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Old September 22nd 04, 01:02 PM
Jafir Elkurd
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Do both fans work?

"toohothonda" > wrote in message
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>I have an overheating problem with my '88 Accord. It has
> 193k miles on it.
>
> On a hot day, when idling, the temperature gauge rises close to the 'H'
> mark, and when I park the car and shut it off, I can hear it boiling over
> under the hood. When idling, the A/C also isn't very cold. Whenever the
> car is moving, the A/C runs fine, and the temperature gauge remains in the
> middle.
>
> When it boils over, and I check the fluid level in the radiator after it
> has cooled, sometimes it's fine, and sometimes it's ~8 ounces low (which I
> top off when I see that).
>
> Sometimes it's so bad that, starting with a cold engine, with just 10-15
> minutes of stop-and-go driving, it boils over when I park it.
>
> Both fans run when the A/C is on. I've had the following replaced: the
> fans, the radiator, radiator cap, thermostat, and water pump, but I still
> have the overheating problem.
>
> Is there something that could be causing excessive heat in the engine? Is
> there anything else in the cooling system I should check?
>



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