overheating?

hello i have a 96 civic lx manuel...the car runs fine...but when i turn on the ac for like 5-10 mintues ...the car starts to over heat... i checked the raditator and that is fine...when i turn off the ac it goes back to normal....any help??? oh yeah one time i drove around for a long period of time and car started to over heat and i did not turn on the ac..but then i came to a stop and it went back down..need help please...?

When the temperature starts climbing up you should hear the cooling fan to start. If it does not look there.

Sam

yeah i do hear the fan

Check your coolant level.

Is your coolant cycling?

Most likely you just need to replace the thermotstat and coolant.

ok thanks