The place to start is replacing the thermostat. It is cheap and easy
and it would definitely explain the cold running. Running the engine
too cold all the time isn't good.



On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:02:02 GMT, "Rattus The RAT"
<rats_and_guns_n_roses@REMOVE-THIS-PARTyahoo.com> wrote:

>That is not directly related to your issue but my 91 Accord doesn't really
>seem to warm up in winter unless i'm doing city driving, on the highway the
>temp gauge stays at cold and the air inside is coming out kinda cold too,
>even when the heater is at max. Of course it's not a problem when you live
>in Texas but I got kinda chilly on my last 4000 miles winter round trip to
>Canada! When I'm in real winter weather, everything is normal when i'm in
>heavy traffic or in the city, a lot of red lights, makes the temp gauge
>raise a little with nice warm air coming out, but as soon as I pick up some
>speed it falls back to "Cold" and the air coming in the cabin is not warm at
>all. I am curious what causes that... Even if I will probably not fix it.
>
>RAT
>
>"MikeLikes" <MikeLikes@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1119878938.127707.66340@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> Hi All,
>> Now in the colder months in Australia I have noticed that my 1995, 1.5
>> litre, 4 Door, EG, Honda Civic heater takes quite a while to get hot.
>> Is this normal, and is there anything I can do to help the heater warm
>> up sooner. I have notice that the temp gauge wont move from cold until
>> at least 10mins worth of driving (not that I dont mind the car running
>> cool but I keep freezing in the morning)
>> Regards,
>> Michael.
>>
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