well my buddys car has been over heating lately and its full of water and I dont see the waterpump leaking one bit. Like we be driving down road turn heater full blast and dont even feal heat coming out of it. I was wondering if you all think its the thermostat??? I know the fans are coming on....need help asap

 

The thermostat is stuck shut.

 

Start it up cold and monitor the two radiator hoses nearer to the radiator. One will heat up first then as the thermostat opens the other will heat up to almost an equal temp, the fan switch is near the thermostat screwed into the aluminum housing, it is getting hot even though the water may not be flowing so the fan will come on, do not turn on the AC, the thermostat may be ok but you have air in the system but I vote for a thermostat, I do more Honda stats than any other car.

 

You can take the thermo out boil some water with a thermometer in it...put a stick/pencil/rod across the top of the pot and hang the thermostat from a string into the water, don't let it touch the sides because that may give you a falsh conclusion...now watch the thermo I believe it should open at about 190 degrees

 

WATER WETTER WORKS

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Duane_in_Japan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Start it up cold and monitor the two radiator hoses nearer to the radiator. One will heat up first then as the thermostat opens the other will heat up to almost an equal temp, the fan switch is near the thermostat screwed into the aluminum housing, it is getting hot even though the water may not be flowing so the fan will come on, do not turn on the AC, the thermostat may be ok but you have air in the system but I vote for a thermostat, I do more Honda stats than any other car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

agreed

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by i slam guys &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">WATER WETTER WORKS</TD></TR></TABLE>ok smart one.....how about you reread it and see that it was full....cause while your trying to slam guys I am slamming cars...muahaha

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Duane_in_Japan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Start it up cold and monitor the two radiator hoses nearer to the radiator. One will heat up first then as the thermostat opens the other will heat up to almost an equal temp, the fan switch is near the thermostat screwed into the aluminum housing, it is getting hot even though the water may not be flowing so the fan will come on, do not turn on the AC, the thermostat may be ok but you have air in the system but I vote for a thermostat, I do more Honda stats than any other car.</TD></TR></TABLE>thanks for the info mate I be going home to help him out tonight!!!

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Loserkidwac &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can take the thermo out boil some water with a thermometer in it...put a stick/pencil/rod across the top of the pot and hang the thermostat from a string into the water, don't let it touch the sides because that may give you a falsh conclusion...now watch the thermo I believe it should open at about 190 degrees </TD></TR></TABLE>thanks mate I knew about that before I wanted to start pulling anything off I wanted to double check

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yz125rider21 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok smart one.....how about you reread it and see that it was full....cause while your trying to slam guys I am slamming cars...muahaha
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ur so cool

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Suck my DX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
ur so cool</TD></TR></TABLE>

There goes teh ghey talk out your mouth again.....

 

He was serious about the water wetter. It's an actual product that increases the cooling capacity by making better heat transfer.
FYI

 

make sure the radiator is bled properly. Even a little air in the system will make you overheat.

http://www.honda-search.com/se...iator

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SiMateoAko &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">make sure the radiator is bled properly. Even a little air in the system will make you overheat.

http://www.honda-search.com/se...iator</TD></TR></TABLE>
thats what it was he didnt bother telling me he flush it all out but he said he did it a couple months ago....sure enough we open the bleeder screw and out came steam lol....solved the problem just like that....guess the air bubble finally got to where it needed to be haha