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Car Runnin a Lil Hot Plz help

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:15 am
by mmnessari
Its slowly starting to warm up here in s. california and the other i was driving in bumper to bumper i noticed my temp gauge was about 3/4 the way up and i was like wtf do i do. i turned heater on down it went back to normal then traffic cleared up and turned heat off and it didnt heat up. i changed thermostat already, checked the fuse for cooling fan it was blown, replaced turned ac on and noticed the radiator fan doesnt turn on. in the fuse box i noticed the condenser fuse is a 20a but on the lid it says 30a could that b the problem? and is a stock radiator good enough for a b20 wit b16?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:35 am
by chrono404
I would put the correct fuses in the correct places.

What trim level is your car? Its important to know to find out which stock radiator your have cooling your B20vtec.

Have you checked your coolant level?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:38 pm
by mmnessari
well as far as i know its a canadian manufactured hatch which had a 1.6 in from what it says on the hood im guessing dx and coolant levels are fine

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:45 pm
by Greasedmonkey
Flush the coolant, then bleed it correctly. YOu have already changed the thermostate so that takes care of that. Check the hoses. If it still happens after all of that, your head gasket is bad.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:51 pm
by teal_dx
when your car cooled down, did you check your coolant level ? how was it?

You may be losing coolant slowly. A leak in the system or cap, or being forced out by air leaking in from a leaky headgasket.