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So.
two days ago i made a 2hour trip to and back, so 4hour total of driving, the weather was around 95-102F?
i got a old 92 Integra.
what i thought happened was i hit a huge bump on the way back, which i did and cracked my radiator. and when i stopped my car at my house apparently my radiator was cleaned out. no fluid what so ever, and it would also drain out my reserve tank when i turned my car on.
we took it to a shop, because it was overheating and i need my car to get to work, its my DD. i couldnt drive it as is because the head gasket would blow.
i took it to a shop and they said the head gasket was blown because they couldnt find any leak or anything and did a pressure test. they even lifted up the car (they're very unprofessional and sloppy, but my dad trusts him for some reason, not gonna get into it, P.S. they curb rashed all around one of my wheels trying to park it. sigh.)
we took it to a professional acura mechanic and he told us in 30mins that the fan motor was blown causing fluid to gush out the reserve tank.
but what im afraid of is, what if the liquid coming out from somewhere from a different problem causing the Fan motor to blow? and the actual problem is something else and not the fan itself.
also scared of a blown head gasket because i cannot afford to get it fixed at a shop.
what are your opinions.
do i have a blown head gasket (No bubbles or milky substance on dip stick, no excessive exhaust smoke)?
or is it just gonna be replacing the fan. (it got too hot and just malfunctioned when i finally turned it off)?
just looking for some opinions.
well theres my original post if anyones wondering.
im very scared since the guy told me i have a blown head gasket. but we're not certain anymore because the guy who did the compression test is very unprofessional, his expression is like "i dont give a fuck", his shop is run out of a gas station and its very messy and ugly, he curb rashed all around one of my wheels and denies it completely.
if i do have a blown head gasket now, im going to guess he blew it, he told me "i had it run all day to check for leaks, no leaks so its your head gasket and i think its blown". he's a chinese dude and idk why but im asian, but i cant really trust chinese people, they just money pinch you so hard when it comes to shit like this.
the reason why is because i cherish my B17, so i really dont push it at all. i barely hit vtec, i probably hit vtec 2 times a week just for fun. so theres no way i went to such a high enough RPM to blow my head gasket. and when i noticed the problem i did not let it go past 3/5's of the temp gauge. and always refilled it with water.
and i just feel theyre so lazy, they put it on a machine, looked all over for leaks and they couldnt find anything wrong at all?. yet some acura specialist finds that my fans not working in 15-20mins.
im just hoping its my Fan which im replacing today, so my cooling system can start working again, therefore fixing the problem, hopefully and not have anything to do with this blown head gasket business which would cost me roughly around 1300$.
This post was edited by ZeaL0RDeaL on Aug 13 2015 06:58pm