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It over heats after a period of time and I can't have it idling for maybe 15-20 mins..what can be the cause of this?? Bad gasket? Bad water pump?...every morning before I go work I always put coolant in it...I was told with that much mileage, I shouldn't waste my time on fixing the gasket? Is that true or not?

 
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That's low mileage IMO. Unless it's an abused wreck or a rust bucket.

Why are you letting it idle for 15-20 minutes?

Where is the coolant disappearing to?

Word up: https://www.civicforums.com/forums/3...reference.html

 
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No it's a good car....if I'm at a drive thru after 10 mins it will start too rise up buh, as soon as I start driving sometimes it slowly goes back down.

 
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No it's a good car....if I'm at a drive thru after 10 mins it will start too rise up buh, as soon as I start driving sometimes it slowly goes back down.

 
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the first step is to find out where all this coolant is going, it can't possibly be burning that much if any at all,

what are you filling up? your rad or overflow?

are you putting in coolant or water or both?

 
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I'm filling up my radiator. I haven't put any in my overflow for a whole now....I'm putting coolant in it

 
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where is the coolant level at in the overflow bottle?

are you checking that also?

 
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On the surface it's usually low coolant level and/or inoperative radiator fans.

The root cause is often much deeper, or, there may be a lot of 'cause and effect' that comes into play too.

You don't want to let Mr. Goodpliers hack a head gasket job either. You need someone who does good, thorough work.
The wrong person can total a car in just a few minutes (botched repair attempt causes more damage than the car is worth)