TeGGeR® wrote:
> "Bruce" > wrote in
> oups.com:
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>>I drove my '90 Civic EX sedan 1.6L (180k miles, 5spd) on a 65 mile trip
>>last week (averaging 75mph, 3.5-4k rpm, no AC, ambient temp 85) and
>>about 5 mins after I pulled off the highway, the temperature gauge
>>slowly climbed to 2/3, up from its normal position at just under 1/2.
>>Once I parked, I heard gurgling coming from the coolant overflow
>>bottle. After about 4 hrs, I opened the radiator cap to check coolant
>>level, it was still topped off even though about a cup leaked out of
>>the top of the OF bottle. OF bottle was empty,
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> Replace your rad cap. That's the #1 culprit here.
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> The giveaway is that the coolant sucked itself back in after the car cooled
> down. If it had been the head gasket, there would have been air in the rad.

concur.

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> Use OEM only.

concur.

> Toyota sells the same cap for cheaper than Honda. Ask for an
> '86 MR2 rad cap.
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same as some subarus too. nippon denso. was in a junk yard this
weekend - found all the [good] honda caps gone, all the [good] toyotas
gone, but the subarus, plenty of pickings!

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>>One other problem (maybe related, maybe not): I have noticed an
>>intermittant squeal coming from the front left wheel that is in time
>>with wheel rotation, and is more pronounced when I turn left. It's
>>quiet during right turns, and whenever I apply even light brake
>>pressure. This noise was very pronounced when it was running hot after
>>the first half of my trip last week (only after I got off the highway
>>and was driving for 5 mins at ~30mph on city streets). Possibly coolant
>>leaking on brake pad/caliper?
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> Possibly rotor perimeter rust rubbing on the anti-rattle spring when the
> rotors heat up. Pull caliper and check for shiny spots on the pad slide
> shims where they tuck inside the mount bracket, and on the anti-rattle
> spring embedded in the caliper.
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