93 Civic overheats

Tiny
JONNOC
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  • 1993 HONDA CIVIC
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 294,000 MILES
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.
Saturday, March 26th, 2011 AT 5:00 AM

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Tiny
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.
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Saturday, March 26th, 2011 AT 5:26 AM
Tiny
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If it continues to overheat pressurize the cooling system and also block test it to find out more-
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Saturday, March 26th, 2011 AT 6:23 AM

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