I need help!! Pleaseeeee
Well, i am a female, and people love to screw me over, im having a problem with my 98 honda civic, last week i was driving it and it suddenly started sputtering and my check engine light came on, drove it for 2 days, then all of a sudden its overheating and my check engine light is now flashing. I just replaced the whole timing belt system, new water pump, new spark plugs and wires, etc, I am at a loss of what to do? I had my mechanic come by and he read my codes, and its a misfire on 3 of the 4 cylinders, but my spark plugs are brand new? I am also being told its my fuel injectors? Help me please
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last week i was driving it and it suddenly started sputtering and my check engine light came on, drove it for 2 days,
all of a sudden its overheating

all of a sudden its overheating
What were you doing when this happened? (Like say, driving 45 mph, or sitting in the drive-thru for 15 minutes? What?)
Is the radiator empty? Is it leaving puddles on the ground? Have you checked anything at all?
my check engine light is now flashing
If coolant gets into cylinder(s) because of this, that will cause misfires.

(Right now I'm totally assuming this is because of a severe overheat, it isn't good at all.)
I had my mechanic come by and he read my codes, and its a misfire on 3 of the 4 cylinders, but my spark plugs are brand new? I am also being told its my fuel injectors? Help me please
You probably need a mechanic that can actually diagnose problems and fix cars, not one that reads codes and makes guesses.
Craigslist rarely nets you that type of tech.
Ask friends and family (preferably people that drive older cars) who is good with real car problems. Who can fix things right on the first try?
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we are on the internet reading written words...
ask around among your friends who knows a good mechanic and go there.
We can mostly help people that can do the work themselves or can have more technical input to write in here... or if it's a very well known case, which does not seem to be your case. just simply normal mechanical or electrical or electronic failure due to long use
ask around among your friends who knows a good mechanic and go there.
We can mostly help people that can do the work themselves or can have more technical input to write in here... or if it's a very well known case, which does not seem to be your case. just simply normal mechanical or electrical or electronic failure due to long use
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