Radiator Losing Water [Merged]

[MasterZerg]

ano ba nangyayari sating naka ESI... parang parepareho ata tayo problem

[niky]

It's age. Simply that. The ESi is over ten years old already, so you should expect these kinds of things to happen.

Change everything, the radiator, the hoses, the clamps, the water-pump, the thermostat, and the heater hoses or plugs (don't forget those! My cousin's LXi overheated once because the plug to the heater core came loose!) and the car should be good for another three to five years.

[cfatchma]

im losing water in my radiator including the overflow bottle"??" reservoir

i cant see any leaks, all caps and hoses secured. all fans are working. one a 90min drive to makati temp usually jumps to 95deg in traffic but gradually lowers back to the normal 90deg. but it has never reached 100deg. and it hasnt overheated yet (even with the replaced broken radiatior since it was detected while parked and not on the road).

toyota corolla gli, 1996 MT. using a 50/50 water/prestone mix
replaced radiator with a surplus one about 8mos ago.

could i have a blocked radiator, it being a surplus? were does the water go if its not leaking or even evaporating. no traces i can detect. a faulty temp gauge perhaps, reading at a minus 10deg?



i want to know possibilities and try some DIY, before going to a mechanic


thanks

iam getting the same problem... yun nga lang nagiistart n magsignal ng overheat. 1st last jan and 2ng this april. BTW san mo pla nabili yung surplus na radiator.do u still remember the shop?thanks.

[speedyfix]

older cars = more maintenance... have it checked well so you know where the problem is comming from

[myhondaesi]

sir speedy, try ko po pacheck iyung problem ko sa radiator ko. napalinis ko na rin siya may latak nga ng oil, sabi nung naglinis dapat daw naoverheat na ko.
pero di pa naman ko naoverheat kahit kailan. still experience losing water in the reservoir probably around 2 glasses of water every two days.

[betchiej]

Honda 95 -99 models as per experience in my shop from late last year upto now we have overhauled and changed their radiators more than any other car make of the same year model.

Surplus ones are not as reliable as getting a replacement because you might get a lemon which could only last you for a couple of months.
Replacements cost around 2500 to 3500
Overhauling top and bottom (full overhaul) cost 1600
Top overhaul 800 pesos.
Make sure when you have it overhauled that you let your mechanic observe it for a couple of hours, because sometimes there are faulty overhauls when they did not clean properly the plates and the sediments is still there and still circulates in your car.

[icetip]

Honda 95 -99 models as per experience in my shop from late last year upto now we have overhauled and changed their radiators more than any other car make of the same year model.

Surplus ones are not as reliable as getting a replacement because you might get a lemon which could only last you for a couple of months.
Replacements cost around 2500 to 3500
Overhauling top and bottom (full overhaul) cost 1600
Top overhaul 800 pesos.
Make sure when you have it overhauled that you let your mechanic observe it for a couple of hours, because sometimes there are faulty overhauls when they did not clean properly the plates and the sediments is still there and still circulates in your car.

Any shop you can recommend? I am planning to have my oldest car's radiator fixed. It is a 96 civic vtec

Thanks,

[speedyfix]

just get a evercool radiator and you won't have problems for another couple of years.

[myhondaesi]

sir Speedy question lang,

i had replace again my cylinder headgasket plus cylinder head reface and crack test ok naman. but still i'm losing water sa reservoir ko. if i drive 50Kms. ubos na agad iyung water sa reservoir anu pa kaya nag problem?

[speedyfix]

very hard to say without seeing the car.

either the refacing was not done properly (it happens with incompetent machine shops) or the head was not torqued properly (it happenes with incompetent mechanics) or the problem was misdiagnosed from the start which is the worst because if that is the case then you spent money to fix something that was not broken in the first place.