88 Prelude power loss

Tiny
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  • 1988 HONDA PRELUDE
I have a 88 prelude auto 2.0i dohc 280000 kms.I tend to have a loss of power and engine miss if the car heats up. The temp is not an excessive rise. It normally runs below 25% of the gauge but if it warms up to about 30-35% of gauge it starts to misfire and losses power.
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 AT 1:29 AM

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Tiny
BRUCE HUNT
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Have not seen the car but from your description, I would venture that you are in the early stages of head gasket failure. A leak down test would help point to the problem. The indicators to me are the rise in temp and the miss. I would wager that very, very slowly your coolant level will drop.
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007 AT 8:08 AM

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