Low Temp Thermostat
06-08-2006, 07:29 AM
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Re: Low Temp Thermostat (1mouatyme)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1mouatyme »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Temp gauge is reading fine but just doesn't feel right to me.</TD></TR></TABLE>
why do you say this? is the car having symptoms?
why do you say this? is the car having symptoms?
06-08-2006, 07:54 AM
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06-08-2006, 08:25 AM
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but, swapping to another thermostat because it doesn't "feel right" is assanine.
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06-08-2006, 08:30 AM
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Re: (Rodney)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rodney »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but, swapping to another thermostat because it doesn't "feel right" is assanine.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I agree. If the temp gauge is fine, and you have no other symptoms of overheating, then you are in fact not overheating.
A lower thermostat will not fix your overheating issues unless your car spends 5 hours on the track going around in circles. If you're overheating, why don't you figure out why first, eh?
I agree. If the temp gauge is fine, and you have no other symptoms of overheating, then you are in fact not overheating.
A lower thermostat will not fix your overheating issues unless your car spends 5 hours on the track going around in circles. If you're overheating, why don't you figure out why first, eh?
06-08-2006, 08:30 AM
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It's not going to solve an overheating problem. Thermostats control MINIMUM temperature.
Most Honda's run better hot (relative to other motors). On a street car, running a lower minimum temperature kills your mileage particularly if you make a lot of trips with long intervals between them.
Most Honda's run better hot (relative to other motors). On a street car, running a lower minimum temperature kills your mileage particularly if you make a lot of trips with long intervals between them.
06-08-2006, 10:56 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rodney »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but, swapping to another thermostat because it doesn't "feel right" is assanine.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I go agree, better off buying a temp gauge to make sure...i believe a lot of things happens in our cars are just mental..
I go agree, better off buying a temp gauge to make sure...i believe a lot of things happens in our cars are just mental..
06-08-2006, 11:09 AM
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Re: Low Temp Thermostat (1mouatyme)
If you think your motor is running too hot because you're melting plug electrodes... buy a cooler plug. My B16A2's OEM platinums melt astonishingly fast, but the solution isn't to attack the cooling system, it's to switch to a cooler plug.
If you want the B16 to run cooler, you have to deal with the radiator, not the thermostat (as others have said). The Del Sol VTEC used a dual-core radiator (I think) which can be fitted into most Civic-chassis. Unless you opt for some wacky aluminum "race radiator," that OEM piece is your best bet.
But the best thing to do is do the necessary legwork, back up (or dispel) your hunches with hard facts, and based on those facts take action. If you think it's running hot, take some temperature measurements so you know how hot it's getting, compare those readings to how hot Honda says it should get, and from there you'll know whether you're running hot, and if you are, attack the radiator. And if you're not, well, now you know it's not.
It's real easy to play from the gut and go off on wild goose chases that result in spending a lot of cash with no measurable gain.
Modified by MonkeyBoy668 at 4:02 PM 6/8/2006
If you want the B16 to run cooler, you have to deal with the radiator, not the thermostat (as others have said). The Del Sol VTEC used a dual-core radiator (I think) which can be fitted into most Civic-chassis. Unless you opt for some wacky aluminum "race radiator," that OEM piece is your best bet.
But the best thing to do is do the necessary legwork, back up (or dispel) your hunches with hard facts, and based on those facts take action. If you think it's running hot, take some temperature measurements so you know how hot it's getting, compare those readings to how hot Honda says it should get, and from there you'll know whether you're running hot, and if you are, attack the radiator. And if you're not, well, now you know it's not.
It's real easy to play from the gut and go off on wild goose chases that result in spending a lot of cash with no measurable gain.
Modified by MonkeyBoy668 at 4:02 PM 6/8/2006
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