Acura EL

When I installed a CAI my engine stopped overheating on a highway, but in heavy stop-n-go traffic it's, you know, near the red mark. I've seen some posts talking about CAI manifold being heated up from the engine and smth that could be done about it .... Pls, help.

Thanks

riceisnicenv

radiator? fan? headgasket?? did the engine do this before you put the CAI on?? you were pretty vague

Rostr02

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too add:: fluids? thermostat? please provide a longer explanation on what exactly is happening from the description sounds like something in the cooling system what exactly with your description I do not know

mntuner2

Make sure your cooling fans located on the radiator are operating and correct coolant temperature. If you don't know how to check it go buy a service manual and learn.

If you are a newb at mechanics I would recommend a haynes. This is because there are alot of pictures that show exactly whats going on. *Danger* These books do not cover exactly everything and some common sense should go into play. If you want the best info available go get a Honda service manual. This is very model/trim specific so if your gonna be maintaining this has great OEM specs' for everything. I even think All Data can be accessed at your local library. This is bits and pieces of the OEM book. Enough to do good to your fine auto.

Acura EL

the radiator is rececently changed, thermostat could be old. the problem is it used to heat up with the stock air intake at high highway speeds and in heavy trafffic.

Now, w/CAI only it only heats up in heavy stop'n'go traffic. Nothing special, just very high temperature (90% reading). The CAI feels very hot but then again the air is taken from underneath the passanger-side wheel well where the old air-intake resonator once was.

any ideas.

P.S. and I'm not a mech type.

ijjz

Your post/english is very.. broken? Sorry.

Something on your car over heated before you installed your cold air intake wether it was city or highway traffic. Now with the CAI it only over heats in the city (stop and go)?

Are we talking about the intake piping soaking up heat? Or actually the motor overheating?

I take its the engine as the topic says.

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manson

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if you can't do the above tasks... take it to a mechanic type.

eumoria

N'gine and engine have the same amount of characters

mntuner2

I hope it feels hot when its overheating. Even at normal temp it will feel warm/hot. Even feel the draft of hot air as you open the hood of your running car on a hot summer day??

Dude if nothing's leaking check your radiator fans, fan relays, water circulation through the cooling system, radiator cap pressure, umm I am gonna eat pizza now and drink beer. Later

Acura EL

i just popped the hood and looked at the radiator fans: the driver side is spinning, the bigger passenger side is not. is this normal.

again, the only problem I have is when the temp rises to 90%-95% (but below redline) after 10-15 min idling and slow traffic.. I checked pretty much everything: it could thermometer (old) or what?

any more expert ideas?

crx_88_si

is the upper rad hose hot when its "over heating" ?

Acura EL

I dunno whassup with the temp. Everything seems to be cool until i get into heavy traffic. I actually never stopped to cool the engine or smth but I worry, u never know.

the rad hoses are fine. I think I'll change the thermostat and see what happens..

ijjz

Whats the problem?

Acura EL

2 ijjz

you seem not to understand my English...

I have a problem. I see my temperature indicatr rising up to the red line in the slow stop'n'go traffic and I'm trying to understand what is wrong:

A. Old engine ? (well, not with 140k, I guess)
B. Bad radiator ? (it was recently changed)
C. Rusty thermostat ? (I doesn't bother me under normal driving conditions)
D. New CAI? (the stock intake was even worse)
E. The rad fans (just one seems to be spinning)
F. The stock A/C?...
...
...
Z. Something else I don't know about or I need a new ZC/B16 engine

Beers,

CRX n00b