Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

"loewent" <loewent@gmail.com> wrote in message
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The real funny part about the temperature here is that its supposed to
be -2C on Sunday.

I may try another dealer.

Thanks for the reply.

t

The dealers in Winnipeg suck. Give Harvest Honda in Steinbach a call.
They've always been good to me.
As for the heat issue, have you tried using recirculate on the heater? It'll
help warm up quicker in the cold weather, but has the tendancy to fog the
windows if left on too long.

I have to agree with Tegger on the thermostat, you could have a dud. I hope
you get the temperature issue rectified.

Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

Harvest Honda is the dealer who's feeding me this line. Thats where
we bought the car from. So far, not impressed. I used to have a good
contact at Birchwood Regent, but he works at Crown Nissan now.

t


On Jan 15, 9:15 am, "Iowna Uass" <iownau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "loewent" <loew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:aa889579-17a9-4dc2-9718-b495ba039f9d@m2g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
> The real funny part about the temperature here is that its supposed to
> be -2C on Sunday.
>
> I may try another dealer.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> t
>
> The dealers in Winnipeg suck. Give Harvest Honda in Steinbach a call.
> They've always been good to me.
> As for the heat issue, have you tried using recirculate on the heater? It'll
> help warm up quicker in the cold weather, but has the tendancy to fog the
> windows if left on too long.
>
> I have to agree with Tegger on the thermostat, you could have a dud. I hope
> you get the temperature issue rectified.

Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

The latest from the dealer is that he thinks I have a plugged cabin
air filter. I am at a loss as to how this could affect the engine
operating temperature. Where do they find these guys?

Comments?
t

On Jan 15, 9:25 am, loewent <loew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Harvest Honda is the dealer who's feeding me this line. Thats where
> we bought the car from. So far, not impressed. I used to have a good
> contact at Birchwood Regent, but he works at Crown Nissan now.
>
> t
>
> On Jan 15, 9:15 am, "Iowna Uass" <iownau...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "loewent" <loew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:aa889579-17a9-4dc2-9718-b495ba039f9d@m2g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
> > The real funny part about the temperature here is that its supposed to
> > be -2C on Sunday.
>
> > I may try another dealer.
>
> > Thanks for the reply.
>
> > t
>
> > The dealers in Winnipeg suck. Give Harvest Honda in Steinbach a call.
> > They've always been good to me.
> > As for the heat issue, have you tried using recirculate on the heater? It'll
> > help warm up quicker in the cold weather, but has the tendancy to fog the
> > windows if left on too long.
>
> > I have to agree with Tegger on the thermostat, you could have a dud. I hope
> > you get the temperature issue rectified.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

BTW I did try the recirc option yesterday. It was marginally better,
but caused my windshield to fog up.

On Jan 15, 9:15 am, "Iowna Uass" <iownau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "loewent" <loew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:aa889579-17a9-4dc2-9718-b495ba039f9d@m2g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
> The real funny part about the temperature here is that its supposed to
> be -2C on Sunday.
>
> I may try another dealer.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> t
>
> The dealers in Winnipeg suck. Give Harvest Honda in Steinbach a call.
> They've always been good to me.
> As for the heat issue, have you tried using recirculate on the heater? It'll
> help warm up quicker in the cold weather, but has the tendancy to fog the
> windows if left on too long.
>
> I have to agree with Tegger on the thermostat, you could have a dud. I hope
> you get the temperature issue rectified.

Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

loewent wrote:
> The latest from the dealer is that he thinks I have a plugged cabin
> air filter. I am at a loss as to how this could affect the engine
> operating temperature. Where do they find these guys?
>
> Comments?
> t


Ex-Dodge dealership mechanics....

Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

"News" <News@Group.Name> wrote in message
news:GPidnYbNq_h_wPLUnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
> loewent wrote:
>> The latest from the dealer is that he thinks I have a plugged cabin
>> air filter. I am at a loss as to how this could affect the engine
>> operating temperature. Where do they find these guys?
>>
>> Comments?
>> t
>
>
> Ex-Dodge dealership mechanics....
>
The voice of experience :-}

Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

"Iowna Uass" <iownauass@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ZpIbl.22533$H12.7755@newsfe12.iad...
>
> "loewent" <loewent@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:aa889579-17a9-4dc2-9718-b495ba039f9d@m2g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
> The real funny part about the temperature here is that its supposed to
> be -2C on Sunday.
>
> I may try another dealer.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> t
>
> The dealers in Winnipeg suck. Give Harvest Honda in Steinbach a call.
> They've always been good to me.
> As for the heat issue, have you tried using recirculate on the heater?
> It'll help warm up quicker in the cold weather, but has the tendancy to
> fog the windows if left on too long.
>
> I have to agree with Tegger on the thermostat, you could have a dud. I
> hope you get the temperature issue rectified.
>
>
Add my opinion to that. You can put your hand on the radiator hoses when the
temp guage should be up but isn't. If you have one warm hose that clinches
it: the thermostat isn't doing its job.

I had a thermostat stick open about a millimeter once. The car (a 1970
Volvo) refused to warm up. A new thermostat was like magic.

Mike

Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

On Jan 15, 9:25 am, loewent <loew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Harvest Honda is the dealer who's feeding me this line. Thats where
> we bought the car from. So far, not impressed. I used to have a good
> contact at Birchwood Regent, but he works at Crown Nissan now.
>
> t
>
> On Jan 15, 9:15 am, "Iowna Uass" <iownau...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "loewent" <loew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:aa889579-17a9-4dc2-9718-b495ba039f9d@m2g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
> > The real funny part about the temperature here is that its supposed to
> > be -2C on Sunday.
>
> > I may try another dealer.
>
> > Thanks for the reply.
>
> > t
>
> > The dealers in Winnipeg suck. Give Harvest Honda in Steinbach a call.
> > They've always been good to me.
> > As for the heat issue, have you tried using recirculate on the heater? It'll
> > helpwarmup quicker in the cold weather, but has the tendancy to fog the
> > windows if left on too long.
>
> > I have to agree with Tegger on the thermostat, you could have a dud. I hope
> > you get the temperature issue rectified.


Just made my appointment for my second 'B' service and asked that they
change the thermostat at the same time. They didn't even fight it,
said 'no problem, you shouldn't be experiencing that type of problem
in a new car'.

Nice!

t

Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

On Feb 22, 9:13 am, loewent <loew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 15, 9:25 am, loewent <loew...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Harvest Honda is the dealer who's feeding me this line. Thats where
> > we bought the car from. So far, not impressed. I used to have a good
> > contact at Birchwood Regent, but he works at Crown Nissan now.
>
> > t
>
> > On Jan 15, 9:15 am, "Iowna Uass" <iownau...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > "loewent" <loew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> > >news:aa889579-17a9-4dc2-9718-b495ba039f9d@m2g2000vbp.googlegroups.com....
> > > The real funny part about the temperature here is that its supposed to
> > > be -2C on Sunday.
>
> > > I may try another dealer.
>
> > > Thanks for the reply.
>
> > > t
>
> > > The dealers in Winnipeg suck. Give Harvest Honda in Steinbach a call.
> > > They've always been good to me.
> > > As for the heat issue, have you tried using recirculate on the heater? It'll
> > > helpwarmup quicker in the cold weather, but has the tendancy to fog the
> > > windows if left on too long.
>
> > > I have to agree with Tegger on the thermostat, you could have a dud. I hope
> > > you get the temperature issue rectified.
>
> Just made my appointment for my second 'B' service and asked that they
> change the thermostat at the same time. They didn't even fight it,
> said 'no problem, you shouldn't be experiencing that type of problem
> in a new car'.
>
> Nice!
>
> t- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thermostat changed. All seems much better. a 7km highway run that
usually yielded no change in the coolant temp gauge at -20C got to
full warmup temperature.

The invoice from the dealer said thermostat was stuck open. The
service advisor also said that whenever he had done a thermostat on a
06-09 civic, Honda ALWAYS asks for the parts back. I shot back asking
why he said it wouldn't make a difference, and I think I have earned
some respect from this yahoo now. Maybe the next warranty issue
(fingers crossed) won't be like pulling hens teeth to get fixed.

t

Re: 08 civic warm up issues
 

"loewent" <loewent@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Thermostat changed. All seems much better. a 7km highway run that
usually yielded no change in the coolant temp gauge at -20C got to
full warmup temperature.

The invoice from the dealer said thermostat was stuck open. The
service advisor also said that whenever he had done a thermostat on a
06-09 civic, Honda ALWAYS asks for the parts back. I shot back asking
why he said it wouldn't make a difference, and I think I have earned
some respect from this yahoo now. Maybe the next warranty issue
(fingers crossed) won't be like pulling hens teeth to get fixed.

t

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I second Tegger's "thank you" for the feedback. It appears a lot of Civic
owner's are still in the situation you were in and too many are being told
"it isn't the thermostat... go away." Maybe they can get some sarisfaction
now.

Mike