overheating 92 ls

treybombRW

New Member
i have a 1992 integra ls and i just went for a drive after installing a cold air intake and it seems like the motor is hotter than ussual. the temp gauge says its fine, but i popped the hood and the valve cover was alot hotter than i'm used to and its not hot outside today its 12 celcius. is it normal for a b18a1 to run hot?
any help would be great.
 

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
metal conducts more heat than plastic fyi.

It could be excess heat from the CAI because the OEM intake is plastic it doesnt resonate heat as much as metal
 

treybombRW

New Member
the cold air intake pipe is nice and cool though i can't see how it would be sending hot air into the intake manifold.
 


Kinta94

Member
also if your temp gauge doesnt work properly you may be over heating. my old temp gauge never went above half and it still over heated.
 


Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
treybombRW said:
the cold air intake pipe is nice and cool though i can't see how it would be sending hot air into the intake manifold.
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what?

your CAI is collecting cold air which is being sent to the intake manifold to be mixed with fuel to be combusted. The heat from the motor is being absorbed by metal. Your car is fine if its at the normal temp reading. Its probably difference in combustion from stock to the af mixture with colder air
 

treybombRW

New Member
i went for a 20 min drive... lol i bet its all good. and sry samurai blue i didn't quite understand that first post but now i get ya lol. i'll keep an eye on it and if it comes down to it i'll put my stock air intake back on.
 

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
did you take off your heat shield for the header too? if you did i would put it back on. but im sure alot of people's engine bays on here are hotter
 

treybombRW

New Member
its not at half its about half a cm to 3/4 cm below half. unless my temp gauge is not getting the proper reading some how.
 
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