i have a b16 in my eg coupe, and tonight i was comin home from my girlfriends house and my car probably ran for about 15 minutes or so and the temp gauge was normal,and i was crusing home and a vw gti pulls next to me and drops it a gear and slows down and then does it again, so we get to a light, and we go, long story short, i got home and popped teh hood to see if the lower rad hose was still cold or if it was hot yet, and it was still cold, the top hose was fairly hot, but the thermostat hadnt yet popped, so it hadnt reached the 180 degrees. do you think that was bad for my car to be beating on it with the thermostat nto yet opening?

 

you should always let the car be at operating temps before beating on it

 

yeah, i assumed it was, since it had been running for like 15 minutes, and the gauge was reading normal, what kind of damage could the cause? i ususally dont do this, but it was so tempting

 

anyone?