Hi,

Two months ago I had my thermostat replaced because I wasn't getting any warm air through the air vents, though the engine was hot. In fact the engine was almost to the point of over heating, the temperature back in January was very very cold outside. The new thermostat seemed to do the job, engine was cooling itself properly and heat was now coming into the cabin. Since last Friday my engine has now starting getting to the point of almost overheating and warm air seems to take longer than usual to come through the air vents.

Has anyone had a similar experience? How can I resolve this issue? I find it hard to believe the thermostat is gone again.

Thanks,
William

 

When my car started to stop producing hot air, i went to Acura and told them about my little problem. "We'll take a look at it." they said. It turns out that I had inverted the coolent reserve bottle while changing the cornner lights on the drivers side (you know you gotta remove it)

I'm just guessing, but hope this helps.

P.S have you done anything under the hood recently?

 

Yup. That will cause too much coolant to drain out of the rad. Mine had the same problem, I had to be on the gas for warm air to get out. Topped off the rad, ran for a few days, topped it off again and it's been fine. Check the coolant level, but check it from the rad, when it's cool, not the reserve bottle.

 

I think I'll try topping off the Rad tonight afterwork, I've checked the reserve bottle and it is always filled between the Min/Max marks but I've never taken the rad cap off to check.

Note: I have not done anything under the hood since my last visit to the dealership 2 months ago.

I think these are great ideas, if anyone has another please reply.

Thanks.