I'm not very car savvy, but my wife's old honda civic started overheating yesterday. she got it back to our house and I filled it up with coolant/water. I drove it around today and everything seemed fine until i was almost home and the car began to overheat again right as I was about to pull in the driveway. I left the carr running and opened the hood and sure enough, right under the cap to the radiator, there was a small crack where the water/coolant is leaking & steaming out.

Is this a cracked radiator or is it a crack in the fan?

Any help would be awesome.

thanks.

6/2/2007 12:50:03 PM

JB weld

6/2/2007 12:52:13 PM

WTF is that?

6/2/2007 12:54:55 PM

http://jbweld.net/products/jbweld.php

[Edited on June 2, 2007 at 12:59 PM. Reason : ]

6/2/2007 12:58:14 PM

lmao it is lol some putty/epoxy shit that will fix most anything

6/2/2007 12:58:49 PM

cracked radiator... what year civic we talkin 'bout here?

6/2/2007 12:58:58 PM

to answer your own question

Quote :

"there was a small crack where the water/coolant is leaking & steaming out."

if it was just a cracked fan housing then you wouldn't see any liquid leaking/streaming out.

6/2/2007 1:00:02 PM

old.

It's a 95'.

We were going to get a new car anyway in August, but we at least wanted to have this car able to run before we sold it.

I want to find out if this is indeed a cracked radiator, and if it is, how much would it be to fix.

6/2/2007 1:01:07 PM

$texas

6/2/2007 1:02:13 PM

JB weld no joke

6/2/2007 1:05:06 PM

well... if you can find someone who has high level commercial account with a parts house- or connections to a radiator wholesaler you can probably get the radiator for around $100... a shop quote will be more likely in the $200+ range for the radiator + i'm guessing 1-1.5hrs labor (rate depending on shop)

sad thing is 95 is still new to me

6/2/2007 1:08:09 PM

depending on what model your car is, i can get you a new radiator for ~$100.

[Edited on June 2, 2007 at 1:20 PM. Reason : dx, lx, or ex? ]

6/2/2007 1:18:51 PM

or 5.95 for some JB weld

6/2/2007 1:37:00 PM

Yeah, go for the JB weld. It'll be a ghetto fix, but who cares? You're getting rid of the car, and chances are that JB weld will outlast the rest of it.

6/2/2007 2:08:43 PM

the question is, did the crack cause the overheating or did the overheating cause the crack

and there is a product called plastic weld sold at advance that is much better than JB Weld for this

6/2/2007 3:20:12 PM

^ are worng nigro lol JB weld is the best hahah

6/2/2007 3:23:17 PM

try the plastic weld, trust me

6/2/2007 3:40:06 PM

I never used it. but it prolly is better. is it a mix shit or like the tube?

6/2/2007 4:45:18 PM

Fork out the hundred bucks and get a new radiator. You won't be all paranoid thinking about the fucking tank cracking under the JB Weld. Which it will inevitably do on a hot day.

I've replaced several of these Honda radiators. One of the easiest jerbs I've ever done.

6/2/2007 9:36:24 PM

oh yeah its easy, and i too suggest replacement

im just saying, i used plastic weld to fix the one in my honda and it held fine. even after i wrecked it it was still intact, which is more than i can say for the rest of the car.

6/3/2007 1:04:36 AM

jb weld 12 pack pbr and some hot dogs,and blk peppers and some eggs

6/3/2007 1:06:43 AM

you forgot potato chips...

6/3/2007 1:10:54 AM

allow me to illustrate the advantage of plastic weld



plus it stinks like hell and probably kills more brain cells than a whole case of pbr combined. known to the state of californina to cause cancer FTW

6/3/2007 1:11:18 AM

smell like boiled eggs?aka sulfer?

6/3/2007 1:17:13 AM

not really.

6/3/2007 1:34:45 AM

hmmmmm i want some

6/3/2007 1:37:55 AM

just fix (replace the radiator) and sell it, the fix isn't hard.

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6/3/2007 3:43:40 AM

bars leak.

6/3/2007 5:38:53 PM

I fixed the radiator in my old car a Pontiac transport, the radiator had a hole the size of a quarter down by the rubber post where it had worn down. I used JB Weld (FTW) and then ran some stop-leak in it just to be sure. never leaked again

6/4/2007 12:27:22 AM

go get a radiator from LKQ

6/4/2007 3:20:29 AM

got a radiator & thermostat from Advance Auto last night.

I've just started putting it in & plan to be done tonight.

6/5/2007 12:40:55 PM

not much to it, drain the system, take out the four bolts holding in the fans, snatch em out to get the the tranny cooler lines, disconnect em, disconnect the hoses, them four bolts and the radiator comes out

just a tip, when you are filling the sytem park the front end uphill, and fill it SLOWLY, then start it with the cap off until it warms up and circulates, then top it off while its running, keep a close eye on the temp guage during this, if it starts to overheat, cut it off, let it cool down, and top it off then kepp trying until it circulates, sometimes it will get airlocked behind the thermostat

6/5/2007 1:00:18 PM