Please help, i took my 92 civic to a shop to have them read my codes(engine light was on), and man says i need a coolant temp sensor , so he sells me one he has there that he never used. i drove off and my tempature was high so i went back and he said its an air bubble. long story short the guys an idiot he replaced my tempature on off swith!, so i purchased the coolant temp sensor, but he broke it in my block! so he put my old temp sensor back and installed a new temp on off switch, but my car temp gauge shows its really hot. why? this was never happening before. my car was running great.

 

Take the car back to the man who worked on the car. And have him correct the issue.

I just don't know how much trust you can have with the man at this point,,,

 

this guy is horrible cant take it back there, not to mention i told him it was overheating and he said it was an air bubble. well i just bleed the air out of the cooling system and its still overheating.

 

considering the age of the car, bubbling in the cooling system could be from blown head gasket.

Do your local search and find qualified auto mechanic to work on your car.

Good luck,,,,

 

http://www.mishimoto.com/how-to-guid...ing-guide.html

Check this out and let me know if it helps at all. It may help you pinpoint the exact issue.

 

thanks guys, i went to auto zone picked up all sensors brand new and installed them myself. car is running great and i bleed the coolant just incase. thanks everyone!

 

I thought you had an overheating problem. Changing sensors doesn't correct that issue, does it?

 

The thermal switch on the thermostat housing controls the radiator fan. Failure of that one often causes overheating sitting in traffic because the fan doesn't come on when it should. The other two sensors can't do anything to actually control the temperature of the engine. The one under the distributor with one wire drives the gauge on the dash. Rarely it will make the gauge read hot when it really isn't.

 

Ah,,how could I forget the thermo switch for the radiator fan!!!

This is why I need to got to "SKOOL", and learn.