Overheating issue?

[jdmdikk]

My girls car has been overheating for the last two weeks. I have tried almost everything and have a feeling that it's the head gasket but would rather see other people's opinion b4 taking the head off the block. Things that I have done:flushed radiator and heater core and added new antifreeze and changed the thermostat to a failsafe thermostat.I changed the fan since I believe that the original one was faulty.there are no leaks anywhere but the motor is building too much pressure and it's dumping out the coolant out the reservoir.fan works cuz I do hear it going on n off.radiator is not leaking and we do get heat inside the car. Today I received ancheck engine light and it read missfire cylinder 1&3. If I drive it today and park it and then I open the radiator cap lets say tomorrow,I hear pressure rising from the radiator. The oil still looks clean but the oil cap does look a little funny. So like I said b4,my guess is head gasket but I rather see other people's opinion.

[bruce420]

its the head....trust

[LS/Vtec]

head gasket.

[cdoc9]

Sounds similar to my car. I put a new radiator and everything was fine. I would say change the radiator. But ya does sound like a head gasket

[LS/Vtec]

does it smoke?

[jdmdikk]

Barely smokes. I guess I can say that It smokes a little bit on start up but then again which Honda doesn't. The radiator is flowing since I flushed it out and also the heater core. Flows nice n smooth.

[LS/Vtec]

do a comp test

[Bang Bros]

did you bleed it?

[jdmdikk]

do a comp test

Well it's kinda pointless since I already know that it has a misfire on cylinder 1&3

[jdmdikk]

did you bleed it?

Her car is a 98 civic and it does not have the bleeder valve on the housing.I did let it run for a while with the cap off and also placed the cap on for a few minutes and then took it back off to the point that I noticed no bubbles.

[Bxdragon]

check the radiator cap, if not that you can buy a like a temp sensor swith i belive that kicks the fans on earlier. i had to do it for m camaro

[kbrown!]

im gunna go with headgasket as well, coolant must be getting on the top of the pistons causing it to misfire. but the no smoke thing is weird. i mean its a single cam so you might as well do the headgasket, it only take a few hours.

[jdmdikk]

Yea I know.that's probably what I would end up doing anyways. I just wouldn't want to do all that work to still end up having a overheating issue lmfao.u know how cars can be. Overheating issues are never easy to figure out cuz it can be numerous problems

[jdmdikk]

I guess I will be ordering a oem Honda head gasket. I might order it from majestic Honda. Anywhere else that it might be cheaper?

[YoMo-dc]

Check the spark plugs if the number 1 and 3 are lile white not brown or black its the headgasket because it happen to me missing fire on cylinder 3and4 and it was the headgasket and the reason the im saying if the spark plugs are white or like light brown its because the piston its getting water inside hope it help u