So about 5000 miles ago (at about 93,000 miles), I had a cracked head on my civic. That was covered by Honda because they had a cracked head problem with that series. The advisor also said that my radiator had a cracked in it so that was replaced, not under warranty.
So let’s jump ahead to 2 weeks ago. Overheating problem is diagnosed as a blown head gasket, covered under the cracked head by Honda. The advisor also said the radiator cap needed replacing (Originally he said that was the problem before they did more detailed testing and found the blown gasket).
You’re buying a new radiator so why doesn’t a new cap come with it? You would assume it would, but it doesn’t. I had assumed that common sense, a cap with be with it, or the dealer, seeing that I had 93,000 on it, would had replaced it with the radiator due to the mileage.
So let’s jump ahead to 2 weeks ago. Overheating problem is diagnosed as a blown head gasket, covered under the cracked head by Honda. The advisor also said the radiator cap needed replacing (Originally he said that was the problem before they did more detailed testing and found the blown gasket).
You’re buying a new radiator so why doesn’t a new cap come with it? You would assume it would, but it doesn’t. I had assumed that common sense, a cap with be with it, or the dealer, seeing that I had 93,000 on it, would had replaced it with the radiator due to the mileage.