Over heating problems

[keepwalking]

Did anyone of u guys ever encountered heating problems with your civic. And what do u do to monitor it? (I'm new to this fourm)

[Dave]

u losing water or just the gauge going up?

[keepwalking]

Gauge and losing a bit of water

[Dave]

water in oil or viseversa? do a comp test, do you see water on the ground?

[keepwalking]

the guage goes up at times and then goes down

[keepwalking]

no water in oil or visaversa, whats a comp test

[Dave]

check your local mechanic to perform this test, he will screw a gauge in the sparkplug hole and see if all cylinders are within spec and see which ones are loosing compression. Quick and easy to do.

[keepwalking]

I'll try it, thank you for your advice,

[MadCrix]

it had an issue with the 96-97 local civics. they used to overheat somewhere around 80,000km

the sensor was faulty. check the sensor

[Dirty Face]

I think water temp sensor too.. check engine light on?

[crazybalhead]

I feel there is a clog somewhere. The radiator needs to be taken down and cleaned or replaced. More than likely that's your problem.

[Z Tourer vtec]

have the thermostat checked to see if it sticking....or just replace with a new one....maybe a good idea in any case.

Also monitor the radiator cap to make sure water not escaping.....I had a bad cap and replaced with a new Sankei cap...and still had that problem so don't assume that if you put in a new part in that ur problem solved eh.....so I got an original and it now seals properly......keep monitoring it.

[boostcontrol]

your water pump could be baddd
doa pressure test and confirm

[hilux junkie]

if is a 97-98 model they have a thermostat problem my brother-in-law had that problem of overheating and it was the thermostat

[=VTEC=]

amm what if only when you drive hard it goes up then when you slow down the gauge goes back down whats the cause of that?

[wana-B-racer]

put ah 3 core an done! if yuh have to turbo yuh good

[Jinx2004Riceboy]

Sounds like a coolant recirculation problem. A coolant system only has the thermostat, radiator and a water pump to pump it all. If any of these components fail, then it will cause the whole system to fail.

[Moss]

As the person further up suggested, check to see if the fan is coming on when the car gets hot. If it doesn't , it could be a sensor problem.

[Civic Dude]

yo fellas.. with respect to that over heating problem...i tink that most likely..its the Temp Sensor. I have eliminated all the other possibilties... I have a SiR, B16A ,1997.. I changed my water pump when i did the timing belt change.. all honda parts.. i had to take out my thermostat when my car overheated on the way to work..so..none there. I have noticed within recent times that my temp goes up a bit for about 20 seconds and then it goes back down to normal.. seems like the sensor is responding a bit delayed ever so often and trips on the fan a bit late.. my guess is that it is goin faulty..gotta change that.