Water leaking from overflow bottle??

[dcbr]

As above.. Every time I drive harshly for a while when I stop I realise that water has leaked/squirted from my overflow bottle and leaks out onto my bumper and wing.

There's no change in performance or anything but since I bought my car this has been happening and its left me confused

Can it be the lid of the bottle?

Anyone have any idea why this is happening? And how I can stop it?

Thanks in advance

Edited January 5, 2016 by dcbr

[maddox710]

Rad cap might have had it just be safe and change it, if not you could actually be over heating so might be worth swapping out to a fresh alloy radiator

[morgey]

Rad cap is a possibility, or headgasket.

Can get the coolant sniff tested if not sure

[dcbr]

Rad cap might have had it just be safe and change it, if not you could actually be over heating so might be worth swapping out to a fresh alloy radiator

I'm still running a stock radiator.. I'm guessing it's this then. Gonna invest in a civic rad

[starletezy]

Had the same symptoms bottle was pressurising and leaking water out of the over flow when driven it turned out to be head gasket my advice would be to do a sniffer test first before changing anything.

[dcbr]

Had the same symptoms bottle was pressurising and leaking water out of the over flow when driven it turned out to be head gasket my advice would be to do a sniffer test first before changing anything.

Was u running stock radiator and did it happen every time u drove it or just when u abused it lol