hi, i have a 98 civic ex coupe d16y8, i am just wondering, how come my coolant level would go down, its now like almost at the min level, i had my thermo stat replace b4, the hose that goes to the engine is warm, which thats what it suppose to be. How come it would go down tho? can it be the cold temp outside?

thx

 

it would go down possibly if you have a headgasket thats gone bad. then it could be leaking into your oil.

 

it wouldn't leak into your oil, you'd be burning off the coolant and blowing white smoke out the tailpipe. You may even see some bubbles around the head/block mating area when it's running.

It could also be that you had bubbles in the line that have now worked their way out.

 

so is this bad?

 

how can u seperate the coolant in engine smoke and cold engine smoke in winter?

also would it effect the engine starting if coolant when in engine?

thx

 

Depends on how bad the leak is.

It'd be hard to tell in winter... maybe stick it in a garage for a minute just so you can see if it's burning something or if it's just the cold weather...

 

wait, you can get oil in the coolant right?
did i have it backwards? i thought you could get coolant in the oil.

 

Check your oil to see if it is milky looking. It's not uncommon for your fluid in the resivoir to drop... it was probably air that worked it's way out like Wescoast said :thumbup:

 

nope, my oil are pretty clear and clean, amsoil, now its like a clear yellowish color. but i remember one time in summer, when i was pulling the car hard like 6000-6500 rpm, my friend told me that there are smoke coming out of my exhast, but i thought thats just because the engine isn't holding the pressure very good, thats why it had smoke in my exhast coming out.

also when my aem cai cause low coolant level due to its sucking in cold air?

what else could be wrong? so the the possibility that coolant in engine is very high?

thx

 

I have no idea what you're talking about with your CAI.

Have you added coolant lately and checked it a couple days later and it's low? What span of time are we talking here that you noticed that it became low?