overheating with civic half rad

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Sep 4, 2005 | 05:14 PM

fastcrx

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overheating with civic half rad

iam heating up under boost about 3/4 and cools off a little bit. my fans hardwired so i know its on. running a jcr fmic

Sep 4, 2005 | 05:52 PM

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Re: overheating with civic half rad

Sounds like you have a bad head gasket.

Sep 4, 2005 | 05:54 PM

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Re: overheating with civic half rad

i forgot to fill the overflow container :P

Sep 4, 2005 | 08:09 PM

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Re: overheating with civic half rad

ull probably have to keep filling it

Sep 4, 2005 | 08:43 PM

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Re: overheating with civic half rad

i just took it out for another test drive it never went past the 1/2 way mark is that normal? i really didnt get on it totaly

Sep 4, 2005 | 09:28 PM

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Re: overheating with civic half rad

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Originally Posted by fastcrx

i just took it out for another test drive it never went past the 1/2 way mark is that normal? i really didnt get on it totaly

mine only goes 1/3 ways up with my half rad

Sep 5, 2005 | 04:27 AM

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Re: overheating with civic half rad

what car do you drive? on my ef it sits at 1/3, but on the eg its just a hare over 1/2

Sep 5, 2005 | 06:41 PM

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Re: overheating with civic half rad

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on the eg its just a hare over 1/2

mines never gone past 1/3 except for when I blew my HG :P

Sep 5, 2005 | 09:44 PM

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Re: overheating with civic half rad

my turbo b16 stays right at 1/3 with an eg 1/2 rad. even when i do a full run at WOT, all i have different is a 800 cfm fan thats hardwired and runs all the time...

Sep 6, 2005 | 06:01 PM

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Re: overheating with civic half rad

My FMIC blocks my rad and in the summer the car gets real hot, it's not your HG most likely.

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