Engine overheating

Hey, do not worry too much about your 2005 Civic. If you keep it properly maintained, you should not have to worry about the overheating issues. The issues of over-heating were more relevant to the earlier Civic's.

Just like any car if you do not take care of problems promptly, problems become bears to handle.

Your should get someone who really knows about your civic to check it out (Maybe the dealer even though expensive). If your smelling it (the anti-freeze) then it is most likely externally leaking. Your other issues can be caused by a faulty Thermostat and heater core.
Also, if you keep driving it like that long enough, your head-gasket will go.

The 2005 Civic is a fabulous car when taken care of.

Upon further examination it was indeed the head gasket. Honda mechanic concurred.
Yes the 2005 was a fabulous car. I bought a new 2013 Honda Civic. Lots of bells and whistles and better yet reliability.

My 2005 Honda Civic EX special edition is overheating. A mechanic replaced the radiator, thermostat, gasket, and coolant, but it continues to overheat. What is causing this?

Could it possibly be the water pump? I am not sure if it has been replaced or not. I bought it used.

Four cylinder front wheel drive automatic 92,000 miles.

My car overheats when I turn the heater on, but goes back to normal operating temperature when I turn the A/C on. I have checked the fans, they are working fine. I have recently replaced the water pump, head gasket, timing belt, radiator has been flushed and I am working on my fifth thermostat.

Fans are working. No coolant loss.

Four cylinder front wheel drive automatic 99,460 miles.

My car overheats after driving sixty to one hundred miles when pulling in to the place I am going. What would cause this?

Four cylinder front wheel drive automatic 50,000 miles.

I replaced the thermostat and it overheats after driving for five minutes of regular speed. There is a lot of anti freeze in the overflow. Sometimes it does not overheat when driving short distances, but usually it does. What needs to be replaced? How much will it cost?

I had a problem similar to this and after much work replaced radiator and this cured it. It was hot on top and bottom of radiator, but in the middle was cold.

Four cylinder two wheel drive automatic 80,000 miles.

Stop and go traffic the car gets hot and on freeway it does not.

Four cylinder two wheel drive manual 22,000 miles.

I have water dripping from a pipe at the base of the engine. The weather is very hot and I have been using th air conditioning. Is this something I should worry about?

Four cylinder automatic 125,000 miles.

What are the chances of successful use of Blue Devil to fix a Honda Civic head gasket?