thermostat problem?
 

i just hooked up boost to my civic d series and it has a coolant problem.... its leaking coolant i thoght it was from the main bottom hose of the radiator... but today it started overheating and i pulled over and felt the hoses the top radiator hose had pressure lots of pressure but the bottom didn't? is the thermostat not opening?? what could be the problem

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ok you really shouldent even have a boosted car if you dont even know how to diagnose a simple problem like this.... Umm need more information, were you thought it was leaking from, was it actually leaking from there and you fixed it? when you turboed the car did you change anything with the coolant system at all? dissconnect a hose or anything?

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Take it to a shop, and never do anything to your car again.

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just change the thermostat...if it still does it... then its the water pump...

fyi thermostats dont even cost 4 bucks and 1 buck for the gasket..

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you guys talk alot of ---- its a forum bitches your supposed to ask questions if your not totally sure what it is sooo shut the ---- up or ill stab your eyes out with a pencil

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is the bottom hose warm too ?

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its warm but when you squeeze it there is no pressure and the top there is

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ok so are you going to sit there and complain about getting bashed or are you going to answer my questions that i asked you because i am trying you help you :S

or do you just want your car to keep being fucked up?

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i changed the thermostat and its still over heating and its pissing me off cuz this cavalier with lots of stickers was driving by me i was tempted but it was over heating agian :3 :6

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if its a coolant problem then check all coolant related items, water pump, hoses, radiator ....yada yada yada. :8 it sounds like the muffler bearing to me it has probobly stuck in your radiator hose.

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any other ideeas?

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yea seriously go get hit by a mack truck, we're all trying to help you, but if you cant answer questions asked of you, then we cant answer questions asked of us, I hope its cold where you live because you are going to have plenty of auto heat. too much that is >:D

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ok.. try this.. take the thermostat out of the car and run it.. if its still fucked up.. then u need a new water pump

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answering the questions alright i ran a loop from the intake coolant to the turbo coolant and back to the intake thats all i did with the hoses...i changed the thermostat and put it all back together its still running hot.. the top radiator hose has twice as much pressure as the bottom its still acting like its leaking from somewhere and the reservor is full it seems like there is no pressure for the bottom hose to push the coolant through the thermostat

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ok, umm fan turning on? is the top hose really that much stiffer than the bottom? seems wierd... any other problems or symptoms? i know that every once in a great while the ratiator fill cap doesnt displace i belive its the 13 lbs of pressure, and the coolant starts to boil off, you might have some kind of wierd ---- like that, "natual stratification of liquids" got another radiator cap to try? its a far shot, but so are your symptoms especially if that top hose is that much stiffer than the bottom. other than that buddy seems like you have a blockage somewhere, i cant imagine that happening.. you might have a blockage somewhere at the turbo, that would be the only other place that would make sense, because after you ran those lines, you are getting high pressure at the top hose, hit us back with more info

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the fan turns on i have another radiator cap i actually have a whole motor sitting around for when i blow this baby up

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well today was fucked i tried unhooking the turbo coolant and drive down the road to see if it was blocked it seemed to run cooler.... then it started running like ---- like it wasnt tuned so i checked the plugs and when i took out the 1st and 4th spark plug oil was on the inside wtf? oh to top it if the engine check light came on and was blinking hmm ---- this car

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ahahahahahahaha :y :y :y :y




:6

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Umm yea no big deal, could just be a bad valve cover gasket... if those center gromets are leaking it will leak down the tubes to the spark plugs and fowl the plugs up. that would make it run shitty, and as far as the CEL, is ecu throwing any codes?

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knock sensor i already knew that was out but 1, 3, 4 cylinder....are missfiring and all it said other than that was engine missfire....