JAYDmManny1331

well my car has been overheating after a 5 min drive it almost got to the h on the gauge then opened the hood then smoke came out of the thermostat area leaking some coolant what can be wrong maybe my fan not turning on bad thermo im running 5 psi i have a 95 civic si radiator please help!!!!

jmills55

well my guess would be a bad thermo.....maybe a slight crack in the rad......maybe a hole in one of the hose's......check those out

JAYDmManny1331

yeah im gonna check all three of those things tomorow hopefully thats the prob thanks man

fcm

There are more then a few reasons an engine overheats, loss of coolant is #1, are you constantly adding coolant?

Coolant not circulating, either thermostat, [stuck closed] water pump, [not working] or a blockage.

Air flow through rad should not be a problem when car is moving even if rad fan is not comming on so overheating would only occur when not moving.
Is the rad fan not on when engine is overheating?

Rad is too small, is it a full size or half rad?

How much of rad is blocked by inter-cooler?

Check the obvious things first, pull the thermostat and see if if engine overheats with out one.

Check temp. of upper and lower rad hoses, and let me know what you find. 94

JAYDmManny1331

alright man thanks im gonna do a check up after work today im gonna take out the thermostat and try it again