what could be wrong now?

[bionictony]

lately my civic has a lot of starting problems... might be the california heat... 90+ degrees all day and a/c doesnt work!

i had a ecu code 16 earlier this week. i was told that the main relays were a common problem and replaced it with a new one. the old one smelled funny too . then i unplugged the battery and replugged it again. car is error free.

now after i drive for a while and try to turn on the car again the starter seems to struggle then start. my dad cleaned and rebuilt the starter about 2 months ago and it started fine until then. it might not be the starter. the battery is a few months old too. i don't think it's the ignitor thing in the dist. cap. it's also a few months old.

today i drove about 50 miles at night and it wasn't hot either. the temp gauge went up to about 75% when i was going up a 10% hill. its never done that before. i turned on the heater on to bring it down. it worked and i drove for a couple more miles. after i shut the car down and tried to restart it, nothing happened the engine didn't turn or anything. the main relay was clicking too so i think that wasnt the problem. there were no error codes from the ecu.

finally i was playing with the fuses checking to see of any were blown and i happened to pull the alternator relay fuse. while it was out i turned the key and the motor struggled without starting. the fuse wasn't blown. then i replaced it with a spare and tried to start again. it struggled then started finally what could be wrong now? my car has about 142k miles on it.. stock everything.

[civickiller]

well since you said yoru starter was struggling its one of 3 problems

1. your starter is no good
2. yoru battery is no good barely putting down enough volts to start the car
3. a ground is loose
4. something in the motor itself is causing alot of resistance, chekc your oil

as for your cooling problems, since when u put the heater on it worked, could be pretty much anythging, thermostat, waterpump, pressure lost somwhere like a leaking or loose hose, your radiator is bad, any one of those could cause overheating, make sure its not just low on water

[bionictony]

my dad did some tests and he says its the cylinoid on the starter. like it wasn't popping or something.. thanks for the input.. i'll check the hoses and waterpump.

[ED7 Drifter]

can you guys help me? I am looking for the cooling radiator for my civic ed7 '90.

where can i find it, just online.I took a look at Takakaira.com but nothing...

The OEM costs 400 $...and it's plastic...

[crxlvr]

check ebay or get a fluidyne rad, for 400 atleast they are made of aluminum.

[tylertime]

if you find a local radiator shop they might redo your old one for 50-100 bucks cash warrantied rebuilt rads shouldn't be more than 200 at napa or wherever oem is always a rip-off