91 Accord anti-freeze boiling?

[slowaccord]

Hello, I have a problem with my accord, runs and drives fine exept for my antifreeze..ill be driving normally...60 65mph my temp gauge will skyrocket I have to turn my heat on full blast and switch my radiator fan on pretty much as soon as I start driving.. its a newer radiator..I wired up a slim fan the lower hose stays nice and cool the upper hose is very very hot..even with the fan blowing on it...ill shut it off and you can hear it boiling and see it boiling in the coolant resivour... any ideas??? I'm tired of driving around in 85degree weather with the heat cranked...

[visualpoet]

I'm assuming you burped the system? If you did, then replace your thermostat, do a flush and fill on the cooling system.

[slowaccord]

Yeah I burped it cracked the bolt on the thermostat housing till it spewed a steady stream out also..ill try and pick up a thermostat this week they're only ten bucks

[blazedealh91]

also in tell you get the money for the thermostat take the old one out and run with out one for a little so if that dors fix it atleast you will not mess up the head

[kelton]

Im going to say replace thermostat.

[accordztech]

thermostat dead on. ONLY GO WITH AN OEM THERMOSTAT!!!! I always had them aftermarket ones fail after a year or so, oem is only a little more but they last a LONG time!

Replace that, maybe the hose if you didnt already and put a new radiator cap.

[slowaccord]

Bought a new radiator cap from advanced auto, the spring and everything inside the cap broke off a week after having it on there...I lost the recipt or id bring it back...ill pick up a new thermostat soon, should I just take the thermostat out till I get a new one?

[osl]

thermostat dead on. ONLY GO WITH AN OEM THERMOSTAT!!!! I always had them aftermarket ones fail after a year or so, oem is only a little more but they last a LONG time!

Replace that, maybe the hose if you didnt already and put a new radiator cap.

I was about to say that to. I wondered why my car was overheating sometimes because the people I bought it from kept it in good shape so they must have replaced the t-stat before. Turns out the replacement was a cheap junk from Autozone. I bought one from Oreilly and it solved the problem. Make sure you either buy OEM or premium. The premium has a jiggle valve and is a better t-stat. Don't go buying one of those fail-safes either. I heard horror stories about them.

[accordztech]

Bought a new radiator cap from advanced auto, the spring and everything inside the cap broke off a week after having it on there...I lost the recipt or id bring it back...ill pick up a new thermostat soon, should I just take the thermostat out till I get a new one?

if your going to take it out just put a new one in, no point in wasting all that time and coolant.

[slowaccord]

Thanks for the imput guys! I went out to advanced auto and bought the best thermostat they had, was fifteen dollars haha..so far car hasn't overheated I ran cold air through the vents and the temp gauge didn't even go up.. thanks again for the help

[accordztech]

man should of went oem, I think its a few bucks more.