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Seem to have an over heating issue on a 98′ Civic LX. Coolant is good, heat is hot. Basically car overheats when not moving. The fan does come on but is not enough to cool the car. The heat cools it down though. The car was just recently purchased and a pressure test revealed a loose hose connection and I tightened that up to fix my coolant leak. System has been bled twice. Compression test revealed around 180PSI across. The only thing I haven’t done is a block test. Any ideas?
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Don’t waste your time with a leak down test at this point. You’ve already proven you have a combustion leak. No matter what you’re going to have to take the engine apart to find it. A leak down would only tell you what you already know at this point.
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Had a shop do a leak down test and they confirmed 1 and 3 are leaking and have coolant in them. However, all the cylinders had 180 across. Car did overheat once but I pulled off and shut it down until it cooled down. Maybe the previous owner tried to use a fix in a bottle or something. I was told it was not worth repairing. Which is absolute BS imo since Civics are pretty reliable except for tranny issues. Car is back at the car lot and another car with less mileage is in the works. I think the headgasket would have been doable for me. Maybe another Civic will be in the picture later. It seems the term “high mileage” is BS in used cars. To me, mileage depends on how much was highway vs city, driving style, maintenance, and ETC.
I’d be happy to take it off your hands but I’ve done plenty of videos on Hondas, including Civics. Something to keep in mind. Civics sell. They’re also easy to repair and find parts for, even if you have to purchase an engine. If it were me, I’d try the head gasket. It’s much easier than you might think. If it works out, you win. If it doesn’t, you’re no worse off than you are now.
Keep us posted.
The car was returned and replaced with something else. I would have tried the headgasket, but time is the problem at the moment. I don’t think the headgasket would have been that challenging, maybe later down the road another civic will come into the picture.
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