overheating problems please help

[Tom+integra]

i just got a 91 ls the otherday and i was driving through some mountain roads then when i got back to residential and stopped at a light when i pulled a away the throttle response went really weird it wouldnt accellerate and then it went back to normal then then it did it again and i noticed the temperature was in the red so i went to pull over on a side street it died on me i waited ten minutes for it to cool down then i started it and drove home whats wrong with it? please help

 

[patrick4588]

check your coolant level? check your oil to see if its milky

 

[Tom+integra]

the coolant is low but the oil looks fine

 

[Samurai_Blue]

check the radiator for leaks. this happened to my friend, either the radiator is leaking, a hose is torn, or head gasket

 

[Aussie]

Might be a bad thermostat. Check your lower radiator hose to see if it gets hot when the engine is running.

 

[Tom+integra]

went driving after i added some coolant driving home it died at a light coast it down the hill parked it and opened the hood it was leaking from around the upper radiater hose i dont think its that hose thats leaking though

 

[Aussie]

If your car is shutting off from over heating you have some problems. You shouldn't be driving it until you can diagnose the problem.

 

[wite2nr]

went driving after i added some coolant driving home it died at a light coast it down the hill parked it and opened the hood it was leaking from around the upper radiater hose i dont think its that hose thats leaking though

check the 2 heater hoses. one of mine busted causing me massive headaches.

 

[Tom+integra]

i took it to the shop today and they said the guy before me replaced one of the radiater pipes but all of the others were the original so it seems one of them failed and they checked the head gasket and they said it was good so they're going to replace all of the old ones so it seems like my car shall survive thanks for the help guys but would a leak in one of the hoses really cause all that

 

[Aussie]

It could, glad to here it was something minor.

 

[wite2nr]

here is my overheating problems thread: http://www.clubintegra.com/board/showthread.php?t=21643&page=2

if you are replacing the hoses, might as well change the thermostat, its is cheap for a new thermostat/gasket, around $15 and can save you some headache.

i was on the freeway on the way home from starbucks after a little hold up with the police and the car overheated again. i shut it off and intermittently turned on the car/cruised in neutral all the way home to prevent getting too far in the red. when i got home the rad was bone dry. cause of the problem was a busted hose, the small hose that i believe goes to the heater core? it is runs parallel to the intake / valve cover vaccum line on the intake.. i thought shit maybe it actually was my headgasket when i got home and saw antifreeze all over my tranny leaking from above the tranny/under dizzy, right about where the head meets the block. anyways, new rad, thermostat, flush, upper / lower rad hoses, heater core hoses and now everything is in tip top shape.

 

[Samurai_Blue]

good luick with everything