Thanks. I need to get the AC fixed anyway. It blows hot air only as of
last summer.

"Caroline" <caroline10027remove@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> My 91 Civic's dash right above the radio always feels very hot after the
car is
> warmed up. I think I heard on "Car Talk" that this happens to be something
usual
> with Hondas of this vintage.
>
> If the temperature gage is where it's always been, I wouldn't be
immediately
> concerned.
>
> Of course, good preventive maintenance for a car this age might include
> replacing the cooling system thermostat. It's a $20 part and I should
think not
> more than an hour of labor at any shop. It's likely a pretty
straightforward
> do-it-yourself job, too. It was on my Civic. (I replaced my Civic's
thermostat
> pre-emptively at about 150k miles.)
>
> This assumes you have never replaced the thermostat before.
>
> "Josh" <josh.kaplan1@comcast.net> wrote
> > Hi all,
> > This may be a dumb question, but here's the deal. I have a '90 Accord
LX
> > with 208,000 miles. The timing belt has been changed, I have kept up
with
> > all the oil changes, etc. It has a radiator barely a year old. Up
until
> > recently, I've driven the car just around town, and it's been normal
wear
> > and tear. In the past couple months, I've taken road trips to York, PA,
> > about 5 hours from me, in Richmond, VA. I've noticed the dash feels
kinda
> > hot after about a half hour on the road and the area around the stereo
too.
> > I always check the oil before I hit the road. The temp gauge remains in
the
> > middle. I thought I noticed some warm air briefly coming through the
vent
> > even when the heat was off, recently. The AC croaked last summer and I
> > never got it fixed, if that's even a factor in this?
> >
> > Since I've just started taking this car on the road, I'm a bit
concerned.
> > I've called dealers, shops, nobody wants to touch this car, because they
> > have no idea what it would be, if anything. You have to drive it about
a
> > half hour anyway to do this.
> >
> > Any ideas? Anything to be concerned with? I'm going to Hershey PA this
> > weekend.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Josh
> > http://www.pingeek.com
> >
> >
>
>