Overheating problems

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Originally Posted by frambach

So, with 240,000 miles you had to replace the head gasket?

Was that due to it overheating? And then, if the answer is yes, did it overheat because of a faulty thermostat?

Just trying to establish what I might need to keep an eye on as mileage on our little guy climbs.

Thank you for your input.

I can't say for sure what caused it. A couple months ago my serpentine belt broke and I didn't realize it and kept driving. Which in turn killed my water pump and thermostat. But then no problems for a few months probably cause I towed it home as soon as it started overheating when the water pump went out. Then my coolant engine filler neck and radiator cap went which kept causing my car to overheat, but I couldn't figure out what it was. As soon as it would overheat I would stop and put coolant in it but I guess at some point it may have overheated a little worse then I thought. So I believe the filler neck and radiator cap is what caused the overheating to mess up the head gasket. But with the history I can't say for sure I'm just going with what happened later on. I've talked to a few people with civics who have gone through tons of radiator caps but I've never heard of that till this. At 240000 I can't complain about replacing the head gasket especially since this car hasn't given me any problems til the water pump. It probably wouldn't of happened if I would have just taken it to someone when it all first started but I wanted to try and fix it myself haha, oh well.

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