Overheating...

[Dirty Octopus™]

So... my car stays at a nice and cool temperature while driving but if i sit for too long it starts to warm up. and i dont like that. what it do?
its been doing that for quite some time now but never paid too much mind to it since i barely sit. i just DRIVE!

but umm... im tired of it happening now. ive recently been through 2 thermostats in the past 3 days and umm.. im now wondering what it could be.

[slostang]

radiator fan or old coolant?

[seanrg1116]

ur radiator cap could be bad or ur fans are not coming on if the fans are not coming on the fan switch could be bad or the fuse could be out or the fan motors could be bad. I would start with the radiator cap though

[Sammich]

yea check your radiator cap and flush your coolant

[Dirty Octopus™]

naw i got the fan switch jumped so it comes on with my ignition.
but ive been told to change the cap.



(Julian it looks like ima be over to get that cap you've been telling me about for the past 2 days )

[Sammich]

lol @ DO and leaving out the obvious...whatta typical VIP'r

[seanrg1116]

lol @ DO and leaving out the obvious...whatta typical VIP'r

[Dirty Octopus™]

lol @ DO and leaving out the obvious...whatta typical VIP'r

[KevinT707]

Try squeezing out the bubbles homie, you might just have some air in the system. It doesn't cost anything and wouldn't hurt to try.

Take off radiator cap while engine is cold, and start squeezing the lower radiator hose repeatedly.

[Sport1.3]

Try squeezing out the bubbles homie, you might just have some air in the system. It doesn't cost anything and wouldn't hurt to try.

Take off radiator cap while engine is cold, and start squeezing the lower radiator hose repeatedly.

you should also turn the heater on to full blast while doing this

[Sammich]

there is a bleeder valve....

[AnthonyF]

Ok, common sense (not poking fun, helping u learn how to diagnose). If your driving your getting a consistant amount of air flow. When ur sitting you do not. So that is what the fan is for. Let ur car cool. Start it up, let it warm up. Keep an eye on it and make sure the fan comes on. If it does and your still experiencing over heating replace your theromostat and I dunno how often u change ur coolant, but change it out. Most do a 50/50 mix. I do a 70/30 with more water.

-Ant.

[Theycall_Metue]

Ok, common sense (not poking fun, helping u learn how to diagnose). If your driving your getting a consistant amount of air flow. When ur sitting you do not. So that is what the fan is for. Let ur car cool. Start it up, let it warm up. Keep an eye on it and make sure the fan comes on. If it does and your still experiencing over heating replace your theromostat and I dunno how often u change ur coolant, but change it out. Most do a 50/50 mix. I do a 70/30 with more water.

-Ant.

[seanrg1116]

he already did this u read the post

[Sammich]

his fan is hooked up that it comes on at start up, like my truck comes from the factory, so his fan is always on...he's also already replaced his thermostat...

i just thought about replacing with a lower degree thermostat if you havent already done that. but when you should flush your coolant though, bleed the system, replace thermostat (just for piece of mind, thats how i roll), put a fresh radiator cap on and you should be good

[khaxnguyen]

so does your fan turn on though? jumping it doesnt mean it comes on, just means its supposed to. if it works flush your coolant and replace your radiator cap. still doesnt do the trick, replace your water pump, thermostat, and fan switch. and if it still doesnt do it get a new radiator lol

[1SOL2NV]

Easy fix ....... : sell the car to me . rofl

[Dirty Octopus™]

okay. umm... too much quoting to do so ima just say to all the help above.

ive done EVERYTHING stated but replace the cap.

so ima change that later on today or when i can steal a radiator cap

but thanks

Bryan
Kevin
Ant
Sport1.3
khaxnguyen
1SOL2NV

[Muk]

I've been having the same issue with my car for awhile too. It hasn't done it in quite some time, but removing the bubbles helps, and draining your old coolant and adding some 50/50. If this has been going on for a long time like you stated, you might have a blown headgasket.

Of course, this is what pro's have told me. But then again, I don't drive a Honda.

Im also getting a new radiator cap for my car, soon.

[Sammich]

its bryan...i'm taking your BBS' for spelling my name wrong n00b lol

[Dirty Octopus™]

its bryan...i'm taking your BBS' for spelling my name wrong n00b lol

my most humble apologies homie . i figured id switch it up some since everyone elses name is "Bryan"

[Sammich]

lolol its all good at least u didnt call me brain like some 'smart' people do.

[jtaylor48]

I had a fan relay issue in my ej and it was doing the same thing. We jumped the relay to constant power. If yours is in fact like this, how long has it been like that? The fan is not made to stay on all of the time and in fact should almost never come on while you are moving. By having your fan hard wired you are drastically shortening the life of your fan motor and that also might be your issue.

[kfzemx3]

The mx used to do that, well it wouldn't run hot, it would just run slightly above norm while sitting, fans would be running full blast, never hurt anything and i went through everything trying to fix it. I blame it on GA heat, and traffic, the only cure i ever found that work was to cut the heat on for a few seconds and it would drop it back to the norm range.

[southside]

My brotha has same problem,I think its just old fluids or you could take the cap off wait for car to heat up and see if fluid goes into the block. Most of the time you have to fill the radiator more than once to get the right amount of fluid in.Lol thought I had enough my car heated up real quick.I had to fill it up about 4 times.After replacing small hose that leaked all my coolant out from the im.Hope this help G/L

[Big_Joe]

my accord was doing this like 2 weeks ago. we replaced the thermostat but everytime i was stuck at a red light it would overheat but while im driving it was cool. it turned out to be the cooling fan motor.. just a suggestion idk..

[Ronsam2006]

If you have done everything including the thermostat cap and squeezed the bubbles out, then it might be a head gasket. Just go to a radiator shop, I trust Sims Radiator shop in Lawrenceville, and get a block check done. They put a dye into this container and squeeze the air out of the cooling system onto that dye. If the dye turns a certain color, then your head gasket is blown and the exhaust gases are mixing with your coolant.

[seanrg1116]

The OP has said everything has been done everything but a change the radiator cap.


Does no one read a thread before replying to it?
read all that is writin before u reply

[Ronsam2006]

The OP has said everything has been done everything but a change the radiator cap.


Does no one read a thread before replying to it?
read all that is writin before u reply

I did...it didn't say anywhere that he had a block check.

[Dirty Octopus™]

I did...it didn't say anywhere that he had a block check.

yeah. i didnt do that yet.
thanks for the input!

[JITB]

my moms PT cruiser went thru this same thing.. replaced
thermostat
fan switch
rad fan
coolant flush

still would heat up..

turns out radiator was clogged...

[Dirty Octopus™]

my moms PT cruiser went thru this same thing.. replaced
thermostat
fan switch
rad fan
coolant flush

still would heat up..

turns out radiator was clogged...

yeah... BTEC just texted me that. how do we unclog?

[JITB]

yeah... BTEC just texted me that. how do we unclog?

no unclog... REPLACE!! especially if you have flushed it and everything.. and its still doing it. its probrably falling apart inside.. if its for the del sol, those things should be too much.... the one for the PT was 160$!

[blaknoize]

my moms PT cruiser went thru this same thing.. replaced
thermostat
fan switch
rad fan
coolant flush

still would heat up..

turns out radiator was clogged...

Turns out his mom was clogged....



























I keed I keed

[JITB]

Turns out his mom was clogged....




I keed I keed

*books flight to ohio*

[Sammich]

if all the stuff wont flush out w/ the proper flushing...just get a new radiator

[blaknoize]

Try that "Water Wetter" stuff, I have it in mine and it actually works. Ignore the directions, just pour it in ur radiator, or however u would normally add it. It works. I kno this thanks to my FANS never turning on unless the car is off (they dont work properly) but it keeps the temp lower than half, even in the GA traffic and heat when I'm down there.

[blaknoize]

U dont even kno where Ohio is on the map

This states invisible

[ash7]

hmm, lets see

have you tried replacing the radiator cap?

how about flushing the coolant... that usually works.

thermostat? Those go bad a lot.

Hmm, get your block decked and check your headgasket, they might be bad.

oh wait, it might be your fan switch or your fan not coming on!

have you tried squeezing all the bubbles out or maybe dye would work?

you might just try flushing out the radiator, or just buying a new one?

I've also heard that Water Wetter (or whatever it is) works well.


*I'm just kiddin around, there really is no other advice that would work here. lol
-jonathan

[Boostedek]

check for leak on all your hoses...i had the same problem..mine was leaking slowly from the heater hoses..