Hmm to all experience driver here..
i dont understand why lately my car overheat after replacing a new high flow air filter..
ok now heres the detail:
the last normal paper filter get stuck so much that i wanted to change it,so i get an K&N OEM Drop in air filter..
so yesterday my car got stuck in a very very big jam that the car just go below 10km/h
after sometime,the temperature that is normally 40%-50% reading of the gauge rise up to like 80% i was so scare that the engine could blow or something..
then i turn off the air cond and try to shift the gear to N when in real stop(i mean all this while is in D and i step and release the brake,sometime the traffic dont move at all up to 1min) still after awhile then the temperature drop back to its normal range..
i cant really make sure which part of the thing cause this problem..for overheating i guess is all chain related matter as in normal driving mode/high speed/high rev highway driving there isnt any problem at all.
p/s:for this i guess is the radiator coolant faulty|air filter indirectly affect this as its freeflow suck too much hot air from the surrounding while jam(outer temp is kinda high above 34-35) that cause the coolant not capable to cool the engine in time|moving parts in the engine friction vibration cause temp to rise - all in chain
another more technical prob i think is the air sensor/ecu not yet used to the new filter because this car all this while in 6years clocking over 450k KM are using paper filter that has limited flow..so it cant accept the new filter as the flow is high and cant adjust properly the fuel/air mixture.. my car usually dont vibrate that much during idle on gear D in traffic stop..but yesterday the interior was shaking like theres earth quake,the rpm just went below normal range like below 500rpm
btw the car is a Honda Accord 2.0 VTEC year 2000 with F20A engine and a sucky gear box that is replace 2years ago.
all this happen the first time,after major servicing of new engine oil grading 5W-40(normally i use 10W-30) ATF flush and replace,Airfilter replacement..
hope you guys can give some comment to enlighten me the problem..
edit: one more thing is FC is rising too..maybe due to that massive traffic jam,i service this car on monday 12 feb thats 3days ago
This post has been edited by [ r u g a ]: Feb 15 2007, 02:02 PM
OverHeating, After changing filter car tend to overht