so i have this issue, b16 on 5 psi (for now).. i drive a little and and the car runs hot..if i boost the car runs hot a lttle faster...but as soon as i stop temp gauge goes down and is fine...also i can sit still all day long and car wont run hot..new thermo stat..could it be radiator or...sumthin worse??? HELP

 

What kind of radiator/fan combo are you running currently?

 

how old is your water pump and when was the last known time you knew it was working??

and are you running the short or long radiator? does your fan work? what type of coolant are you using?

 

well water pump is fine, and im running a short radiotor and yes fan is wking bekuz i have hooked to a toggle switch, and im using prestone 50/50

 

Is it the stock short radiator? I was having this same exact issue and my issue was airflow to the radiator. Not sure where yours is placed but mine sits like "\" that in the engine bay. I used some door kickplates from home depot to direct airflow to it and that solved everything.

 

yea man min kinda sits like that too bekuz of the turbo..bekuz i really find it hard to beleieve that the HEadGasket is blow in less than 2 real dayz of drivin it and not even boostin to 5 psi u kno....so can u give me like a rundown of wat ur exact problem was and how u fixed it Slosc2??? i wuld greatly appreciate it...

 

easy fix, air wasn't blowing through the radiator like it was supposed to, instead it was just blowing past it. he went to home depot and got something to make basically a large air scoop to get more air to go through the rad. instead of around it.

 

but located it where...

 

Located what where? The aluminum kickplates came from home depot, I just asked an associate where they were and bought a couple plates. Than I bent it to shape going from the tbar to the radiator so that the air passing through the intercooler would go directly into the radiator.

What kind of fan are you using? Have you bled the system recently? Have you looked into an aluminum radiator like the Mishimoto or Fluidyne? I am picking up a Fluidyne for extra assurance.

 

ok cool thas wat i mean like how u actually did the custom job....i have a slim fan...

 

There are plenty of boosted B-Series cars running our civic half-sized rad. Pair it with our aluminum fan shroud and you should be running cool all summer

 

i can dig that moto..but im jus tryna eliminate this being the head gasket u kno.....no coolant on plugs..can sit still and car wont run hot...no oil in coolant or vice versa..im like WTF!?!?!?

 

Its just poor airflow. I had to pull my car off on a couple occasions to let it cool down. I would never shut it down to cool it off, just let it idle and it would cool off.

If you wanted a properly fitting radiator you could try the full race one that is designed to work with their traction bars. I wish Mishimoto would make one *hint hint* as it would be a cheaper alternative, but our space is so constricted that I just worked with what I had.

You say you have a slim fan. I use a spal 13" fan used as a puller and made a shroud out of abs plastic to pull everything off of the radiator. If it is just sitting on the radiator it will pull air from everywhich way and not work to its potential.

I should have built everything up around the cooling system instead of making the cooling system work around my need for speed.

I run a Z6 by the way with 90 integra radiator hoses cut to fit. I used them because they are a larger diameter.

 

yea man thas wat im gonna have to do sounds like 2 me u had the same issue im having....u make me feel a lot better man cause everyone quick to jump to conclusions and say "o man its ur headgasket".......

 

Thats what I thought about mine at first. I was fully prepared and have a spare headgasket in the event it does go bad. I went through just about everything, pressure test, leakdown test, compression check, 12 or so quarts of oil, a few jugs of coolant. Finally I ran with that and it seems to have solved everything. I would pick up an aluminum radiator if you have not yet.

 

Word well imma gonna check it out and see..also my Rad mite be Clogged u kno..but im def gonna get a alum. Rad and try that first..i will let u guys kno wat the outcome is!

 

Just a stab in the dark what if the radiator is clogged?

 

lol sorry didn notice u already said that

 

hahaha its cool im deg gonna check that out 1st....just another thing to throw out there..i took t stat out rite and drove it....the car ran hot quicker than it wuld normally du...does this change ne thing from wat u said Slosc2

 

Shoot an e-mail over to sales@mishimoto.com, our R&D team will check it out

 

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