I know this isn't for an integra, but I have one, so please help me anyway...My boyfriend has a '94 mazda protege. It overheats if you drive it more than a 1/2 a mile and have to slow down. We checked it the next day and there was about a bottle of coolant on the ground and the leak seemed as if it were coming from the water pump, so 6 hours later (the car is really small and lots of hard to reach places, plus about 6 years of a bad oil leak made it really rough) the pump is replaced...test drive it and 1/2 a mile down the road it begins to overheat again. Any ideas? Do you think it is the thermostat?

 

Check for air in the lines. This can speed overheating and do check the thermostat. If you don't know how, just replace it...it's not expensive for what's going on to the car.

 

evrything in the POS needs to be replaced, so checking it really wasn't an option I'll mention the air in the lines...that makes sense

 

If the car is running the red you will risk warping the cylinder head.

 

it's not being driven now, I'm his taxi service...so air in the lines and the thermostat are the only things to check for?

 

From what you're telling me, yes. There should be a drain valve somewhere along the coolant lines you can purge the excess air out of.

 

thanks so much for the imput! would you have thought the waterpump as well, or was the just a dumb move on our part?

 

Well the only thing replacing the water pump that hurt was a lighter wallet. Usually when the water pump takes a shit you hear a nasty metallic grinding noise.