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Thermostat ?

Postby korky » Sun Oct 05, 2014 6:27 pm

For the first time last night since buying my Crx I used the heaters (I havent had the car long ) the heaters work great , but I noticed the temp gauge only slightly moved , turn the heaters on to cold and like magic the temp gauge reads normal, is this a thermostat problem ?
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Re: Thermostat ?

Postby solman » Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:32 pm

Possibly, closing the valve off by stopping water coming into the cabin heater syatem increases engine temperature, although it increases it I've never seen it back up to half way on the gauge where it should be.
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Re: Thermostat ?

Postby skitz » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:20 pm

Yeh depends what you see is normal. Half way on the guage is normal
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Re: Thermostat ?

Postby korky » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:43 pm

Yes, slightly before half way is what I would say is normal .
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Re: Thermostat ?

Postby hoppi05 » Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:58 pm

My thermostat hardly moves off cold unless the cars stood still played and swapped it loads over the years as my old one and normal one do not do this? Can only assume is because I am running a push fan instead of pull?

But to answer you question just below half was always normal for my dear sol.
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Re: Thermostat ?

Postby korky » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:11 pm

It was the thermostat, phew, glad it wasn't a sensor, strangely enough it wasn't the original Honda thermostat so it has been previously been replaced, (the car only has 68021 miles on to be precise, my esi Civic same engine never needed the stat replacing, and ithad done 140, 000 miles and ran like a deam untill a lady rear ended me and wrote my car off !
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