boostman101

yeah it was the top hose and top portion of the radiator HOT, while the bottom portion and bottom hose was COLD.

then i noticed (last weekend...havent drove the car for about 2 weeks) the radiator issue.
so i swapped it with a new on (still oem type, now im just waiting for my 1.3 bar radiator cap to be shipped out. i ordered a moroso universal 19psi cap but it was to big to fit the radiator.
so im gona see how this goes once i get the cap in.

alwaystootall

gotcha

90turbohatch

I don't think that you should be putting in lower temp thermostats and higher pressure rad caps. You have another problem. Your car is not having problems because honda doesn't know what the ---- they are doing putting in a 180 degree thermostat and a 13 psi rad cap. Everyone else is running stock designed parts. You got other problems dude. Your car is made to run with a 180 degree thermostat and a stock I belive 13 psi rad cap. Changing these is not a correct fix.

boostman101

yeah but honda didnt make the radiator and cap knowing 14 years later the car would be turbo charged....lol
but also member i said my radiator was f-ed up, so will see....

im just being on the safe side, if its not what ive fix/changed then hey it doesnt hurt that i did so.

i want to try to lil stuff first before i jump into the real deal problems. fixing the lil stuff and say if its not that but something major, might prevent it from happening again.

the head gasket and H2O pump i just had replaced like 1year ago with timing belt.
but if its something major, it'll be fixed, i just want to try the lil/easier things first.

might have been the radiator clogged. i might take it out today to see how its doing after switching the radiator.
cause like i said alway at the beginning of the thread, the car drives great, NO over heating just coolant over flow tank fills, and top hose/rad. hot, while bottom hose/rad. cold.
another guy i kno, same set-up (just different turbo) is having the same problem (same car also)

90turbohatch

I understand that you are trying the little things to fix it. I'm not trying to be an *** either. I do not believe that just because your car is turbocharged that it needs a higher pressure rad cap. I'm sure most guys on here are running a stock cap with no problems. Doesn't that tell you that the stock rated stuff is fine. Also did you have problems before with the stock rated rad cap and thermostat. It just seems like you are disguising the real source of your problems. Good Luck.

boostman101

i didnt take it as u being an *** man, no hard feelings
im not beat arond the bush tho, like i said, if its something major, its still gona get fixed. its just to cold out here to be pulling your motor apart in the drive way...lol.
i already bang my hand up good pulling the radiator, its like working with ice cubes at the end of your wrist.
but yeah i notice others havent had problems but a lot of u all here are turbocharging just about the same motor, few people i know have turbocharged the F series.
yeah, i just finish my turbo set up like mid....November so i really just started driving it (its not a daily driver so it only sees the road like 8-10 miles every week-week n half)
but yeah man, i didnt get offended by your post (only people on HS would....lol)
i just take it as more support...
i just want to get this car right by next racing season, tracks open in March in my area

dv74boost

i have the same problem.. believe me its the head gasket, you can see a bubble in the can when the car is iddleing at 800rpm after you run boost, you need a performance head gasket better cooper or brass thicker than oem mls.
you can drive your car for miles w/o boost but when you boost there is the problem!!

90turbohatch

Do they make head studs for an f-series motor? If you replace the headgasket you should install some headstuds at the same time if they make them.

boostman101

im not sure, i have to look into that....

thats the problem with having a f series (90 accord), they dont make a lot of things for our cars so we have to test parts from other hondas to see if they'll fit/work.
but a lot of prelude parts will fit accords (h and F).
but im a look into it.

midnite racer x

Come to think of it...when i did my head gasket change last february i used copper gasket all over the head gasket b4 putting it on. I wonder if thats the reason my motor isn't changing temperature no matter how much i boost or how hard i drive the car. And yours does...hmmm...