Okay... well same symptoms... Car is spitting all the coolant into the overflow tank and then overheating. The coolant is foamy and bubbly and there is a "false boil" -- air bubbles, but not hot). However, the coolant looks brand new and clean.
If I drive it hard (vtec) it will spit it out quicker and be very foamy... if i drive it long, it will do the same (long and easy highway cruises). On short easy trips, it's okay.
I've thought it could be the headgasket now for a while... any time you see foamy looking antifreeze, it is a sign, but i've had no other headgasket symptoms. Runs fine, no burning coolant etc.
Well, today i picked up a compression tester kit and got my numbers. Here they are:
210, 202, 202, 202 (the 202s were between 200 and 205)
Those numbers look great to me. So what the hell is going on w/ my car.
It's hardly driveable. Is it possible for the headgasket to leak after the car is warm, but not while it's cool (explaining the short trip thing)? Because i tested compression w/ a cold engine.
Shane