Overheating and loosing water?

Question

2004 honda civic 120,000 miles on it

i can drive for an hour it wont overheat if i dont go hard on the engine.

after car cools down it looses water.

i changed the termostate its still loosing water.

whats do you i need to do?

how can i fix this?

also my friend told me to get gorrilla luqid or whatever it plugs in somewhere how does that work thx.

Answer 1

After you stop it leaks Bad? Sounds like the Head Gasket! Engine Cold, Remove the Radiator Cap, Start the Engine, After a minute or so due you smell Exhaust in the Radiator? Yes, Head Gasket. Also Take Care Using Stop Leak, Your Radiator Has Plastic End Caps and you could Damage them. Low cost Fixes, New Radiator Cap, Thermostat, Radiator Flush.

Answer 2

What others are saying is good advice.

But find the problem as modern cars dont like radiator troubles. You could be making a bad problem worse.

Answer 3

Check your radiator cap.

They don't last forever.

Answer 4

you can get radiator stop leak, its sold at autozone, walmart, etc.

but before you do that are you sure its a leak? when you stop do you notcie anthing dripping? if not it could be a head gasket, you should check your oil and see if its runny or higher then its suppose to, another sign is water out of the muffler. try filling the water to the top make sure the heater is on full blast, let the car warm up with the radiator cap off and fill it up as it goes down, when it starts to come back up and spill over put the cap back on, let it get hotter and if there is a leak on one of the hoses or anything look for it while the hoods open. if you see nothing turn the car off let it cool and check the water level . it good be the head gasket. good luck

Answer 5

try to trace out where the water is going to, if you don't see any dripping you might have a blown head gasket

Answer 6

look into having radiator chked..for leaks ..take it to a radiator shop..worse senario would be head gasket ..those things that you p**n in to plug holes (or whar ever it plugs ) are usually temporary fix ..just to get you home ...i wont bother doing that ..it will only complicate things ..replace your hoses too while your at it ...

Answer 7

WATER PUMP! RADIATER! ONE OF THOS IS YOUR PROBLEM AND DO NOT PUT THAT **** STOP LEAK IN YOUR CAR IT IS BAD FOR IT. THE REASON ITS BAD IS CUZ AS THE CAR HEATS UP THE STOP LEEK WILL MELT AND GO TO PLACES ITS NOT SOPOST TO!

Answer 8

YOU NEED TO PRESSURE TEST YOUR COLLING SYSTEM TO PINPOINT YOUR LEAK ADDING STOP LEAK MAY PLUG UP YOUR RADIATOR AND CAUSE WORSE HEART ACHE IT COULD BE YOUR WATER PUMP,RADIATOR,HEATER CORE,