Misfire after blown radiator hose

Asked by Mikedrop05 Jul 28, 2020 at 11:18 PM about the 2002 Honda Accord EX with Leather

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have an 02 honda accord 2.3 vtec about a week
ago it blew the top radiator hose managed to get it
home and replaced the hose the next day now it
has a miss at idle and when trying to give it gas ive
bled the system for air twice still no change a
couple people have told me maybe a head gasket
but has none of the other symptoms oils not milky
water looks fine.....any suggestions would help.

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brotherben answered 4 years ago

On blowing the radiator hose, i fear the cause was the car overheating. In overheating, you could have also damaged the head and/or head gasket (although no leaking coolant into the oil) but leaking coolant into the combustion chambers which is causing the misfire.

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