Were you squeezing the hoses while the engine was warming up with the cap off?

Do your fans function? When does it typically overheat?

 

definately yes the fans are good i havn't had it long and my g/f blew it up and i totally rebuilt it... she overheated it until the head gasket blew... idling is when it starts, always i have the front bumper off too so it can get more cool air

 

Has the thermostat been replaced recently?

 

how do i clean the water inlets to the head, i was just talking to my sisters bf and he said he had that problem in his civic SOHC

 

yeah but not since the new radiator i have one sitting in my back seat, going in tomorrow

 

So you are thinking that there may be a clog in the system? Sounds plausable but I have never heard of that...

Get that new thermostat in and see if that helps anything.

 

Damn double posts....

 

does the thermostat work? try sticking it in boiling water and find out.

 

okay the car is on the way back for my g/f lunch break i'm gonna put that new thermo. in there and replace the top rad. hose as it was buldged today i'll post back in about an hour to see whats up after this i think if it doesn't work i'm gonna take it to a local radiator shop and tell them to keep it until it works and then i'm selling it

 

You should probably replace both radiator hoses with a new rad, I did. It seems if you are going to spend the stupid amount of money a new radiator costs, a few more bucks for an upper and lower hose is not a bad idea.