hey, great site. thanks. i am a toyota tundra guy. who just purchased a civic hatch 1996 dx. third car . the wife has an 04' lx. im just curious . question for you guru's? is it normal for a 96 with only 48000 mi. to ping like it is heat expansion sound after you shut it down. or is it something i should be concerned with. doesn't show any leakage of fuids (anti-freeze ). temp always running cool. but pings like hell when i shut it off ! what do you think ? possible problem . hope im just paranoid ! lol . also is there any fix for the window roll up ****, these seem to suck ! keeps popping out of track ! other wise love this little hatch. its amazing ,an man i can get use to the mpg's real fast after getting abot 13mpg with the tundy. thanks would appreciate the replies in advance. blitz.

 

maybe one of you mods would be so cool as to move this over to the trouble shooting side . id be apprecitive. ty blitz

 

ive got a 97 4dr and it sits and pings after i get out of it. also work at local honda dealer as tech its nothing to worry about metal pings when it cools down

 

CIVICBLEND97 , thanks thats what i was wanting to hear. are the heads aluminum on the civics ? also, i just had a water pump and timing belt service . is it uncommon to smell anti-freeze for a while after a major service ?

 

probably just got a little coolant spill on the refill, just rinse the engine bay out, it should go awaqy, if you still smell coolant, id take it back.. aluminum heads? yes..

 

thanks i was curious about the heads , also wondering what would a blown head gasket symptoms be ?

 

I hope these help you out. You have a good question that I havent seen before.

 

symptoms..... oil resembling a milkshake.... overheating...... are a couple.

 

i'm sorta stumped . its been over a week and i'm still smell the ever unpleasant smell of anti-freeze. no leaks what so ever. the car as i mentioned before had new timing belt and waterpump done . radiator flush. i am not seeing a rise in the thermastat. no over heating. what could it be causing the smell ? im certain there is no left over ( fluid ) in the engine bay from the service. i also drove the car over 150 miles in the rain to bring it home the day i picked it up . no problems . smelled it the minute i got out at home. again no over heating ! the dealer told me the same as you advised. probably just some spillage , it will go away!

 

i'll recheck the oil today and let you know. should i be able to tell by just checking the dip stick ? or would this require a full change? i just had it changed 250 mi ago .