Td04 Users And Civic Rads?????

mossy

mossy

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i ve sorted mine as it turned out to be the HG ,even though we used seallent but still had a problem.
we pressure checked the rad and pressure raised as soon as engine started to turn over rather than after worm up, which is very weird. my tuner confirm its deffo HG, so i orderd a new 1 in(cruise).
I havent changed the gasket yet, i will keep you updated
 
sx_turbo

sx_turbo

Lifer
mossy said:
i ve sorted mine as it turned out to be the HG ,even though we used seallent but still had a problem.
we pressure checked the rad and pressure raised as soon as engine started to turn over rather than after worm up, which is very weird. my tuner confirm its deffo HG, so i orderd a new 1 in(cruise).
I havent changed the gasket yet, i will keep you updated
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please do, i would be interested to find out
 
Kelly

Kelly

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Eek sorry hear that mossy!

well we have a new rad on the way so will see how that gets on! pretty sure the one in there is dying. im pretty scared of it being the head gasket again.
 
sx_turbo

sx_turbo

Lifer
Kelly said:
Eek sorry hear that mossy!

well we have a new rad on the way so will see how that gets on! pretty sure the one in there is dying. im pretty scared of it being the head gasket again.
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i thought you sorted it by adding an expansion tank?
 
Kelly

Kelly

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yeh it was ok but now the temps creep a lil bit to 90 but ive heard thats an ok temp anyway? but the other day noticed the water had lil bits in it? off the rad maybe?

also the expansion tank threw some water out, hopefully coz it needs to find its 'own level' to keep round the engine i think we put too much in there. i hope!
 
sx_turbo

sx_turbo

Lifer
Kelly said:
yeh it was ok but now the temps creep a lil bit to 90 but ive heard thats an ok temp anyway? but the other day noticed the water had lil bits in it? off the rad maybe?

also the expansion tank threw some water out, hopefully coz it needs to find its 'own level' to keep round the engine i think we put too much in there. i hope!
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oh, fingers crossed kelly, im sure it be fine
 
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Mike@TD.co.uk

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Certainly aint anything as bad as it was before the header tank Kelly, it covered the front end of my car before it!! :p
 
Kelly

Kelly

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thats true stopped you slipstreaming though didnt it? :p as if 4wd wasnt cheating enough :D haha

hopefully all will be fine.
 
Dub-Se7en

Dub-Se7en

Lifer
just an update on mine, mine is completely fine since the rebuild, still using standard uk spec rad and standard cap. doesn't throw a drop out anymore. mine was deffo down to head gasket failure caused by warped block
 
Iain@CRD

Iain@CRD

Lifer
I had the exact same problem with the coolant overflowing the coolant bottle. One day infact in the fast lane of a 3 lane motorway the coolant bottle cap blew off and steam poured from it. This was on a CT9 with a stock rad.

My car done this EVERYTIME it was driven hard or on a rolling road. I replaced all the following parts in the coolant system:

2x Thermostats
1x Thermostatic Switch
1x Radiator
3x Radiator Caps
1x Water pump

I bought 2 brand new rad caps from Toyota and both didnt hold the preasure, fitted a Honda Integra cap and it preasurised the coolant system but it still was filling up 500ml bottles of coke with coolant but it did kinda stop abit for a while with the Honda cap. Mine is still at ToyTuning and is nearly finished, so ill let you know if i still got the same problem after my rebuild.
 
TurboDave

TurboDave

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beatz said:
I had the exact same problem with the coolant overflowing the coolant bottle. One day infact in the fast lane of a 3 lane motorway the coolant bottle cap blew off and steam poured from it. This was on a CT9 with a stock rad.

My car done this EVERYTIME it was driven hard or on a rolling road. I replaced all the following parts in the coolant system:

2x Thermostats
1x Thermostatic Switch
1x Radiator
3x Radiator Caps
1x Water pump

I bought 2 brand new rad caps from Toyota and both didnt hold the preasure, fitted a Honda Integra cap and it preasurised the coolant system but it still was filling up 500ml bottles of coke with coolant but it did kinda stop abit for a while with the Honda cap. Mine is still at ToyTuning and is nearly finished, so ill let you know if i still got the same problem after my rebuild.
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Your headgasket would have been gone without a doubt mate.


Adam is spot on on this one, I had some water coming out of the rad on the TD04's GT but on inspection the Blitz cap isnt long enough to fit into the spout of the rad I have now fitted another rubber onto the cap and it is now spot on with no leaking. TD04 users with Civic rads this is your problem without a doubt.

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Sheldon

Sheldon

Malta Area Rep.
i have a t3 with civic rad... never head a problem... its been a while now. i mean i boutgh it like that.
 
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Adam_Glanza

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nice to see some backup dave :)

think everyone kinda spluttered my theory out the window lol.

although i didnt actually get a chance to cure my problem before the car got written off im 99% sure it would of cured my problem too.

how exactly did you manage it dave? like how did you add rubber onto the cap
 
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Adam_Glanza

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Gee said:
So why are you filling it up?

If you fill the rad and the overflow bottle, where do you expect it to overflow to?
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gee it doesnt actually work like that,

its suppose to suck the water in as the coolant is being used, not actually blow it out to the bottle.

as the coolant is lost it creates a vacuum and sucks more back in
 
TurboDave

TurboDave

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I had an old rad cap here I just cut the rubber off that one and put it on the other one aswell so I now have 2 rubbers on my rad cap :).

I think it may be down to what specific rad you have but it certinally fixed my one :).

I know it wasnt sealing properly because there were no witness marks on the spout of the rad or teh rubber.
 
Kelly

Kelly

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Well when we replace the rad next weekend then we'll see if its HG :( which we cant afford so expect a sales thread :p
 
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