1995 Honda Passport overheating?

Posted by admin on Apr 30th

Tonight I was driving around in my Passport and noticed the temp guage was close to the red. Guessing it was the radiator, I headed for a gas station to get some water. As I was doing so, the oil light came on. When I got to the gas station, I checked the radiator and oil levels, and both were normal. Just to be safe, I topped off the radiator and put in a quart of oil. But as soon as I started driving it again, the temp went back up, and the light came back on. The oil light goes away when I am accelerating, but when I am idling it comes back on. Any ideas?

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Tagged: 1995, Honda, overheating, Passport

3 Responses to “1995 Honda Passport overheating?”

Apr 30th at 12:05 am By: Gene

make sure that it is not your oil pressure. It might be a sensor but in this case, i dont think so. not sure, but it may be an oil pressure switch. This one is a good one. Make sure that ur not leaking anything. Check ur thermostat because that may be affecting it and be close and not letting in the new cool coolant and there fore the oil is getting hot because there is no way to cool down the engine. The thermostat housing should be located with a lower radiator tube attached to it. Check that, what you do is take it off and put it in boiling water. If it opens, then it is working properly but if it doesnt, then its got to be something else.

Apr 30th at 12:54 am By: dinosaur

hot engine(check to be sure your cooling fan or fans are working to cool the radiator)if it still runs hot and they are working next check that your thermostate is opening at the manufactures recomended heat if not replace it ,or if you haven’t for some time I would anyway to rule it out [less than a $7.00 part to change and can save big bucks later ](check for bubbles coming up in your coolant at the fill cap)if this is the case you may have hot compression getting into your cooling system causing an overheat but not always enough to cause it to push out antifreeze.checking compression will verify a blown head gasket between cylinders into the water jacket.check your oil for water it will be a milky grey or can also be light brown depending on the oil and content of water.OIL thins out at high temperatures and drops the oil pressure causing the light to come on.reving/accelerating brings the pressure back up .
caution reminder !
As with any vehicle be careful around animals with antifreeze it is lethal in most cases if they drink it .

Apr 30th at 1:26 am By: chinochang

check all of your coolant hoses.

your radiator might be clogged.
or your thermostat might need to be changed.

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