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Old Aug 22, 2003 | 05:14 AM
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Default Car Overheating, Suggestions?

MY B16 RECENTLY STARTED OVERHEATING IN MY CRX, HAVE DONE ALL THE NORMAL REPLACEMENTS, HOSES, CHANGED THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, RADIATOR AND CAP, COOLANT TEMP SENSOR, FAN STILL COMES ON, NO SMOKE, THERE HAS BEEN WATER COMING OUT OF THE OVERFILL A FEW TIMES, BASICALLY THE GAUGE IS GETTING HOT ONLY WHEN RAN REALLY HARD, THEN IT STARTS MOVING TO HOT BOUT 3/4 WAY UP(LIKE IVE READ BEFORE ON SOME OF THESE FORUMS)THEN WILL GO DOWN WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS(I GUESS CUZ MOVING MORE WATER THROUGH)BUT ANYWAYS RAN A COMPRESSION TEST AND THE NUMBERS WERE 175, 150, 150, 175. THE TWO IN THE MIDDLE HAD ME CONCERNED, ANY IDEAS? ITS A STRONG MOTOR, AND IT DYNO'D AT 135, BUT IF IM ONLY GETTING 150 IN TWO CYLINDERS I FIGURED SOMETHING WAS WRONG? WOULD IT BE THE HEAD GASKET? ANY IDEAS WILL HELP, IM QUICKLY RUNNING OUT OF THEM.
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