I drive a 93 honda accord. With no previous problems with my car. One evening my car started to run hot. We have changed the thermostat, the fan switches, the radiater and hoses, and changed out the timing belts. My car is still running hot (220-230 degrees). We have run a compression test which shows no head gasket leaks, but we are checking the heads and the pistons anyway.We have Checked out the water pump and replaced the seal and also hard wired a new temp gage to the engine and it showes the same as my car temp gage. Is there something we are missing? Any help and or information would be greatly appriciated.


[Modified by 93accord_driver, 4:27 AM 11/21/2002]

 

has any "stop-leak" product ever been used to seal leaks in the radiator? Or raw egg whites?

 

it is possible the stock guage is reading wrong or the temperture sending unit is faulty. If you have replaced all the usual suspects, I'd start checking them.

 

sorry, did you check water pump? but my first bet is on the temp sender unit

 

Hey there, Yes we checked the water pump and they replaced the seal and reinstalled it back in my car. We also wired a new temp gage and it is still showing that the engine is still running hot 220-230 degrees. But we can shift the car into a lower gear and it will start cooling the engine off. They are going to pull the heads tomarrow and see if there might be a small crack that the compression test did not show.