Overheating engine

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04 Honda 1.7, had bad water pump rattle over heat. Replaced pump timeing belt. Put back togeather, cranked first turn over. Run hot, replaced thermostat. Still ran hot lower radiator was cold top hot. Tried to bleed system bottom hose got warm, not hot and could get not heat inside car. Heater on. Fan off. Car run great, runs up to normal on heat, race motor are drive it it gets really hot. Any help. Thanks

I tried several ways, I took the cap the cap off and fast idled idle the motor that didn't work. Then pulled the fan switch out as a bleeder and tried that. It snowed 12 hrs yesterday and is 5 % here today so I thought I would ask for advice before playing in water again. Any thing you tell me will help. Thanks

Saturn tech9, think I solved the overheating problem. I had to let it get cold and then bleed it just did that and got heat and so far no over heat. I had done this on 05 Nissan and just had to open cap and let air out, more air with water pump I guess. Thanks for answer back.

My car has been overheating. I have had the radiator, thermostat and even a head gasket replaced and for some reason it is still overheating. I cannot figure out why the coolant has been changed and flushed. The vehicle overheats randomly and it smells like burning rubber. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. Thank you

Yeah satt9, I guess that would have been to easy I looked every place, no dice. Thanks again.

Yes the fans are coming on. And it has not overheated since I have been leaving the heat on.

'04 Honda Civic-1.7L
First the car started overheating only it was sitting in idle. As soon as you would go or if you revved the engine the needle would immediately drop after a few seconds. Replaced the thermostat. It seemed fixed, but started doing it again, put in a new thermostat incase other one was faulty. Still having same problem.
The system was pressure testing and everything was fine. Then had the system flushed and new thermostat put in. It worked for about 150 miles and started doing the same thing.
Brought it in for the water pump, the old one was corroded and warped so it seemed like the problem. After about 100 or so miles still overheating when idle.
We had the radiator replaced, the old one was complete junk, thermostat replaced too. I drove it like normal in town for a day, the next day it started overheating, this time it was doing it while driving, got to about 3/4 up. Turned the car off for a bit, and it didn't do it anymore on the way home.
Today I was driving and it was fine for 4 miles, I sat idling for 1 minute, after driving 1 more mile it started overheating, temp gauge got to halfway. I parked it for a bit and started driving, there was no heat coming from the heater, I had it full blast, nothing but cold air. The car started overheating again, once again halfway. Parked for about 3 minutes and then turned it on, temp was fine and it was blowing full heat out, the car temp was fine the whole way home, no more overheating.

The next step we will take is to replace the head gasket and/or heater core. Is there anything else that this could be? Literally the same week the overheating started, the rear lights were having issues and one time there was no power to the windows. Then the door locks would stop and then work again intermittently. The door locks no longer work at all. Not sure if it is just a coincidence, maybe everything is breaking at once. But there has been no loss of coolant and the oil and coolant consistency have been normal too.

I will add, all the repair work except the first two thermostats has been done by a mechanic. The car has previously made it just past 3/4 on the temperature gauge, recently I do not let it go past halfway as it is climbing and I shut it off to wait for cooldown.

Thank you. I am going to bring it into another mechanic to have it checked out.

I have been fighting this overheating issue for close to a year now. Car will be fine for a few months then overheat again. Thus far I've had head gasket replaced and head checked for cracks with no cracks or warping noted on head. The radiator all hoses and water pump has been replaced as well as several thermostats. The head gasket was replaced relatively early on in these repairs. And since then I have not had car heat to red line again. Car is still pressure testing fine but continues to overheat. About 5 days ago had car towed to shop for overheating. They replaced radiator again stating seal was defective. Last night car overheated again. Now they think its the gasket causing pressure to build and causing radiator to malfunction. At this point I'm not sure what the issue could be but I'm sick of the car overheating. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I had no problems with my car for 10 years. Moved to Oklahoma from Texas and it has been one thing after another. I got a new starter and need new back brakes (I guess). But, it won't stop overheating. Thermostat and sensor (?) Were changed and fans are working. The mechanic referred to me says it's probably head gasket because coolant is leaking out and burning off and wants $800 to fix it. And he said I have a small oil leak. But, when it gets hot in traffic or a drive thru I can watch the needle go back down to half way to C. It goes up and down sometimes. Sometimes it stays near H and doesn't cool off until I start driving. It will not run hot until a week or two after filled with coolant. I need to drive from Moore to Houston a lot (7 hours one way), but I'm afraid it's going to croak on me. Im a single Mom and cant lose my car. Any suggestions? Oh and I live in Oklahoma City area if that helps. Thank you for any help