Ideas to get car to run cooler??
 

Ok i cant get my ---- to not over heat at all!! WTF!! Just crusin around town it wants to overheat like crazy and if i race i absolutly have to keep the heater on HI just to not overheat. What could i do to maybe improve it? I have a 1 inch core stock replacement radiator about a month old. Just replaced my thrermostat with a 170degree one, im running redline water wetter in it, and one of those 12 inch hi power slim fans always on while the car is running. WHY THE ---- DOES IT OVER HEAT STILL! The temp out here in cali right now its over 100 degrees everyday but i dont understad why it would still do that if im just crusing. Or maybe just because the intercooler is blocking off most of it?? Any ideas?

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headgasket

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Yeah I got a pretty good idea what it could be. If you have an accord, Stock accord radiators are shitty. they like to get a hairline crack right accross the front of them that you can't see becuase the core support blocks it from view. when the cars cool it won't leak at all but when it warms up pressure will push the crack open and vent small amounts of steam out the front of the radiator. you won't even be able to notice it. If I were a betting man I'd say thats it.

Could be your timing is just wicked crazy retarded to.

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HG, fans running the wrong way.. i had a couple more ideas but my mind went blank

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I vote HG.

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+1

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make sure theres no air in the cooling system, fans not working properly, water pump could be going bad, leaks, bad radiator. could be any of those factors.

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Leak, thermostat stuck closed, fan relay fuse, wrong direction on fans, HG, a lot of stuff.

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yes sir that would do it

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fans is setup to suck air threw the raidiator maybe i should set it up to push it threw and move the fan to the front? O and i doubt i have a blown head gasket im not smoking or burning water or anything. Radiator is brand new. Im just thinking it could be that its just too damn hott out here.

O and my timming being too retarted could cause it to overheat??

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move to Washington... ....

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I`ve seen the same problem before, turns out the guy didn`t take out the plastic plug on the new radiator inlet LOL ;)

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lift the back of your hood with washers or spacers and longer bolts.
get some sheet metal for the space between the top of the radiator and radiator support. this will help draw air from the front of the car and not from the top engine area.
also, how's the engine oil temp?

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Hey guys the car is a turbo 92 civic coupe with an evo front mount. I said the same thing with the washers and spacing the back of the hood.

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A bad rad. cap can also cause you to over heat...

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im just gonna say the car doesnt like you

mine never overheated on my old setup with what i have..

i had a Z6 turbo pushing 10psi and could sit in traffic forever, and do 130mph pulls and not have it overheat... i also have no fans on the radiator either

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mine done 20 psi without any problem as well.
the only time it over heated was when Stealthmode borrowed my resvior tank :X :P

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ooo ok good info there. I will deffiently try both of those!!

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oops that was me.... logged in on my friends comp lol.. But im going to try both of those!

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That's good ---- right there!!! But my rx has heat issues here. LOL! Try runnning just water and water wetter. Anti freeze doesn't do much cooling... hense the name antifreeze.

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Im running 3layers of exhuast heap wrap , twin fans and my downpipe is touching the radiator.
Never had any problems , turn fan off on the highway works beautiful.

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Get the car hot as hell and see if the radiator is hot. If its not, your narrowing down your problems.

Does the temp. sky-rocket super quickly? Or just, boil over given a bit of abuse?

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i vote one of three things...

1. fan spinning wrong direction (pushing air forward instead of pulling it in)
2. timing maps are FUCKED stupid retarded
3. headgasket

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i vote water pump unless you havent noticed any leaks, then I vote #2 out of fooks list, since youve checked most everything else

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has anyone tried removing the thermostat completely??
is this safe to do?

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If you remove the thermostat the water will go to fast thru the radiator so you have to make a restrictor to slow the flow. As far as the overheatig I had the same problem and it was my HG. Do not drive with the fan always runing. Let the cooling system run the way it should. Check you water tank. If it is full of water after hard driving then you have compresion in the cooling system that throws the cooling fluid to the tank.
I had a blown HG and the car was not smoking, every thing was fine until i go to WOT. Then the water goes out thru the cap and the air gets in the cooling system.

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HG, easy and done.

I replaced EVERYTHING before the HG, and only the HG fixed it.

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take your cat off and check to see if it's clogged.

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Putting the washers in and raising the rear of the hood can sometimes have the opposite effect, drawing in air instead of allowing it to exit. I recommend taping small strips of ribbon on the edge and see if it's an area of low or high pressure. I don't think you want the cowl induction effect.

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you shouldnt need to do dumb crap like that anyways to keep a car cool...A stock honda cooling system if the motor is running right should cool it fine.

I have a customer running a built 2 liter gs-r on a big turbo and a single core half rad runs cool as it should. Also using a dinky AC condensor fan too.

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shift sooner and drive real nice


lmfao

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The cats not clogged just replaced it. What the signs of a blown head gasket? There is no sweet smell coming from the exhaust like when coolant usually burns and no smoke. There also nothing leaking in the engine bay. I think it's that big ass EVO intercooler blocking 95% of the radiator that's doing it.

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no, but thanks for playing....dunno if anyone ever noticed, but air flows through intercoolers.

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HAve you just tried changing the thermostat? theyre only like $4 .Its worth a try.

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My car ran great sometimes, hot others. No loosing coolant. If there is a small leak, the cylinder pressure and such pushes into your water jackets super heating it.

No Loss coolant, No Smoke. Replace the HG and call it a day.

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Replaced the thermostat already didn't help. He'll have to check the headgasket when he get's back.

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ok well the car hasent overheated since i spaced out the back of the hood. But im at the beach right now and its alot cooler here! I will find out if it still overheats like crazy when i get back in town. My car still seams to run perfect?? Could the head gasket still be toast and run perfect?? Thanks!

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yes I just went through this...hg looked perfect, but I replaced it and it fixed it

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yes, i had an accord that ran for over 1 1/2 years on a blown HG and actualy never overheated untill the rad was completely dry... it can easily run perfect and still be blown

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I just got my turbo setup installed and running and noticed that my car runs really hot too. After about 15 minutes of even no boost driving the coolant temp is about 210 degrees and will creep up past that. I am running a stock CRX radiator w/ 2 10" slimline fans - one pushing and one pulling. It looks like there is some oil seeping between the head and the block

http://www.thezcr.com/gallery/data/500/block2.jpg

The other crap in the area was because there was no freaking o-ring on the distributor.