I have a ?90 Honda civic that is standard transmission. Whenver the car is sitting idle, it makes a type of puttering and feels like its giong to turn off. Sometimes when I put it in gear, the accelerator does not catch for about a second and then it does. During this second, it feels like its about to turn off. What is the problem here?
Puttering problem...
Apr 30, 2008
2 Replies
Hi, Are you saure all 4 plugs are firing proper? If it is bad ign. wire or such you may see it with hood open in the dark. Will see sparks flying around.
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Could be you just need to run a can of injector cleaner through it. Topping up the coolant reservoir will often correct idle problems as well because the computer depends on a high enough coolant level to check the temp, and then is sets the timing and mixture.
'Curly'
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