Granted it's 20 below in Wisconsin, but the car will not warm up to normal operating temp. The temp guage gets up past the C but not much and not very quickly. The air coming out of the vents is only moderatly warm even after driving for 20 minutes. Any thoughts? For comparison, my mom has a 96 Civic and it warms up just fine and fairly quickly. Also, looks like I'm gonna get about 300 miles to this tank. Is that normal for a 93 Accord 5spd in the winter? My Integra LS gets probably 280 or so. Thnx.

Ben

 

Sounds like the thermostat is stuck open....Quick and cheap fix....But I would be willing to bet that is what it is....

 

i hear ya....its 30 below here today in Chicago....but my car is sitting in my toasty garage....but....dunno what the problem could be

 

Its in the teens down here in South Carolina. I miss my garage back home :-(

 

you could try throwin some cardboard in front of the radiator like all those people with trucks do, i'd imagine your engine would get warmer without the freezing air keeping the coolant cold

 

ill bet you its your thermostat, costs 10-12 bucks at honda. requires you to take off the lower radiator hose where it connects to the block, and thats where the thermostat housing is. unbolt the bolts for the housing, take out the old thermostat and pop in the new one. you will likely have to remove the intake pipe to get to the lower radiator hose and engine block. i had the same problem with my 94 ex, my car would never reach full operating temparature. the old thermostat was stuck open and fluid would always flow through the block no matter what.

while you change out your thermostat, when you drain your old fluid( you have to do this so when you open the housing, coolant won't spill everywhere) you can put in new fluid if you haven't changed it out in a while.

good luck, took me 30 minutes the first time...:thumbup:

 

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'll check into that. :thumbup:

 

cardboard costs less!

haha, do what he said

btw, why do people put cardboard or other mats or whatever in front of their radiators in the winter, do those cars not have thermostats to control how much fluid flows through?

 

It has some to do with Desiel engines.....I do not think they run as hot or something....But you normally see it on desiel engines....

 

btw you can do it without removing the hose...I did because I could not get the hose off, and did not want to cut the damn thing....