leaking radiator fluid - Honda Prelude Forum

SiR-P12eLude · 05-09-2002, 08:20 PM

can someone give me advice please, my babee is sick and i must take her to the doctors... just recently yesterday afternoon i came home from school about 25 miles away and as i went to the gas station to fill her up i started to noticing a river radiator fluid beneath my car. i went home quickly, checked my radiator fluid container and it was above the max level about 2x it's max. i poured out the fluid until it hit the max level. I waited until the car had cool down to open the radiator cap and notice that all of my fluid has been drained

my question is.... is it because of the blazing hot weather it makes the car heat up faster and the radiator fluid just overflowed??? or is there something wrong with my temperature gauge or something? and one more thing is the fan suppose to be running once the car is on or just when it get's too hot? thanx

05-09-2002, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by SiR-P12eLude
can someone give me advice please, my babee is sick and i must take her to the doctors... just recently yesterday afternoon i came home from school about 25 miles away and as i went to the gas station to fill her up i started to noticing a river radiator fluid beneath my car. i went home quickly, checked my radiator fluid container and it was above the max level about 2x it's max. i poured out the fluid until it hit the max level. I waited until the car had cool down to open the radiator cap and notice that all of my fluid has been drained my question is.... is it because of the blazing hot weather it makes the car heat up faster and the radiator fluid just overflowed??? or is there something wrong with my temperature gauge or something? and one more thing is the fan suppose to be running once the car is on or just when it get's too hot? thanx

if its leaking fluid u might have a busted radiator core .. have u checked all the lines for holes? how old is the car?? is it very hot where u live ? ive been there and done that with another car ended up cracking 2 heads u dont want to suffer the consequences dont drive it if its overheating go have it fixed or fix it yourself

SiR-P12eLude · 05-09-2002, 08:30 PM

that's what i'm tryin to do is not drive it very much, but those are my legs. nope there's no holes or any such. i live in cali/La and my ride is a 92'. i am going to take it to the doctors tomorrow when i have th time. thanx man!

05-09-2002, 08:37 PM

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Originally posted by SiR-P12eLude
that's what i'm tryin to do is not drive it very much, but those are my legs. nope there's no holes or any such. i live in cali/La and my ride is a 92'. i am going to take it to the doctors tomorrow when i have th time. thanx man!

yea its probably a busted radiator core ....if u have to drive it to the shop watch the gauges dont keep driving if it overheats and think it will be ok

SiR-P12eLude · 05-11-2002, 03:17 PM

i went to the mechanic just now and found out the problem. And it was my temperature gauge all along. thanx for your advice though...

05-11-2002, 03:31 PM

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Originally posted by SiR-P12eLude
i went to the mechanic just now and found out the problem. And it was my temperature gauge all along. thanx for your advice though...

u got off cheap then