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My 98 Integra is overheating at idling, but immediately cools down when
driving. I am going to flush the antifreeze, change the thermostat, and
perhaps the water pump. Where are these items located under the hood?
Any suggestions as to my diagnosis? Thanks.

> My 98 Integra is overheating at idling, but immediately cools down when
> driving. I am going to flush the antifreeze, change the thermostat, and
> perhaps the water pump. Where are these items located under the hood?
> Any suggestions as to my diagnosis? Thanks.

Your fans are running when they are supposed to?

"jmrodriguez777" <rodjmjr@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:08847fee1ab047ba277701f6ad16ce3a@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com:

> My 98 Integra is overheating at idling, but immediately cools down when
> driving. I am going to flush the antifreeze, change the thermostat, and
> perhaps the water pump. Where are these items located under the hood?
> Any suggestions as to my diagnosis? Thanks.
>

Change the thermostat,use a real ACURA TS,not an aftermarket replacement.
It's at the front of the block,to the left of the distributor.The housing
also has a coolant temp sensor.One of the radiator hoses goes to the
housing. It's hard to get at one of the 2 bolts holding the housing on.You
also have to bleed the air out using a bleed port on the right side of the
distributor.


The water pump is a tough (major)job,requires removal of the timing belt
cover,you may want to replace the belt at the same time,if over 60K miles
on the motor.I'd do the thermostat first,see if that fixes your cooling
problem.It did on my 94 GSR,same symptoms.

$20 bucks will buy you a Haynes manual at your local PepBoys,Advance
Discount Auto Parts,or AutoZone,it has pictures and instructions.

There are also procedures for testing the cooling fans,fan relays,etc.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

"jmrodriguez777" <rodjmjr@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:08847fee1ab047ba277701f6ad16ce3a@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com:

> My 98 Integra is overheating at idling, but immediately cools down when
> driving. I am going to flush the antifreeze, change the thermostat, and
> perhaps the water pump. Where are these items located under the hood?
> Any suggestions as to my diagnosis? Thanks.
>


Check your coolant level at the rad. What you say sound suspiciously like
low coolant.

If at idle it starts to overheat and you then rev it, does the gauge go
back down?

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