voblak2
New Member
First off, hello I'm new to the forum :-) Second, last night I bought a 2005 Civic EX, which is quite an awesome car by the way. When we popped the hood to take a look there was antifreeze that had sprayed on the engine and components a tad bit, but the owner said he just had the radiator replaced aa few days ago and had not driven the car until today so the guy who replaced it may have overfilled it and now it's just running off the excess. We drained a tad bit out of the overflow tank in thing seems cool while it was running as we stood there and talked and sealed the deal. However halfway through the 2 hr drive back to my house it started to overheat but each time it cool back down until I got within an hour from home at which time the temp gauge redlined several times yet the warning light never came on. It would stay at the redline for up to 30 seconds before dropping back down but never went below half again. Thankfully I got it home alright but when I got up this morning to take it to work, which I did not do by the way, the upper and lower radiator hose were both completely flat. I took off the radiator cap and they both went back to normal immediately. Once again there was a radiator fluid all over under the hood. I love Hondas, but this is so not cool. I absolutely do not have money to be putting into fixing a major problem on a car which is why I just bought this one to replace my worthless Hyundai Accent that died Does anyone have any idea what could be going wrong with my civic? I can't imagine it would be the thermostat because at least early on