91 civic ex overheating

[mauler001]

the cable opening the heater core is definately open.
im going to get another thermostat, who knows it could be bad even though its new.
the radiator was already flushed , maybe i need to just flush the heater core by itself.
my car has a tach now id like to keep it that way. could you tell me what gauge clusters fit it though? i have found some from crxs but noe from civics that year. will a crx gauge cluster fit a civic ex?

[TheSilentChamber]

like I said, all 88/89's interchange and all 90/91's interchange.

[honda_luvr_2000]

alright, the easiest way to bleed the system with the car off: open the heater valve (have the HVAC on hot), open the bleeder valve, take the radiator cap off, poor in 50/50 Honda green coolant until it starts streaming out of the bleeder valve, tighten the bleeder valve. turn the car on w/ the radiator cap still off and the heater valve still open but vents off, and top off the radiator as needed.
if the water pump was bad u would be overheating for real, and u said it isn't. it just sounds like either u have a small blockage sumwhere, and/or the heater core is shot. but the cooling fans staying on once they come on, is not right, and the lack of hoses getting hot isn't right either. how long did u let it run before u checked the hoses for heat?
my bro said last night that he is starting to get the same problem w/ his heat. he doesn't get good heat at least. so we'r gonna find out if his heater core is bad, and that should solve u'rs too.

[mauler001]

ive tried bleeding it exactly as you said.having the cap offbleeding it with the heat on max running the car and not running the car. i le the car run for over 45 minutes and even drove it a few miless down the road and up a couple hill and the head we tested temps on in various spots, never getting over 220 F . hoses on top were around 160-70. radiator was around 180-90. thermostat housing around 190-200.

that dosnt seem like it over heating to me.