# Overheating 1992 Honda Accord

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-1992-honda-accord/66192>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 12, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-1992-honda-accord/66192 "2011-07-12T13:30:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tomadair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@tomadair](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tomadair)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-1992-honda-accord/66192/1 "2011-07-12T13:30:16Z")

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My Honda maintains normal temperature when on level highway. Climbing to 3000 feet (from about sea level) overheats to the red. It has a new radiator. After the first time I removed the thermostat. It does not lose liquid. After reaching 3000 feet and on level run it returns to normal. There are no leaks around the water pump. What should I try next?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-1992-honda-accord/66192/2 "2011-07-12T13:40:23Z")

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How many miles on this car? Does the electric fan come on when it’s supposed to? To see, turn on the AC & the fan should run.

How old is the water pump?

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-1992-honda-accord/66192/3 "2011-07-12T15:20:18Z")

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Removing the thermostat is NOT a good idea. Please put the thermostat back in.

If the cooling fans are working correctly I’d wonder about the head gasket, but make sure the fans are working first.

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-1992-honda-accord/66192/4 "2011-07-12T15:22:39Z")

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I hope you put the thermostat back in.

Any symptoms besides the gauge?  
You may want to invest in an infrared thermometer.

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-1992-honda-accord/66192/5 "2011-07-12T17:45:36Z")

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This is a classic symptom for a radiator cap that is not holding the specified pressure. Try a new cap. If one came with your new radiator, it could be defective or the wrong pressure.