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'88 Honda Accord LX rough idle problem
The car starts fine. Once it warms up, if the transmission is put into gear
with brake on, the idle will drop to ~250 RPM and the engine makes a bunch of metallic pings before it picks back up and runs at a rough ~750-900 RPM, still idling. I also get a rougher idle if I turn the heater fan up to max. The car also acts really logey from a standstill. The problem doesn't occur if it's already idling ok in gear and I swap it, say from reverse to forward or vice-versa. Also, car seems to idle better in reverse (?!) Any thoughts? My mechanic thought the carb needed rebuilding and asked how much money I wanted to throw at the car. I haven't looked at the fuel filters yet, but want to know if it is worth worrying about or just letting the car go. Thanks, -Chris |
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Chris the pinging is usually water in the fuel system.
Goto wallmart, get an stp fuel carburator, and fuel cleaner, put them in your gas tank and then fillup on gas. There is another fuel cleaner to stop your car from smoking and rough idling. If that doesn't work, look into getting a tuneup! I know a good, honest mechanic, he has a passion for what he does and is old school. He knows all the tricks, so if you need to look into that. Let me know I will give you his name and number! "Chris Hayden" > wrote in message ... > The car starts fine. Once it warms up, if the transmission is put into > gear with brake on, the idle will drop to ~250 RPM and the engine makes a > bunch of metallic pings before it picks back up and runs at a rough > ~750-900 RPM, still idling. I also get a rougher idle if I turn the > heater fan up to max. The car also acts really logey from a standstill. > > The problem doesn't occur if it's already idling ok in gear and I swap it, > say from reverse to forward or vice-versa. Also, car seems to idle better > in reverse (?!) > > Any thoughts? My mechanic thought the carb needed rebuilding and asked > how much money I wanted to throw at the car. I haven't looked at the fuel > filters yet, but want to know if it is worth worrying about or just > letting the car go. > > Thanks, > > -Chris > |
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Gas definitely was part of the problem. I filled it up this morning, and
improvement has shown up already. Car still stalls after initial warmup when first put into gear, but much better than it was - it was stalling at the first drop in RPM during warmup. I'll look into the fuel cleaners. -Chris "stylesandsmiles" > wrote in message ... > Chris the pinging is usually water in the fuel system. > Goto wallmart, get an stp fuel carburator, and fuel cleaner, put them in > your gas tank and then fillup on gas. There is another fuel cleaner to > stop your car from smoking and rough idling. If that doesn't work, look > into getting a tuneup! > I know a good, honest mechanic, he has a passion for what he does and is > old school. He knows all the tricks, so if you need to look into that. Let > me know I will give you his name and number! > > > > > "Chris Hayden" > wrote in message > ... >> The car starts fine. Once it warms up, if the transmission is put into >> gear with brake on, the idle will drop to ~250 RPM and the engine makes a >> bunch of metallic pings before it picks back up and runs at a rough >> ~750-900 RPM, still idling. I also get a rougher idle if I turn the >> heater fan up to max. The car also acts really logey from a standstill. >> >> The problem doesn't occur if it's already idling ok in gear and I swap >> it, say from reverse to forward or vice-versa. Also, car seems to idle >> better in reverse (?!) >> >> Any thoughts? My mechanic thought the carb needed rebuilding and asked >> how much money I wanted to throw at the car. I haven't looked at the >> fuel filters yet, but want to know if it is worth worrying about or just >> letting the car go. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Chris >> > > |
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