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Carlo87

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What's good with that?

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PuddleSkipper

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Let me guess, your a millennial and talking through the computer, or texting through your phone are your only forms of communication. So if no one is answering your questions..........I hope you are joking. I looked at your post, looks like you answered your own question. Dig into the forums, do research on your car, if you have passion for these cars like most do here you'll fit right in. I've been on here awhile and I'm still learning things and am pretty amazed at all the ways people come up with different ways to do things, because of the limiting factors of these cars, this is the most creative Honda site I know of. And if you are amazed let that person know, you don't truly grasp how much time, money, and energy goes into these builds until you start to build your own. And many people have started threads on here that were simply restorations, my kudos to them! I love simply still seeing these cars on the road! So start a thread, determine where you want to go with your project, and whether it's budget driven or what, ask questions along the way, and just go with it!



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Carlo87

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Yeah I was just messing around hahaha

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Carlo87

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Do you know a lot about these cars? I know about 88 and up CRX and Civics but just Learning about these ones. I'm having a issue with the fan it turns on one day and the next it doesn't I'm thinking it's one of the thermal sensors but this car has 4. Have you ever replaced any of those sensors?

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Sinub

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Do you know a lot about these cars? I know about 88 and up CRX and Civics but just Learning about these ones. I'm having a issue with the fan it turns on one day and the next it doesn't I'm thinking it's one of the thermal sensors but this car has 4. Have you ever replaced any of those sensors?

 

As Puddleskipper said, do the research. The answer to your question is out there. I'm a millennial myself. But to save yourself the search, there is only one sensor that tells the fan to turn on and off. It's located on the bottom of the radiator near the battery side. I never could figure out my fan issue for whatever reason. It never would stay on long enough to cool the car so I just have it running constantly. 

If you have an A/C system then you'll have a relay to mess with as well, if the car never came with A/C then your fan circuit will not have a relay.  These systems are very simple, but annoying at times. 



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Carlo87

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I been looking playa I can't find nada about my issue. The FSM shows two thermal sensors the one you are talking about and the other one on back side of the block. But on the Honda web sight I Buy parts from shows two more and they are both on the head. But I'm going to buy the sensor on the Rad and go from there thx Sinub!


only thing I have from the AC is the switch I got in the mail with some other parts from one Of my Honda buddy's Haha.

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I could tell you what I think it is but if you just replace that and it doesn't work it kinda makes you just a parts changer, lol. I was a parts changer awhile back, lol, all the money I wasted that could have been more wisely spent on performance parts..........The best place to start is your schematic. I am not sure if the schematics are on this website but you can get a factory manual off ebay burnt on a disc in PDF form for around $30-$35. Learn all the sensors and what they do, if you can't find something ask questions. I couldn't find a PA sensor for the life of me and it turns out it wasn't in the engine compartment, its up under the dash above the pedal assembly. For your issue follow the path of the circuit, the factory manual tells you the path of the wire, the plugs it travels through, and the location of those plugs in the car. Once you figure out which switch it is you can jump the wires on it when your fan is not coming on to see if it does come on when you jump the terminals, if that works I'd measure voltage just to make sure it's up to what it should be, and your good to go. If your not good on both of those things then you need to trace out the wiring. That's the beginning of trouble shooting, at least electrical trouble shooting, if you master it you can go far and make good money. I work in HVAC now and the only reason I ended up in it was because on learning on this site. I had to start over though, learning the sensors, and AC current is different than DC, I'm just an apprentice but at least I'm on my way to a six figure income and I currently have a company vehicle with company gas card and company cell phone. That means I don't have to worry about my ride breaking down and if it's not the best car on gas because of a turbo.....oh, well! Need to pay down debt from that worthless bachelors degree.... <_<.....then it's fun time! America needs tradesmen, Mike Rowe has plenty of videos on youtube about this I watched before I switched careers. I would never again take out a loan, that you can never get out of, even after bankruptcy, for something that might work, only to start out life with a negative balance. In the trades they pay for your school and you get $1.50-$2 raises every 6 months.........no debt and starting out life on a positive balance. (Not to mention making cash on side jobs....)