I have a 90 Honda Accord which overheated the other night. I had to pull over because the temp guage was "hot". After looking over the engine compartment, the radiator fan was not working. I checked the fuses and found that the Cooling Fan fuse was blown. Good thing I carry extra fuses in my car. Thinking that this will fix the problem, it did not. Cooling fan was running like it suppose to, when the engine was off; so I waited to cool off before starting the engine again. Once it cooled off, I started back on the road only to see that the temp was going up again to "hot". I pulled over once again and popped the hood when engine was still running and noticed that the cooling fan was not running. So, I immediatley tuned off the engine. Once I turned off the engine, the cooling fan started. So, does anyone know what I should replace? Maybe the cooling fan switch, temperature switch, or fan relay. Please help as my vehicle is still parked where I left it in a store parking lot. THANKS.
2006-12-13 10:01:31 · 3 answers · asked by Ricardo Q 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Honda
A couple of question first. DO you live some place where it was cool or cold out side last night? Second where you in stop and go traffic? The cooling fan should only come on in most cases in city driving if your out on the road the air flow should be more than enough to keep the car cool. So unless you where in stop and go traffic I would look first at the thermastat did it open? Second is the radiator working properly. It could be clogged and have hot and ccold spots. My money is on the raditor beeing plugged.
2006-12-13 10:17:45 · answer #1 · answered by uthockey32 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
most likely the thermostat. you can go take it out right now and drive the car to see if it will overheat again. driving without a thermostat will not harm the engine, it will just take longer for the engine to warm up in the winter, depending where you live. all the thermostat does is keep the coolant from flowing through the radiator, but only until the engine warms up, then it opens so that the water starts passing through the radiator and keep engine cool. yours probably does not open anymore. by taking out the thermostat completely, water will pass through the radiator at all times, which means the engine will take longer to warm up when its cold outside. make sure you flush your radiator regularly. for older cars this is more important since deposits are most likely to plug up waterways inside the engine or radiator. if your fuse keeps getting burned, then i would have the fan motor checked, it could be bad. at the same time, this condition would be caused by the relay. the relay is fairly innexpensive, so just change that now to get it out of your way and not have to worry about it. drive to a auto parts store and buy your new thermostat
2016-03-29 06:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thermostat
2006-12-13 12:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by I THUMB DOWN N00BS 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋