Word.
So lets see. I jsut got the car done yesterday and it seems to be pretty solid. I drove it around slow for a while to check things out and would give maybe 50% throttle to see if it flies apart or does anything weird. A-OK.
So today I jump in with some luggage and people and we are going to drive the thing to South Carolina. We get on 30 and roll at like 70mph. In like 4 or 5 miles, the temp starts to climb above the normal level. I panic and turn on the heat to help control it. The running heater does the trick but obviously this will not make for a pleasant 700 mile ride. I take it back to work to ask for advice.
At the shop, we determined that perhaps we weren't getting enough air flow through the FMIC and then over the radiator. I took off the one air diverter shield that blocked air from going to the engine/turbo and manifold area.
We started off again. Car ran perfect to 30, but 5 miles down 30 it started to get hot again! Ok so. . . thermostat? fan switch? Neither seem like they are definitely the reason, but we got to York and I let the car cool off while washing it (not spraying the engine). I changed the thermostat and fan switch in the parking lot, bled the system twice and idled until the fan ran twice. Good!?
NOPE
Drove down 30 in York through the lights and it was fine. Once on 83 for about 10 minutes it started to get hot again! I am not trying to do anything other than drive the car and maintain speed - definitely not boosting.
For reference, car is a 95 Civic EX w/ SOHC VTEC and stock single core radiator. Infront of that is the 28" x 7" FMIC. Turbo has tubular manifold and is heat wrapped.
Any ideas on anything crazy to try?
So lets see. I jsut got the car done yesterday and it seems to be pretty solid. I drove it around slow for a while to check things out and would give maybe 50% throttle to see if it flies apart or does anything weird. A-OK.
So today I jump in with some luggage and people and we are going to drive the thing to South Carolina. We get on 30 and roll at like 70mph. In like 4 or 5 miles, the temp starts to climb above the normal level. I panic and turn on the heat to help control it. The running heater does the trick but obviously this will not make for a pleasant 700 mile ride. I take it back to work to ask for advice.
At the shop, we determined that perhaps we weren't getting enough air flow through the FMIC and then over the radiator. I took off the one air diverter shield that blocked air from going to the engine/turbo and manifold area.
We started off again. Car ran perfect to 30, but 5 miles down 30 it started to get hot again! Ok so. . . thermostat? fan switch? Neither seem like they are definitely the reason, but we got to York and I let the car cool off while washing it (not spraying the engine). I changed the thermostat and fan switch in the parking lot, bled the system twice and idled until the fan ran twice. Good!?
NOPE
Drove down 30 in York through the lights and it was fine. Once on 83 for about 10 minutes it started to get hot again! I am not trying to do anything other than drive the car and maintain speed - definitely not boosting.
For reference, car is a 95 Civic EX w/ SOHC VTEC and stock single core radiator. Infront of that is the 28" x 7" FMIC. Turbo has tubular manifold and is heat wrapped.
Any ideas on anything crazy to try?
