Running hot

Asked by Guru97TJ4 Jul 26, 2017 at 02:28 AM about the 1997 Honda Accord LX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Car guage showed running hot pulled over
no smoke made it home it cut off still no
steam cooled for about 45mins cranked
right up showing it has water

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see if the fans come on when it gets hot ,(don't drive it like that though ) then replace the thermostat ,flush the system , look on the bottom of the oil fill cap tell us what you see , what does the exhaust look like ?

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