honda car overheats

the following are the various reasons why your car overheats.

1. the loss of water o coolant in the radiator  due to the following:
           a. there is a leak on the radiator itself caused by :
                            1.  the cracked in the coolling fins of the radiator.
                             2. a cracked on the edges of the top and bottom metal or plastic cover of the radiator.
               obviously you will notice that the affected area is somewhat watery  and the water is dripping into the ground.
          b. there is leak on either or both ends of the radiator hose of either the upper and the lower radiator hose.
          c. there is a cracked , big or even small or tiny cracked on the body of the radiator hoses.
          d. there is a cracked on the by pass hoses ( small hoses) .
           e. the water pump might have some water on its weeping hole.
           f.  the cylinder head gasket is damaged or has a cracked , in which case the water from the radiator has little by little pass thru this cracked toward oil passages leading to the oil crankcase. 

         PLEASE TAKE COGNIZANCE OF THE FACT WHEN YOUR CAR OVERHEATS DUE TO LOSS OF COOLANT , IT IS PRESUMED THAT THERE IS NO MORE WATER IN THE SYSTEM, THEREFORE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE  ANY WATER COMING OUT OF THE RADIATOR, RADIATOR HOSES, ON BYPASS HOSES.   Short of saying that you should not expect to see any water dripping from any damaged portion of the hoses, or of the radiator , so do not be misled that there is no water leakage.

WHAT TO DO:
1.  open the radiator cup, but make sure you put a piece of rag on top of the cup,  to avoid the hot water that would blow up violently and might hurt you. This is so because the cooling system is pressurized.
2.  if there is no water that can be seen from the mouth of the radiator , then it can be presumed that there is a leak somewhere.
3. but before filling the radiator with water, try to remove the oil dipstick and see if on the tip of the dipstick the color of the oil is somewhat MILKY.   If so, then it can be presumed that the loss of water is due to the cylinder head gasket having a cracked and the water passes thru this cracked portion and is transferring to the oil pan thru the oil passages.
4.  do not attempt to start the engine because the engine is already contaminated or diluted by water and this is damaging to the engine. have someone tow the car.
5. if the no. 3 is not positive, then. fill the radiator with water once again,  put back the radiator cup.

6. touch EVERY END of every hoses if there is a water coming out.  But  if  there is  very small damage on the hoses , the water may not come to soon.
7.  better still , press the body of the hoses to pressure the water to come out of the cracked portion.
8. start now the engine, observe any water coming out from any possible points..
9. if there is none,  most probably your water pump weep hole is punctured.
10. in case there is some sort of punctured hoses,  seal it with sealing tape for the meantime, but better still do not put back the radiator cup to avoid system pressure to remove  the sealing tape.
10.  if no leakage was noticed, you better go home , or continue your trip , but  make sure you bring with you a container of water so that in case  it run out of water again, you can just fill it up .

to be continued for the other causes of overheating