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EK3 radiator issue

Posted: January 20th, 2015, 7:23 am
by shermantank
fellas the water in my radiator has to be topped up too often and i am not seeing signs of any leaks. However when i start up the engine with the radiator cap off the water has alot of fine bubbles in it constantly. A partner told me that it may be a bad gasket head??? i wanna hear from the experts on here...thanks again in advance

Re: EK3 radiator issue

Posted: January 20th, 2015, 7:44 am
by cheapsell
I have that same problem with my car recently n it was my head gaskit.every morning I would have to top up with around 15 ounces of water.try covering the radiator start the car and put a finger at the end of the hose that goes into the overflow and see if its building any pressure.

Re: EK3 radiator issue

Posted: January 20th, 2015, 7:51 am
by shermantank
hmnmm ok...what kinda cost i looking at here?

Re: EK3 radiator issue

Posted: January 20th, 2015, 7:56 am
by shermantank
u know the overflow never goes down in truth...i always hadda be topping up the radiator itself...any further thoughts?

Re: EK3 radiator issue

Posted: January 21st, 2015, 9:14 pm
by embryo
should cost around 1000 cuz the oem honda gasket is about 400 then add labour and you would need fresh oil and stuff

Re: EK3 radiator issue

Posted: January 21st, 2015, 9:34 pm
by static
Check this properly b4 u spend any money. To check for the bubbles properly take a small water bottle (blue waters) for Eg fill it with water take off d rad cap and turn d bottle upside down in d rad. Secure it so it won't fall off. Start d engine and look for bubbles in d bottle. I had an issue with loosing water. It was d rad clogged. The bottom rad hose is another culprit and d rad cap.

Re: EK3 radiator issue

Posted: January 22nd, 2015, 5:21 pm
by halfdef
Sounds like the water pump or the water pump gasket had that problem with my brother in law EK2

Re: EK3 radiator issue

Posted: March 4th, 2015, 5:39 pm
by Joey420
Don't but water in it duh lol, water evaporates so your gonna have to keep adding it because engines get hot enough to evaporate water use all coolant

Re: EK3 radiator issue

Posted: April 5th, 2015, 4:14 pm
by shermantank
hey guys it ended up being a small hose going into the throttle body that was dry rotting.