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I hope I'm wrong but I would say, you have a blown head gasket, 99% of the time you have to overheat the car to blow the gasket. I am going through the same thing right now. My son blew a small bypass hose and drove the car not realizing he was loosing water. It didn't take much by the time he saw the gauge it was too late. There are a few ways to check it. most of the time the car will be fine until it warms up, then it will
1. start to run rough a little rough to sometimes real rough with more than normal steam and water dripping from the exhaust.
2. If you have the correct amount of anti-freeze in with the water the exaust will usually smell sweet.
3. If the gasket is really bad the overflow tank will over fill real soon after you shut off the car and maybe even with it running.
when I pulled the head I could see that it didn't take much to blow it. I would take it to a shop and have it tested. This is something that you do not want to misdiagnose.
1. The easiest way to test it is to use a smog tester to sniff the radiator with the cap off to check for exhaust gases in the radiator. 2, check the oil to see if any water is mixing in, it will look discolored. This doesn't always happen. 3, do a compression test, 3, pull the plugs and look for one or two next to each other that have signs of water. 4. do a cylinder leak down test.
Carl
Now we are thinking it's internal. As in somethings wrong with the motor itself. Some one has mentioned the valves.
Does anyone have any insight?
EDIT: She has 225k miles on her.
I'm not a mechanic, so I really don't know what to tell you. Try the 1994-1997 Honda Accord Maintenance and Repair Forum - you'll find many more answers in there than you will making a topic yourself. Follow the link to it:
1994-1997 Accord Maintenance and Repair Forum
Sorry I couldn't be of more help :sick: . Good luck, and keep us posted :shades: .
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/t2t013.pdf
It's running rich too. You can tell it's loading up with fuel.
Now we are thinking it's internal. As in somethings wrong with the motor itself. Some one has mentioned the valves.
Does anyone have any insight?
EDIT: She has 225k miles on her. Just cleaned the EGR ports. " He just cleaned everything and while it was highly gunked up but it's still running the same.
It's running rich too. You can tell it's loading up with fuel. "
I'd take it back to where you had it serviced immediately.
How many miles are on the car?
For reference, I have 177k miles on my 1996 Accord LX and was told getting a flush so late in life was likely to do more harm than good by a Honda/Acura specialty mechanic shop.
Here are the relevant exploded views of your heater control and cooling system:
Heater control:
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/auto/jsp/mws/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&cat- cgry1=Accord&catcgry2=1995&catcgry3=4DR+LX&catcgry4=KA4AT&catcgry5=HEATER+CONTRO- L
heater blower (pay attention to item 8 in this diagram:)
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/auto/jsp/mws/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&cat- cgry1=Accord&catcgry2=1995&catcgry3=4DR+LX&catcgry4=KA4AT&catcgry5=HEATER+BLOWER-
heater unit:
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/auto/jsp/mws/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&cat- cgry1=Accord&catcgry2=1995&catcgry3=4DR+LX&catcgry4=KA4AT&catcgry5=HEATER+UNIT
cooling unit:
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/auto/jsp/mws/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&cat- cgry1=Accord&catcgry2=1995&catcgry3=4DR+LX&catcgry4=KA4AT&catcgry5=A%2FC+++++COO- LING+UNIT+%281%29
For my 2002, the filter media is shown in this diagram for the cooling unit:
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/auto/jsp/mws/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&cat- cgry1=Accord&catcgry2=2002&catcgry3=4DR+LX&catcgry4=KA4AT&catcgry5=COOLING+UNIT
perhaps you've got a lot of debris in the unit, or maybe the blower switch has some resister network and there is a problem with it so your motor isn't running at high speed because of that.
see this:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=771778
maybe some more googling or calling an independent repair shop.
I'm pretty sure the fan in my 1996 doesn't blow nearly as hard as it did when it was new. It's barely adequate, but for a 12 year old car with 177k miles on it, it'll do.
Thanks man.
Dave
symptoms of that is hearing a sloshing of water on turns, a hissing sound like water hitting a hot frying pan, and water in the footwell, damp carpeting and musty odors.
I park outside, around many trees. This past fall I had to clean that area out at the very least once a week!
Then you will likely find some of this when you change the cabin filter. There are some really hard to get to places on 7th gen cars. Have you thought of covering the vents while the cars is parked in this area?
I've had it for about three years and I got the igniton coil replaced, a new timing belt, new spark plugs and fixed some oil leaks.
But once again I have another problem. Don't get me wrong. I love my honda. It's wonderful and I wanna make sure I can fix this problem.
Just recently I noticed that if my boyfriend drives my car over a pot hole or a big dip there is a bump noise and I can actually feel it under my foot in the passenger side of the car. It also makes the bump noise when I turn right a lot. I don't know what it is. Im scarred to drive it too far.
Also another minor problem is that when I'm driving normally not braking or anything the back wheels of the car will squeak a lot. I'm not braking. I don't know but if someone could give me advice that would be great! I need to know if my car is safe to drive or not!!! Please Thank You!
~Amanda
The rear squeak could be nothing more than old rubber bushings. A good spray with WD40 might quiet those down. If not, could be a rear strut damper maybe?
But the front struts need attention sounds like.
thanks :confuse:
Do a search for message # 108 in this forum for more details.
I have had two O2 sensors replaced under this warranty in my '96 LX. This SHOULD BE FREE for you.
Keep us updated.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
I will let you know, have an appointment with the dealer wednesday.
Again, thanks so much for your help.
Since the higher gears put the most strain on the driveline, you might very well have a bad CV joint.
You might try and find an empty parking lot. Lock the wheels to the extreme left and go around in a circle with a bit of speed (people will think you are crazy but so what); then turn it to the right and do the same. This usually will annoy the CV joint if it is bad and it will start clanking away.
If it's bad, replace the whole axle assembly as a rebuilt unit, unless you just want to learn something by replacing only one of the 4 CV joints.
It got fixed awhile back at AC Delco when I did that tune up! There was water everyehere on the floor! I felt dumb!! Totally embarassing!!
Glad to know what actually happened!
-Cj
Want to know if it is my master window switch or Power Window Switch Control Module/Relay???
I recently rolled down my driver side window and now doesn't want to roll up. The passenger side windows roll down but dont roll back up from the master window switch. I have to roll them up by reaching across to the passenger door. My rear driver side window does roll up and down from the master window switch.
Hey! found one. It's not as good as the 95 specific how-to, but it will give you some idea.
http://home.comcast.net/~em-engineering/T2T013.pdf
Come Saturday (I car pooled to school that week),I bought a new Shroud, motor, and fan for $90 and when I finally(with my dad and neighbors help) uninstalled the old one, the new one didn't fit right! I should have took a picture. Literally, the wires were on the opposite side and the the holes for screws weren't close to lining up.
After r- packaging it back into the box, I took the Expedition to Advance Autoparts and got an exchange for just the motor and was refunded the difference(~$46). Got home put the new motor on old unit,reinstalled everything and all was good.
It took about 2hours but I saved about $200 on labor to be a D.I.Y.-er. 2days later and the two fans work great! And I got to see the fight!
Though aging and 3generations behind the times, my accord is holding up fine. maintence is low, easy, and quite cheap! I don't know how that'll change WHEN I get my Jetta/GTI MK4/5 or possibly gen5 prelude.
Soon, I'll post a PIC of my neighbors new 08accord v6. Its like mine but sans the spoiler and adding navigation, cylinder deactivation, space, safety, weight, power, MPG, and a beige interior.
-Cj :shades: