Antifreeze leak and car not running right?

[90_ACCORD]

SO last night I was driving home from work and going down the highway everything was fine. went about 10 miles and got to my exit. I got off the highway and when i down shifted and went to speed up again the car had hardly any power. It will shake kinda hard now while driving and have a lot less power. When I would get it above 60 the car would act and sound perfectly fine but below that it would shake and be real loud and have less power. I get the car home and in the morning there it antifeeze right underneath the car. I filled the radiator back up and drove it around. Still drove like shit and idles very low. I went around my neighborhood and coming to a stop the car would shut off. Its not overheating tho. Its a 1990 EX 5 speed F22A4.

In short:
- Car leaks antifreeze
- Has lack of power
- Shakes hard
- Sounds very loud
- Not over heating
- Shuts off when coming to a stop
- Idles very low


Any help would be great.

Thanks

[oyajicool]

I am guessing that the head gasket went bad on you. Perform compression check and see what you get,,,,.

[TypeG]

look for oil in the coolant and check the oil to see if it looks milky.

what condition is your spark plugs in? and you wires, cap and rotor? later.

[tucktn]

Looks like blown head gasket

I have the same problem, number 3 cylinder was reading 175 and the rest about 185. We did a leak down test and found number 3 cylinder at high rate and blowing air into radiator water, yes you could realy hear it blowing. Harbor Freight is a good place to buy the leak down tester and you will need an air compressor, a small one will do. My son said to try Bars head gasket repair as his friend used it on a V-8 engine and it worked. It will cost about 10.00 and also buy a flushing kit the you install into the heater hose which is about another 10.00. Good luck I will post my results on using Bars. Tom

[Drifting in 808]

any additives that you have to put in your cooling system can clog it up. what that stuff does is it seals it up and all that extra stuff can clog up your heater core or anything else. if you have a bad head gasket just replace it. when i had to replace my head gasket i did it myself and it took me almost a whole weekend because i had to do it by the book. but if you have the money take it to a mechanic.