1988 prelude 4ws

[MackM]

Ok that is what happened, I drove to pick someone up, and I hear
water flowing and it smells like engine coolant. I get out of the car,
look under it and see something leaking.

So I drive the person in
question home but with the engine temperture at its maximum, turn it off for it to cool down and then drive back home.

At home I put in some engine coolant and theres no leaking anywhere, the car temperature stays alright, but theres no heat, only cold air flows in my car, I couldnt defrost my windows yesterday and couldnt scrape of the ice cause it was to hard. Today its colder but sunny so the ice melted.

The day this happened the rpms where going up to 1.5k-2k and down to 0 over and over again. Now sometimes it stays stable at 1k, but later starts going up and down from 0 to 1.5k-2k. But we just guessed its the rpm sensor, so we will try to find it and replace it(this thing is freekn hard to find any link that can help).

So yeh right now everything is fine, except for the rpms, wich doesnt really matter I believe. The only rpoblem is the heat, engine temperature is alright, but there is no heat whatsoever.

Any ideas on what it could be or should be done? Thanks.

[Gohan Ryu]

I'm guessing a bad heater core. But the only thing that could go wrong with a heater core would be a leak or a plug, and you aren't seeing any leaks and you aren't overheating, so that's probably a bad guess.

[MackM]

Originally Posted by Gohan Ryu

I'm guessing a bad heater core. But the only thing that could go wrong with a heater core would be a leak or a plug, and you aren't seeing any leaks and you aren't overheating, so that's probably a bad guess.

Thanks for the input, for now I only had time to check the fuses, made sure the fan works and adjusted the handbreak really quick.

I was told it could be the water pump...

but anyway, next time I'll try to see if the thermostat is mest up or something. The only thing suprising was that the "condensor fan relay" fuse was missing, so I guess there shouldnt be any, or someone took it out, dunno.

Ill keep the post updated.

[chucksnee]

Here you go! Everything you wanted to know about our 3rd gen idle.

http://preludepower.com/forums/showthread.php?t=211317

[MackM]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

Here you go! Everything you wanted to know about our 3rd gen idle.

http://preludepower.com/forums/showthread.php?t=211317

Man thanks for the link, this gives me lots of other things to check out heh, and anther forums to register.

[JJFURAY]

what does ws in 4ws mean? jeff

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by JJFURAY

what does ws in 4ws mean? jeff

4 Wheel Steering