Cardboard in front of radiator?

The_HeadThe_Head familEE
in Engine & Drivetrain
It's pretty cold here today (22*F) and I was driving my girlfriends wago around to charge up the battery. When the car is moving the temperature needle stays at the bottom. When stopped the temperature reading on the gauge is normal.

Was wondering if this is a thermostat problem, or do I need a poor man's winter front (cardboard)?

Comments

  • slo88crxslo88crx Senior Wagonist
    Probably woldn't be a bad idea to change your thermostat anyways but, the cardboard trick allways worked for me when I lived in Wyoming!
  • JakerJaker familEE
    If I had to guess, I'd say the thermostat is stuck open. I used to live in colder climates, and even on the coldest days (minus 40c, which just happens to be -40f as well) the car still had heat, and the engine temperature behaved normally. I never needed any sort of rad block off.
  • The_HeadThe_Head familEE
    Where did you live in Wyoming?


    and.. where on Majestic Honda is the thermostat listed? I'm having trouble finding it.
  • JakerJaker familEE
    Ottawa, Ontario. Coldest national capitol after Moscow.
  • The_HeadThe_Head familEE
    I was talking to the guy who used to live in Wyoming. :oops:
  • progressprogress Wagonist
    Changing the thermostat prolly will help but the cardboard works too! I too used to live in Ottawa, Canada (home of the longest outdoor skating rink in the world! and Beavertails! Yum, garlic butter and cheese!) and the cardboard helped and I did also get temp readings on my gauge during winter.

    Jaker, when did you live there? I left Ottawa the summer of 2001.
  • slo88crxslo88crx Senior Wagonist
    I lived in Laramie for a year i went to wyotech and to be honest i lmiss livin there! the cold and the kick ass non humid summers!
  • The_HeadThe_Head familEE
    I get my parts from these guys...

    www.hondaautomotiveparts.com

    I can't find which schematic has the thermostat though.
  • JakerJaker familEE
    progress wrote:
    Jaker, when did you live there? I left Ottawa the summer of 2001.

    Nepean most of my life (about 24 years). Kemptville the last 4 years before i moved here in 1999.
  • PlateusPlateus Band Wagon
    lol reminds me of my 90 crx hf with a dohc zc swap I used to have, I'd have to agree with changing the thermostat, but I did the same thing, and lots of cardboard in the front of it, guy before me took out the blower motor, cause he was aiming for lightest crx on the planet earth, or something, so I never had any heat anyway. For a while I was blaming it on the 93 integra radiator I was using, but winter eventually passed. Not cool getting stuck on ice in an HF though.
  • The_HeadThe_Head familEE
    Long ago, I gutted the interior of my first Civic in the quest for lightness. Now, I don't care.
  • theidealonetheidealone New Wagonist
    The_Head wrote:
    I get my parts from these guys...

    http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com

    I can't find which schematic has the thermostat though.

    http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/aut ... WATER+PUMP

    Water Pump schematic. Part #19 on the diagram.
  • The_HeadThe_Head familEE
    Thanks alot!
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