93 civic overheats

1993 HONDA CIVIC

294,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC

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my 93 honda runs for 60 klm at normal temp then it goes up into the red zone and goes up and down to half till it over heats i have flushed the radiator and bled system head gasket is okay it seems to overfill reserve tank even if you start of with a empty reserve tank.

Mar 26, 2011 at 5:00 AM

MHPAUTOS

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have the radiator cleaned by a radiator shop, flushing will not clear blocked core tubes, replace the thermostat as well, start here.

Mar 26, 2011 at 5:26 AM

RASMATAZ

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If it continues to overheat pressurize the cooling system and also block test it to find out more-

Mar 26, 2011 at 6:23 AM

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