Hey Scotty how are you? I appreciate your response to my question in regards to the coolant on ground 2001 Honda Civic LX on YouTube. So it turns out that yes it is indeed the radiator itself that's causing the coolant to leak as I've pinpointed where its coming from and its mainly coming from the bottom cause I could see a drip. I will say it doesn't leak while driving it only occurs if I have the car off and sitting all the way till morning. I will say I do check the coolant reservoir to make sure its not near empty cause I don't want a blown head gasket and it seems to remain in the same spot where its a lil over MIN. I do indeed plan on getting ahold of a brand new radiator once I get my financial aid from the college but do you recommend I keep doing what I'm doing where I keep an eye on coolant reservoir levels for now? I get financial aid February 6. And lastly do you think Bars Stop Leak will help it some? If anyone else would like to reply to this feel free to give your thoughts.
dont use bars stop leak, it can clogg up your coolant system. replace your radiator
Oh okay, didn't know that but alrigh thanks you
Radiators are not very expensive and you can do it yourself, not that hard usually. You can try waiting, but if the leak suddenly gets bigger you risk overheating and destroying your engine.
Oh really? hmmmmm... ye I could do it myself would just need YouTube to guide me through as it'd be my first time there I'll remember how to do it but I most certainly will keep an eye on how big the leak is. I'm trying to avoid the engine being destroyed cause I will admit that Civic has been a great car to me cheers to 158,054 miles.
Scotty shows you how to replace a radiator. It’s not that bad.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4iNwjLav4&vl=ru
Sweeeet, thanks you
you can always repair anything but you cant ever repair a rusted cracked cooling system. replace radiator, coolant, coolant cap . if you live in very cold weather, you MUST AND NEED to replace your coolant or your old coolant will crack your engine and GoodBye car!
Bet. And nah I don't want that to happen lolz cause that Civic has been a great car