hello my name is patrick and i am looking at buying a 93 honda civic, the guy says that it starts up and will run untill it gets hot then cuts off and you can't start it back up untill it is cooled down, he is selling it to me cheap but before i buy i was wondering if anyone knew what could cause this any help would be great....

 

swap out the radiator and throw in a brand spanin new intercooler. Or its needs new radiator fluid.

 

BTW welcome to the forum!

 

Do you know if it will actually shut off after it gets hot or it wont start after it get hot after you shut it off?

 

WELCOME!!!

 

Huh?
Im not following, its turbo?

 

it's not turbo or not yet at least..thats one of my big plans...cuzin has twin kit sitting in his garge that he will give me as my grad gift ...but yes it does actually cut its self off like it just dies once it gets warmed up you can only drive it for about a mile two miles tops....and i was thinking could it be a themostat....but thank you 4 the help so far....

 

I used to have a Volkswagon that did that and it turned out to be the fuel filter. Don't know if that helps or even applies here but you know, I have to chime in anyway. Oh, and my GSX-R wouldn't start when it got hot and that turned out to be carbon deposits in the combustion chamber. Apparently carbon deposits get really hot and glow, kinda like a deisel glow plug, and that glowing hot pinhead of carbon will cause pre-ignition and make it a bee-otch to start. Does it sound like the battery is dying if you try to start it when it's hot?

 

i'm not a 100% sure the car is in ohio and i live in maryland i have seen lots of pictures and he has discided the problem the best he could and has not a clue what a wrench is so i can only go by what he says and i talked with his dad and dad said it does not cool at all so worse case is i find a engine a drop that into it....but i want to do that under $1000

 

Not cooling at all? Maybe water pump or even the temp sending unit. Are we sure it even has coolant in it? They can't be that inept, huh?

For $1000 you maayyy be able to squeeze a B16 in there but I wouldn't count on it. You could just get a D16Z6, the Ex motor. They usually go for ~300 and it'll bolt right in.