhere due to the boiling overflow. I wiped everything dry and tried to start my car but it would only crank and wouldnt start as if it was getting no spark. I dont know if it has anything to do with the coolant leaking all over the engine as if something like the spark plugs got wet or the cooling system still not working properly but the odd thing was my car wasnt overheating, the reservoir tank was still full to the max line and it was blowing warm air so i know the waterpump and thermostat must be functioning properly, what could it be? I also tried to jump it and that didnt work so i know the battery isnt the issue niether. i would like to do a compression test to see if its the head gasket but the car does not have white smoke coming from the exhaust or discolored oil so i dont think its the head gasket. Please help much apprecatied thank you!