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Old 02-22-2003, 10:16 PM
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Doesnt sound like a head gasket to me. I would check to see if you have air in your cooling system. I would losen that bleeder screw on the top of the motor to see if any air comes out. That may fix you problem. Oh ya Change the thermostat you must have one in there because if you pull it out you can speed the flow of the water/coolent flow allowing the coolent to flow too fast thru the raditor and not give it long enuff to cool causing overheating problem again. This was a major problem with 350 chevy motors(top to bottom flow) and could be a problem with hondas to since they flow bottom to top.

Do these one at a time you will figure out the problem

1. Check for air in system

2. change thermostat

3. flush out the system (possibley rot out the radatior)

4. do a leak down test to see if the head gasket is leaking.
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