2000 Honda Civic car heatup

MYASIRJ

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2000 HONDA CIVIC
6 CYL
FWD
MANUAL
80,000 MILES

Sir there is problem in engine, when I fill up the radiator, slowly slowly the water reduces in the radiator after driven the car and then it heatup. Then again needs to put the water. In the radiater there is some brown oil as well. In the radiator the water is bubbling.I have change the gasket but still its doing the same thing so plz give me ur suggestion wt to do either the mechanic fix the gasket wrong or some other problem. Thanks

Friday, June 20th, 2008 AT 12:38 AM

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KHLOW2008

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Hi myasirj,

This is an aluminium head and engine block and surface run out of both are common after blowing head gaskets.

Were they refaced before replacement of the gasket?

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Friday, June 20th, 2008 AT 10:03 AM

MYASIRJ

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Ya they refaced the upper portion of the head but not the lower one, I mean where we can fix the gaskit on it that portion is not refaced and says by meachanic it will fix automatically when it become warms, and says it creates some carbon to fill the minuute hole automatically. By the way thanks for the response and so nice of u.

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Monday, June 30th, 2008 AT 3:59 AM

KHLOW2008

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Hi myasirj,

You are welcomed.

If the block surface was not shiny and has carbon on the rims of the cylinders, it defiinely is not level and would not seal itself. You need to reface it or replace the block if the outer part of the liner is badly corroded.

Oil in the cooling system might be due to remnants from the repair or due to a cracked head. Was the head pressure tested?

If the coolant is disappearing from the radiator, is the reserve tank overflowing out or the level is higher?If so, definetely the gasket is the fault.

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Monday, June 30th, 2008 AT 9:12 AM