I've got a 94 civic with a JDM GSR swap. I traded my integra for it. But what I didint realize was that the guy who did the swap deleted the coolant resivoir. And connected it to, what I am told, is the pcv breather pipe. If there is anyone who can enlighten me on how the hoses should be connected. Or if it even matters how they are connected. My cluster does not read the right temp, I dont think the needle work because it only rises a very small amount. It has never over heated or smoked but it does run very hot. He told me that the reason for connecting the hose that runs to the coolant resivior to the pipe, was because he purchased a OBX intake manifold and that the stock manifold had a certian place where coolant ran thru it, and the obx one didint. so he decided to just connect it to the resivior hose. I've got a new cluster on the way so I can see if my motor is overheating. But can anyone give me some advice. Maybe somone who has an OBX mani. I was thinking about just going back to a stock one. There are pictures below. Thank you!

Thats the pipe. Its shown below too.


The image above shows where it runs to the housing of the top radiator hose. The hose on the left side of the piping runs to the radiator. Thats the hose that would normally be in the coolant resivior.

 

One more question I have is, how would I go about bleeding the cooling system. Theres no nipple on the thermostat housing.(Lower radiator pipe housing). So how would I do it?

 

Anyone have any idea?

 

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