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95 civic losing coolant!

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Old 09-26-2011, 11:39 AM
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Default 95 civic losing coolant!

A couple of weeks ago i was driving on the highway when my upper radiator hose burst. I pulled off as soon as i could and left it sit in a parking lot for roughly 4 hours while i was at work. I bought a new hose and refilled the coolant and as i was driving home it started to overheat. Replaced the thermostat and radiator cap and now it has no overheating problems. However now it seems to be going through coolant fast. Like i filled it 2 weeks ago and it seems to be empty even the overflow. I looked in my exhaust to see what looks to be a little bit of water. not a pool of water but some drops.

Could this be a head gasket leak or a crack in the block?

It runs fine no problems with the oil just the coolant
 
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Old 09-26-2011, 12:25 PM
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you probably didn't bleed it correctly when change out the hose.

idle your car, turn on heat in side the car, leave radiator cap off, run it till you see your fan kick on. Fill as needed during the process.
 
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