car running cold

[htownmike]

This morning it was a little cold out there, at least for us lol, it was the first time I've been in cool weather in this car and I haven't had the car for a very long. Anyway I notice on my way to work, especially during highway speeds, the car's temperature stayed very low. Is is normal for these cars to do this?

[accordztech]

after a drive maybe 10 minutes feel both radiator hoses, they should be both the same and hot.

If not then its a classic sign of a bad thermostat. Get an oem and nothing else.

[htownmike]

I think I know what is the problem. This morning when I put the defrost on I notice it never got warm until I turned it off then it slowly warmed up to operating temperature, but it only start getting back to normal temps when I was idling.

[cloudasc]

Using the defrost button will activate your a/c which thus kicks on the fans, which can lead to an overcooling situation if your thermostat for example is stuck open. You can get a new OEM one from a Stealership for under $20 last time I checked.

There should be several dealerships in Houston. I bought my Fit from John Eagle, and several other trinkets off the 219 over by Copperfield, but I have also gotten parts before from Gilman off the 59 feeder, but for my own personal reasons with their service department wouldn't buy anything from that particular one again.

[htownmike]

Yea I'm going to check that out, thanks.

[JDMConcepts]

Either stuck open or doesn't have one in place

[htownmike]

Yea I found out it didn't have a thermostat. So I put one in. Now it warms up quickly. One problem down many others to go.

[bobbycos]

Yea I found out it didn't have a thermostat. So I put one in. Now it warms up quickly. One problem down many others to go.

somebody cheaped out on fixing a cooling system problem

keep an eye on your temp guage

[deevergote]

That, or it was someone's ghetto "performance modification".
Glad you fixed it before any damage was done! Always keep an eye on your gauges.

[bobbycos]

I always tell people that if the car didn't need a thermostat then Honda would not have spent money and time engineering one into the cooling system

[JDMConcepts]

Haha yeah that's a scene from " when re-engineering the wheel goes wrong"

[Fleetw00d]

Using the defrost button will activate your a/c which thus kicks on the fans, which can lead to an overcooling situation if your thermostat for example is stuck open.

Using the "Defrost" button only directs the air to the windshield. You have to turn on the "AC" button as well to activate the air conditioning system to dry the air.

[existlosangeles]

oh man i would have been so heated if i checked my thermostat and found out
it wasnt there!

[Stoner51]

Using the "Defrost" button only directs the air to the windshield. You have to turn on the "AC" button as well to activate the air conditioning system to dry the air.

I was beginning to think my defroster wasn't working since I always have to turn on the AC.

steve