88 prelude power loss

1988 HONDA PRELUDE
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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.
Jul 18, 2007 at 6:29 PM
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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.
Jul 19, 2007 at 1:08 AM
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