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- Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:23 pm #202272 i dont know whats happining to my car, wel it all all started wen the coolant in the radiator was low, dont know if i have the correct cap its a 1.1,
anyways the engine started over heating and then i heard a humming noise comming from under the bonnet "whats was that noise?" so i turn off the car and the noise slowly died off like a steam whistle, then after i replenished the radiator when things cooled down, the car had a really rough idle sounded like a subaru at low idle and staled sumtimes, but was fine at higher rpm, the the day after i tried started it in the morning and the starter turned once the jus stoped as if the crank was stuck, i left it alone for bout 5mins then it started it started idling like subaru for a moment then it idled normal. dont know WTF is goin on here. i praying noting serious is wrong with my motor cuz to replace a B16a is a wopping 14k. so plz help fellow honda men give me sum insight on this problem.

"If you have poo, fling it now"!.

- Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:12 pm #202288 Head gasket leaking.

The "Stuck" symptom is your engine trying to compress the water in the cylinder. After is sits under compression for a while, it may start since it has pushed the water back into the cooling system.
Don't run it too much, heat kills aluminum engines.

- Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:45 am #202322 so if i change the head gasket, the engine will be fine?

"If you have poo, fling it now"!.

- Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:02 pm #202360 When you get the head off, take a good look at the engine. The water in the cylinders usually cleans all the carbon off the combustion chamber. If water is left too long, you will see rust.
This is a good time to replace the water pump too.