darthtony360
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posting here because Im having this situation with my civic. A week and half ago I was driving my car with A/C on the highway and I was going to a meeting in Orlando. When I parked the car , I saw that smoke was coming out from the hood. Then I opened the hood and I saw that smoke was coming from the overflow tank. That car didnt overheat. I never opened the overflow tank , but it is like it was like the level of coolant wanted to go up or evaporating or something like that. I let the car cool down and I opened the radiator and put a the correct amount of coolant below the max line on the overflow tank. Then I drove to Kissimmme and then back to where I live near Sanford , which was like an hour and half drive and the car didnt overheat. I thought everything was running like it supposed too. Then I went to Orlando again two days later and I saw that the AC was not throwing cold air like it supposed too. I knew that the tempetures were going to be in the 90F ,but something was not right. As I drove back to where I live in Sanford , then first cold and hot air got inside the car.
There was a lot of traffic in the highway and I took another route. During my time driving , the temperature has always been below the first line of the boat and not overheat. It was this day that the temperature started to go up and I park in a supermarket and turn off the car. I open the hood and the same thing from two days ago was happening. To make sure I didn't do any damage to car , I call a toll truck to bring the car back to the apartment. Then the next day on Saturday , I was checking to see what was going on and I opened the radiator. When I turn on the car with the radiator having the cap off , the it spilled out some coolant. I was pushing the gas to heat up faster and it was spilling coolant , so Im not sure it is supposed to be that way. Then I was waiting for the car to heat up till the thermostat and the radiator cap. Then on that Saturday I used the car without the AC system for around 40 minutes and it didnt overheat. Two days , my mechanic was going to come to check the car , but didnt came. So I checked again to see what was going on and I read that it could be a blown head gasket and also possibly damaged engine. I took this pictures this past Monday opening the the radiator and checking the oil to see if it was like a chocolate color to see if water got mixed out. Then I called the mechanic and I told him thinking that the color I saw was indicative of a blown head gasket and that the coolant levels I was dealing with it were confirming of that problem.
I drove the car for at least 30 minutes and it worked fine. Going to the call , the mechanic told me that the engine was damaged and that if I drove the car more , then it would be more costly. He said that since the blown head gasket happened , then it also need to change or repair the engine. I was confused as to why they mentioned the engine and told me that the whole cost of the repair and parts was going to be a $1200.00. For that price I can get another car , especially since my car need a paint job. I was feeling sad and depressed and frustrated because I have invested so much money in this car by putting the ac system , new clutch , etc. Then I called another mechanic and it only mentioned the head gasket problem , which would round up around $620.00 for parts and repair. I didnt use my car for almost a week and I been wondering how Im gonna get more money to get a used car because of working a part time job. yesterday Saturday , I decided to check if the radiatorfan was working. I opened the radiatorand overflow tank and I saw the coolant color. Then I checked the oil and it was still the same from Monday. I was heating up the car since I have not use it and I was checking for other symptoms of a blown head gasket. The only symptom I saw was bubbles coming out of the radiatorand when I turn on the car with radiatorwith no cap , it spilled out some coolant. Then I had the car one warming up for almost an hour and I saw no leak on the exhaust manifold. I saw some smoke coming out of radiator, and no white smoke from exahust pipee. I began to wonder If have a blown head gasket ]or not and if my engine still works. Then I drove the car for only 10 minutes and it didnt overheat. Even the AC was working. So right now ,
I dont know if I need to fix the head gasket and also repair or replace the engine. ICould this be the problem with some other parts like radiatorcap and thermostat?? I also get the feeling that the bublles that came out of radiatorcan indicate that there is air in the system and that it needs be flushed so I can put in new coolant. I cant afford to get a another car and I want to know what Is really happening in my car. If anyone's have a any advice , I really appreciated it. Thanks
Pictures Monday May 16 and Saturday May 21
There was a lot of traffic in the highway and I took another route. During my time driving , the temperature has always been below the first line of the boat and not overheat. It was this day that the temperature started to go up and I park in a supermarket and turn off the car. I open the hood and the same thing from two days ago was happening. To make sure I didn't do any damage to car , I call a toll truck to bring the car back to the apartment. Then the next day on Saturday , I was checking to see what was going on and I opened the radiator. When I turn on the car with the radiator having the cap off , the it spilled out some coolant. I was pushing the gas to heat up faster and it was spilling coolant , so Im not sure it is supposed to be that way. Then I was waiting for the car to heat up till the thermostat and the radiator cap. Then on that Saturday I used the car without the AC system for around 40 minutes and it didnt overheat. Two days , my mechanic was going to come to check the car , but didnt came. So I checked again to see what was going on and I read that it could be a blown head gasket and also possibly damaged engine. I took this pictures this past Monday opening the the radiator and checking the oil to see if it was like a chocolate color to see if water got mixed out. Then I called the mechanic and I told him thinking that the color I saw was indicative of a blown head gasket and that the coolant levels I was dealing with it were confirming of that problem.
I drove the car for at least 30 minutes and it worked fine. Going to the call , the mechanic told me that the engine was damaged and that if I drove the car more , then it would be more costly. He said that since the blown head gasket happened , then it also need to change or repair the engine. I was confused as to why they mentioned the engine and told me that the whole cost of the repair and parts was going to be a $1200.00. For that price I can get another car , especially since my car need a paint job. I was feeling sad and depressed and frustrated because I have invested so much money in this car by putting the ac system , new clutch , etc. Then I called another mechanic and it only mentioned the head gasket problem , which would round up around $620.00 for parts and repair. I didnt use my car for almost a week and I been wondering how Im gonna get more money to get a used car because of working a part time job. yesterday Saturday , I decided to check if the radiatorfan was working. I opened the radiatorand overflow tank and I saw the coolant color. Then I checked the oil and it was still the same from Monday. I was heating up the car since I have not use it and I was checking for other symptoms of a blown head gasket. The only symptom I saw was bubbles coming out of the radiatorand when I turn on the car with radiatorwith no cap , it spilled out some coolant. Then I had the car one warming up for almost an hour and I saw no leak on the exhaust manifold. I saw some smoke coming out of radiator, and no white smoke from exahust pipee. I began to wonder If have a blown head gasket ]or not and if my engine still works. Then I drove the car for only 10 minutes and it didnt overheat. Even the AC was working. So right now ,
I dont know if I need to fix the head gasket and also repair or replace the engine. ICould this be the problem with some other parts like radiatorcap and thermostat?? I also get the feeling that the bublles that came out of radiatorcan indicate that there is air in the system and that it needs be flushed so I can put in new coolant. I cant afford to get a another car and I want to know what Is really happening in my car. If anyone's have a any advice , I really appreciated it. Thanks
Pictures Monday May 16 and Saturday May 21
