Are you supposed to check your coolant level when the engine is hot or cold?

 

cold.........if you were to check it hot....like operating temp hot i garantee as soon as you open the cap youll be low a bit i check both the radiator and overflow.

 

ya are you talking about the overflow?....because i checked the overflow cold and it was below the min line, so i went to honda and asked for some coolent and the guy sead, well how low is it? and i told him, and he sead , did u check it when its hot to cold, and i told him cold, and he sead you check it when its hot ..and i did and i was way over the min line..he told me alot of people get worred when they check it cold and add more for no reason..so if its the overflow your talking about, check hot

 

thanks mill$, that's what I was talking about. The overflow was below the minimum line. I'll drive home and then check again.

 

well, just drove home (8 miles, ~25 minutes) and the reservoir is still below the minimum line...

 

hummm mabey its getting a little low then,because i no mines below the min line about half a inch and when i drive ,i get home i open the hood up and its like a inch above

 

My reservoir is bone dry, my dad thinks its normal and i don't fell like arguing with him so i leave it be. One time the water pump broke and leaked all over his work parkinglot. There was also another time the car was over heating, my dad had to shut the car off b/w stop signs, but that was a while back. I dunno if that has anything to do with the bone dry reservoir, but it might.

 

just add a little water to it, and see if it keeps using it up.

 

yeah bone dry is not a good thing. adding too much is better then not enough. it will just run over if it needs to.