Cooling bubbling in over flow

[jon see]

i have a 95 acura integra every time I drive it it ends up over heating even tho I toped off the fluids. After I shut off the car I hear a bubbling coming from the overflow. When I go to top it off if I start the car with the cap off it shoots coolant like 6 feet in the air. I just replaced the radiator thermostat radiator cap upper hose. Every time I put coolant in I bleed the system so there is no air but it keeps pushing its way out but I’m not over heating all the time . It will say I am then shoot back down like there is an air bubble. When i start the car with the cap off i get alot of bubbles filled with smoke within 10 seconds of starting it .I also have like no power but I’m not sure if that because of this or that I have a bad tranny. Right now I don’t know what to do I have been told its a bad head gasket but I don’t know. If any one has had the same problem let me know what you did to fix it thanks

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[Matthew]

[quote=”brnmw” post=59917][quote=”LeoTheLion89″ post=59902]y pay $2100 for a head gasket job when you can dump some Engine treatment into the oil for like under $10?[/quote]

I understand believe me I do, I am as broke as the next person….
I suppose I should have explained a little better.:
I do believe it (“Fix It Lube’s”) have a place, I simply prefer not to use them if I can absolutely avoid it. If you have an old piece of …t, than by all means if it is financially not worth it…then put in the “Stop Leak” to get you “Maybe” another 1-2k miles down the road before “Poof!” than go ahead and give it a shot. I suppose I have become a little skeptical of that stuff over the years, sometimes I feel like they don’t really do anything at all and are just a waste of money and or a bigger headache waiting to happen. If it were a car I cared about and have every intention of fixing it… I think I would just park it and take a bus if possible, until it got fixed. Head gaskets and radiator systems will not fix themselves and no amount of “Stop Leak” is going to really “Fix it” either.[/quote]
A leaking Radiator can be fixed just by putting some black cooking pepper into the radiator cap 😀

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