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hatchboy · 01-20-2003, 02:53 PM

Allrite i did a mini me swap (d16a6 block,d16z6 head) in my 90 civic hb. She drives awsome and i have no check engine lights coming on or anything. Thank god. BUT, the damn thing keeps over heating and i can NOT figure it out. I have put a new thermostat in thinking it was that, that didnt fix it, then i put a new water pump in, that didnt fix it. So i bled the coolant and tried to get all the air out, and it is still doing it. I NEED TO GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVED SO I DONT BLOW ANOTHER HEAD, lol Someone please help. Should i flush the radiator?
Oh by the way it only over heats like when i am stopped at a light or something then start accelorating again to the speed limit then it will start over heating until i let off of the throttle and just cruise, but sometimes it stays realy hot. and YES the radiator fan does work.

Thankx in advance,
Dan

knowledge · 01-20-2003, 05:55 PM

It is recommended from the factory that you change radiator caps every 5 years cause the seals go bad. Its a cheap replacement and could keep you from overheating!

hatchboy · 01-20-2003, 07:30 PM

TTT

slammedb18acivic · 01-20-2003, 07:40 PM

i did this same swap in my 90 si hatch. unfortunetly i blew the trans w/ in 20 mins from when i got the car back ! haha . i also noticed when i did this swap my car ran so hot practically overheating as you explain. May sound dumb but i had smoke coming out of my heater core.. i dont know if it was shot or what. i would do some more research on this swap. i did weeks and weeks of it and i never saw any problems w/ heat.

SixtySecondAssassin · 01-20-2003, 07:49 PM

is your fan coming on?

prawjEKt Cx · 01-20-2003, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hatchboy@Jan 20 2003, 03:58 PM
YES the radiator fan does work.

yeah, i'm fuckin clueless, i mean you changed alot... are you loosing coolant at all, i guess you might as well try the cap.... cant hurt now

asmallsol · 01-20-2003, 08:16 PM

are there any clogs? (mainly in radaitor) did you remove the shroud?

ZAC · 01-20-2003, 10:38 PM

I would try to flush it.if that don't work well...uh....dunno

hatchboy · 01-21-2003, 12:19 AM

allrite i flushed the hole entire coolant system for 2 hours and it hasnt overheated yet, tommarrow i am going to go drive alot so we will see what happens!alot of shit came out of my radiator.
thanks for the help guys!
hondaswap members are the shiat!
-dan

tomtom · 01-22-2003, 01:46 AM

is there steam coming out of rad. when u open cap(with rad full)
check copression..
and hope u dont have blowen u know what............
if no u probably have a plug rad.
to check use a temp info red light just check inlet temp and outlet temp

92b16vx · 01-22-2003, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tomtom@Jan 22 2003, 08:51 AM
is there steam coming out of rad. when u open cap(with rad full)
check copression..
and hope u dont have blowen u know what............
if no u probably have a plug rad.
to check use a temp info red light just check inlet temp and outlet temp

01-20-2003, 02:53 PM	#1
hatchboy Sleeves+boost=Love Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Oak Harbor/Battle ground,wa Age: 24 Posts: 312 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 91 crx Rep Power: 18	Allrite i did a mini me swap (d16a6 block,d16z6 head) in my 90 civic hb. She drives awsome and i have no check engine lights coming on or anything. Thank god. BUT, the damn thing keeps over heating and i can NOT figure it out. I have put a new thermostat in thinking it was that, that didnt fix it, then i put a new water pump in, that didnt fix it. So i bled the coolant and tried to get all the air out, and it is still doing it. I NEED TO GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVED SO I DONT BLOW ANOTHER HEAD, lol Someone please help. Should i flush the radiator? Oh by the way it only over heats like when i am stopped at a light or something then start accelorating again to the speed limit then it will start over heating until i let off of the throttle and just cruise, but sometimes it stays realy hot. and YES the radiator fan does work. Thankx in advance, Dan __________________ I rule.


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01-20-2003, 05:55 PM	#2
knowledge Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Beale AFB, CA Posts: 1,410 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 30	It is recommended from the factory that you change radiator caps every 5 years cause the seals go bad. Its a cheap replacement and could keep you from overheating!

01-20-2003, 07:30 PM	#3
hatchboy Sleeves+boost=Love Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Oak Harbor/Battle ground,wa Age: 24 Posts: 312 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 91 crx Rep Power: 18	TTT

01-20-2003, 07:40 PM	#4
slammedb18acivic Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: pa Posts: 286 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 17	i did this same swap in my 90 si hatch. unfortunetly i blew the trans w/ in 20 mins from when i got the car back ! haha . i also noticed when i did this swap my car ran so hot practically overheating as you explain. May sound dumb but i had smoke coming out of my heater core.. i dont know if it was shot or what. i would do some more research on this swap. i did weeks and weeks of it and i never saw any problems w/ heat.

01-20-2003, 07:49 PM	#5
SixtySecondAssassin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,071 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 26	is your fan coming on?

01-20-2003, 08:16 PM	#7
asmallsol Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houghton/Livonia Michigan Age: 23 Posts: 8,101 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 93 del Sol Gas sipper Rep Power: 102	are there any clogs? (mainly in radaitor) did you remove the shroud?

01-20-2003, 10:38 PM	#8
ZAC Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 51 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 15	I would try to flush it.if that don't work well...uh....dunno

01-21-2003, 12:19 AM	#9
hatchboy Sleeves+boost=Love Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Oak Harbor/Battle ground,wa Age: 24 Posts: 312 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 91 crx Rep Power: 18	allrite i flushed the hole entire coolant system for 2 hours and it hasnt overheated yet, tommarrow i am going to go drive alot so we will see what happens!alot of shit came out of my radiator. thanks for the help guys! hondaswap members are the shiat! -dan

01-22-2003, 01:46 AM	#10
tomtom Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: central, cali Posts: 198 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 16	is there steam coming out of rad. when u open cap(with rad full) check copression.. and hope u dont have blowen u know what............ if no u probably have a plug rad. to check use a temp info red light just check inlet temp and outlet temp

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