Made it back alive. I followed the manual step-by-step. It was A OK until I had to work on the throttle body.. I did a lot of thinking before I tackled it. Getting to the clamps on the rubber isulators was abit tricky but not that hard, trying to lift the throttle body off the isulators was nerve racking. After 15 minutes 'she popped'.
I never really found any 'There it is, THE leak' but small ones
Here is a picture of the water pipes with the mat pulled back. The temperature sensor was green.
Is that normal or is that a leaking component?
I have 2 clamps on the top rad hose because the old clamp got broken when I changed the coolant 2 years ago. I think I will buy the correct one. another $12
I found the mysterious entrance to the square drain hole. It is located behind the thermostat facing the alternator
Not much mess. I caught 99% of the coolant. I will be throwing all of it out and starting with new. No rolling dice
I going to Mother Honda and order the line between the 2 fuel tanks and the clamps + I will replace the thermostat and O ring while I have it off. I removed all of the coolant line, scrubbed all the surfaces with scotch bright and go from there.
Pretty bare bone