Re: 1996 Honda Civic, 238K Km
Two days ago I've noticed smoke coming out of the hood near the coolant reservoir. At first I thought it is because of the cold winter (its below freezing temperature in Ontario). Then I smell something different and pulled over.
I found the coolant reservoir near empty and so is the radiator (as far as I was able to see). The spongy area near the radiator top is full of coolant and smoke is coming out from that area. I did not notice any change in temperature gauge while driving, though.
The area of the hose connecting the radiator seems to be a suspect in my view although there is no apparent sign of leakage. There is no residue under the car whatsoever.
Note: Yesterday and today I drove about 100km and noticed that it cost me about 18-20 liter of gasoline which is very very unusual on my car as the fuel efficiency is between 6 to 10 L/100km (Summer and Winter, respectively).
I stopped driving it for now until I take it to a mechanic. I hope I haven't damaged the engine by this time. Any thoughts on this? Thanks.