A L 3 X Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Not as yet mate I'm gonna do that on my day off, I did it a year ago but not since, should I hose out the rad and then take thermo out and do engine? Quote
starletburkie Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Mine was filling up the overflow on boost. It was the headgasket Quote
akyakapotter Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) Have you tryed to take off the water hoses and blast out the cooling system then refill it? Maybe worth a try 1st its free because you wont need to use antifreeze if your gna go straight ahead and do the HG as you will be draining it anyway just an hour or so graft if you have a hose.I'm gonna try that when I put my civic rad on Edited February 19, 2013 by akyakapotter Quote
Ryan_EP82 GT Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 i got the same problems mate top rad hose was hard as a rock, bottom 1 was soft & cold, lots of bubbles in expansion tank after a good raking..but i replaced the thermo and noticed a blockage in my rad so gonna swap the rad over & flush it a few times & hope for the best! i got that feeling its hg tho! Quote
akyakapotter Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 i got the same problems mate top rad hose was hard as a rock, bottom 1 was soft & cold, lots of bubbles in expansion tank after a good raking..but i replaced the thermo and noticed a blockage in my rad so gonna swap the rad over & flush it a few times & hope for the best! i got that feeling its hg tho!Both my pipes are hard Quote
StuDoc 72 Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 i got the same problems mate top rad hose was hard as a rock, bottom 1 was soft & cold, lots of bubbles in expansion tank after a good raking..but i replaced the thermo and noticed a blockage in my rad so gonna swap the rad over & flush it a few times & hope for the best! i got that feeling its hg tho! Good chance if you have been thrashing the dick out of it while thats been going on that if it wasnt before the hg will be fucked now lol. Quote
Glanza AuA Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) sorry to bring this back up but i have has this problem for almost a year now,i have skimmed the head replace head gasket replace bolts with arp, new civic rad and still both pipes go HARD does anyone have an update ?? im not loosing water and no water oil mix etherbut i do have tiny bubbles in my radiator NOT MY overflow bottle coming constant im about to give up that its has a tiny cracked in the head Edited February 20, 2013 by Glanza AuA Quote
A L 3 X Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Had a sniff test done mate,Could have gone again but not likely Quote
akyakapotter Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 sorry to bring this back up but i have has this problem for almost a year now,i have skimmed the head replace head gasket replace bolts with arp, new civic rad and still both pipes go HARD does anyone have an update ?? im not loosing water and no water oil mix etherbut i do have tiny bubbles in my radiator NOT MY overflow bottle coming constant im about to give up that its has a tiny in the head Mine is doing this going to investigate tomorrow Blocked rad broken thermo or hg bad times Quote
Glanza AuA Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 problem on mine is i have already done all those things this has to be combustion going in the cooling system somehow and i have changed my HG twice because of this giving up and saying a cracked head Quote
akyakapotter Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 problem on mine is i have already done all those things this has to be combustion going in the cooling system somehow and i have changed my HG twice because of this giving up and saying a cracked head Oh really that's a bitch may have to whip my head off and get it pressure tested sigh Quote
AdamB Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 problem on mine is i have already done all those things this has to be combustion going in the cooling system somehow and i have changed my HG twice because of this giving up and saying a cracked head If the head had been skimmed, you may have a warped blocked, if that wasn't skimmed at the same time that is. Quote
Glanza AuA Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I skimmed the head because of this problem,machinist told the head was in good state so he skimmed the the head a tiny bitWouldn't a skimmed head cure the wrapped ?But the head wasn't checked for cracks tough! Quote
Glanza AuA Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I will get I pic or vid later today of the bubbles in the radiator also foaming a bit,to see what you guys think? Again everything seems to check out!No oil water mix no oil lost no overheating,exp tank not overflowing just bubbles in rad and really hard pipes constant Quote
Glanza AuA Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 Ohh sry you meant wrapped blocked got it damn it really hope that's not the case Quote
Ronan S Posted February 22, 2013 Author Posted February 22, 2013 Found and fitted a 1.1bar rad cap to my GT tonight and shes perfect now Quote
akyakapotter Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Found and fitted a 1.1bar rad cap to my GT tonight and shes perfect now Awesomeness love a nice easy fix Quote
Ronan S Posted February 22, 2013 Author Posted February 22, 2013 I know ya!!Timing belt and water pump being changed soon and 265 cams going in,then mapping session soon Quote
akyakapotter Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 I know ya!!Timing belt and water pump being changed soon and 265 cams going in,then mapping session soon My rad problem was down to thermo stat so td one soon Quote
akyakapotter Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) P.s are / we're your pipes going hard ?? And are they still going hard if they are after the cap change ? Edited February 22, 2013 by akyakapotter Quote
Ronan S Posted February 22, 2013 Author Posted February 22, 2013 There was very little pressure in the pipes but now that I changed the cap they are alot more firm,not rock solid but pressurized! Quote
akyakapotter Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Cool cool just like mine then glad it's sorted bud Quote
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