My civic - 95/dx/coupe - is leaking coolant near radiator. I crawled under and remove the engine cover to get a better view [and some pics]. I can't see any visible hose leaks - strange enough leak is from the metal type tube connecting to rubber one. Any help in understanding the issue or source? also new to the civic ownership. Pointers to manuals will be a big help.

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try starting the car and revving it to see where/if it spurts or bubbles out anywhere.

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that metal tube looks hella corroded, so there might be pieces missing hidden inside the rubber tubing causing an improper seal.

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yeah...pretty sure its ****ed.

look at your connection and this one. yours looks like its dented..unless idk what im talking about....
but it bar's leak isnt stopping it.....

neeeewwww radiator

 

That is a power steering line in the picture. Would be leaking an oily substance (power steering fluid), not coolant.

 

>_<
belay my ***

 

I am not sure what it is. The pics are from LH when taken from underneath and RH when viewed from the front. I also added a pic from the front.

The metal to rubber tube in question is behind condenser and not radiator - my bad. I thought it was coolant because i added couple of days ago. I checked radiator, and coolant is present i.e. no leak in radiator itself!! i can't understand what's that line behind condenser carrying that liquid is.

Someone mentioned about power steering fluid. I checked the reservoir and it's low. I will try to top it and see what happens. I put some paper underneath overnight and it doesn't look like coolant. May be I am chasing the wrong source. It looks more like oil but it's thin and not as viscous. Any one has diagrams of the lines running in front of condenser?

 

The U-shaped tube in front of the condenser is the power steering fluid cooler. It cools the fluid as it returns from the steering rack to the reservoir on the left fender.

When servicing the power steering system, it is essential to use only Honda power steering fluid. Most third party generic power steering fluid is not suitable for Honda systems, it will ruin the seals.

The radiator in a '95 is only half the width of the grille, on the right side. There is no coolant on the left front side of the car.

 

dito... power steering cooling line. if you take off your front bumper cover you can clearly see it go from that side to the other loop around and to the other steel/rubber hose. easiest thing to do is take off that weak @ss pressure clamp and put a worm screw clamp on the hose.
that pressure clamp could just be old and not hold the hose as tight and could leak fluid since it is pressurized some.
if it still leaks then youll want to go ahead and replace the rubber hose, pull the steel loop off the car and clean the hose area really good and if its pitted to bad then put some sealer on the tube and then slip the hose on it and clamp it down and let the sealer dry overnight before you put any fluid in the system or start up the car/turn the wheel.

 

So the million dollar question - how to take the steel loop out. To replace clamp, or rubber hose or apply sealer, i need to reach to the source. It's behind condenser. I can't reach it to do anything. Is taking condenser out the only option or is there a better option?

I tried removing condenser last night - alteast the upper clamps. The lower ones has square nuts and with the car this old/rust, it's really hard to take them out. I think it will be even more complicated since condenser is connected to A/C. i shouldn't be touching that without discharging a/c. I have never done it so needs lots of advice to do this job right.

 

you could bypass those hard lines.
this is how they are ran.

 

Don't try to remove the condenser. It's a lot simpler to take the grille and maybe the bumper off if necessary to take the U shaped pipe off of the car. Probably just a new clamp and maybe a new rubber hose will cure the leak though.