running hot when idle

[DoriftoTSi]

After some spirited drives through the hills, where i'm usually running the car pretty hard for a long time, i've never really had overheating problems form just dragging. But when i'm driving through the hills, the temp is perfectly fine, but when i stop to take a break for a minute or so, the engine temp starts to rise. It gets pretty close to the last check before it hits the red on stock gauge. When i start driving the car once again, the temp goes down. I hear my fans running, but it doesn't seem to keep the temp down where it normally should be, is there something else wrong? Maybe i'm not paying close enough attention and the fans aren't quite blowing well.

My friends crx had the same problem, he said he had to replace his fans, and that fixed the problem, and i also read up and someone said they just replaced the radiator cap. Well, what could be the most likely problem?

 

[Staytuned]

If your car cools while driving...but not while sitting and idling I would say it was your fans also. Check them to see if they are actually running or are partially running....maybe they are seizing up or something not quite flowing like they used to.

 

[realhp=turbo]

Safer and easier bet. Change the thermostat and the radiator cap. If it persists I would venture to say headgasket. But I think you'll have it handled with the first option. good luck!