I have a 98 Civic EX Coupe. I drive it a little rough sometimes when im in a rush but never over-beating it. I can hear my engine fans go on and they are kinda loud. It happens all the time and yet, engine temp never even reaches half.

Is this normal? Its kind of annoying honestly.

Any help would be great

TIA

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by =honda4life= &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It happens all the time and yet, engine temp never even reaches half.

Is this normal? Its kind of annoying honestly.

Any help would be great

TIA </TD></TR></TABLE>

isn't that good?

 

my engine fan on my DA used to run all the time. and it was normal.

i think it even still ran when the ignition was off after driving for awhile.

i dont remember. but its normal.

 

yes, normal. check your fluid level, and you could ohm your sensor and see if it is going bad, but i think the sensor is either good or bad.

 

100% normal.

If it annoys you, you could dilute your coolant by adding more H20 into the mix.
Coolant consist of 50% anti-freeze and 50% H20. The anti-freeze is not a factor in the summer and H20 is what cools the engine.
What I used to do in the summer (and will do soon again) is get a qt of coolant from Honda and a gallon of distilled H20 and mix is all up and replace my system.

I recommend my method of diluting rather than using JUST H20 (even with water wetter) as the Honda anti-freeze has lubes and minerals to fight off corrosion in the system.

 

appreciate all the help. im in need of a tune-up soon anyways so ill just use Lou_EM1 method.

thanks.

 

I can hardly get my fan to come on. and ive never gotten past half-way, even when i broke my new d15b in.

 

Replace your thermostat, it's not restricting the water flow and keeping the engine at the correct temperature. The fans are cycling too often because they may be seing a higher temperature at the sensor than normal because the thermostat isnt doing its job correctly.

 

Though I was wondering, if it was his thermostat, wouldn't the guage cluster show a much higher reading?

 

Depends on if the cluster temp reading sensor is the same one that controlls the fan, I'm not sure if they are seperate or the same.

 

mine doesn't even turn on at all, and my temp stays at 1/3, even after driving for hours!!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kinfer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">mine doesn't even turn on at all, and my temp stays at 1/3, even after driving for hours!!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>That's not necessarily a good thing..