my car has been overheating for a while now, and i still cant seem to figure out what the deal is with my ride! i have changed the water pump, thermostat 3 times, and also the radiator! well i drove my car for about 40 minutes and the temperature was at high the whole time! but i still cant figure what is the deal! you guys have any input on this?

 

Checked the ect (engine coolant temp) sensor?

 

i had the same prob.. i changed everything to come to find out it was the head gasket. does the water from the radiator juss go to the over flow box and sprays from the top.. head gasket goes fast on the hondas

 

it might be the headgasket like stated before. could also be warped head/block. GL!

 

but if it was the headgasket. then wouldnt it be smoking like crazy because my car doesnt smoke at all what so ever!

 

do your fan turns on to cool down your radiator? you should check your fan switch?

 

my fan switch doesnt really matter because i only travel on the highway most of the time and thats the only time my car really overheats!

 

Ive got the same problem, and i changed the ect sensor. It didnt fix it. Im in for the answer.

 

Are the fans comming on? Is the ect sensor working? Hows the compression?

What motor do you have? If its a b series you make sure you have a dual core radiator

 

did you change your radiator cap when you swaped radiators? ive seen people swap out their entire cooling systems minus the cap and that was the culprit.

 

ive didnt switch the cap, i left it on the same radiator it came on!

 

i had the same problem and it was my head gasket check to see if u have any oil in ur radiator, and i will say that the radiator cap is really important that helped me for about 1,000 miles until my gasket finally went out for good

 

but i have been traveling for more than 1000 miles on my overheating problem! everyday my car overheats!

 

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then your car is a p.o.s.!!!! stop putting exclimation points after every post, its not called for. and the worst thing you can do is continue to drive when your motor overheats.

now to your problem. ppl have said many times check the ect sensor which you havent said to check yet. When the fans come on does the motor cool back to operating temp or continue to overheat?

 

why dont you take it to the shop and find out, its way cheaper than buying and changing parts.

 

have you checked whether or not your radiator fan comes on?

are you losing water in the radiator?

but yeah; it's probably your headgasket. good luck

 

eh you did everything thing else but failed to replace a simple radiator cap? its cheap may fix it may not whats to lose , How about a compression test? Is your oil milky? sweet exhaust smell? 50\50 in the radiator?

 

Look dude if your not goin to do some simple things dont ask a damn question,
Are your fans comming on?

 

something went wrong with the cooling fan relay i beleive because when my car overheated it didnt turn on the fan so i took the relay out and wired it up instead to always leave the fan running! and where is the ect sensor?


Modified by aziaticvang at 7:36 PM 1/29/2008