92-LS-Civic

Edit: I pulled my pcv valve out of the intake manifold and there was some oil in it? It clicks a little bit, maybe time for a new one, one thing i never have replaced. How the hell does it get in there though?


EDIT: about the A/F gauge: Ok the thing with the A/F is that it is usally hanging around the stoich/rich area. but tonite on the way home it was around the lean/stoich. and sometimes not even there, but i get to the gas station, and shut the car off and it would go to its resting position all the way rich, like normal.

Today, it started off great. I took my tach out, and got rid of what was left of my glow gauges finally. I went and washed it and put 10$ of gas in it(Ethinol).When i left the car wash, i did a burn out and that is all the beating i did to it. Got it home and nothing was wrong. Later on, its time to go to work. On the way i feel like its slugish like its not running completely normal, to someone else you would never notice it. My work is about 10 miles away so, and when i reach the off ramp my car is seeming a little worst. and i come to a stop and its idleing fine and everything checks out OK. Oil pressure, A/F, and everything. I pull away and when i reach 3grand it's like someone just put a weight on my car, the more gas you give it the more it bogs down. I get it to work and check the fluids and everything checks out ok. The exhaust isnt smelling funny, nor does it smoke. I take it for a cruise around the block and it goes away. i work for 6 hours and get back in my car. I start it up and everything seems ok. I go about 1 block and my A/F gauge is faded and then i get to the stop sign and it returns to normal. Then i pull away and it disappears. I am all of a sudden like WTF should i drive it home or park it!!! but then it comes back when i slow down, so i decide to take on the jouney. I am only then able to do about 50. The motor seemed to bog down if i gave it more gas. I make it to a gas station, pull in and check all the fluids, check for dripping, check the exhaust and everything seems OK. Except the oil seemed to be alittle bit down from last time, but i think its normal because i think it burns just a little bit of gas. I pour like 1/2 a quart in and go a bit further. and it keeps on bogging, and my A/F gauge is not normal at all, most of the time it would stay in the last 2/3 of the gauge, the normal area. Now its almost opposite. I get to a area by walmart and park it for the night till i can get there tomarrow morning. Once again i check the fluids real quick, and they are all the same, the coolant is still green not milky or anything, and the oil on the dipstick is also not milky.

quick things wrong.
-A/F gauge is reading all f'ed up.
-Car bogs with more throttle.
-seems not to be burning anything
-nothing is mixing so far.

Today i relocated my VAFC to a different spot. someone said that the wiring on his got f'd up and caused his car to do something like his. think that is a possibility?

EDIT- Just got the car home, before i started it, i unpluged my afc then reconnected it nice and tight, drove it home and it seemed ok? I someone said to me possibly the alternator, i tested it while running and it was putting out 14.- to the battery and then i shut it off and the battery was reading 13.1<---how is that possibly, i checked it like 8 times, then i checked a little AAA battery and it read 1.45 and normal is 1.5. im not sure about that, what would be going on.
I opened up the radiator cap when i got back and it had a little bit of foam in there, is that a sign or something, or me just playing with the hoses before i open it caused that?

Modified by 92-LS-Civic at 10:25 AM 10/18/2005


Modified by 92-LS-Civic at 1:21 PM 10/18/2005

92-LS-Civic

sorry if it seems unclear, i was in a hurry, i am very pissed!

92-LS-Civic

bump

mjc1055

Are you getting any CELs? If so, pull the codes and post them here and we can go from there.

BTW i didn't really understand the part about the a/f gauge. Do you mean by faded that it stopped lighting up/reading? If so, you're definately having an electrical problem, nothing to do with fluids.

92-LS-Civic

sorry no code. its f'd up. I have no codes, most the gauges are ok. Except for the A/F which doesnt tell me alot, because if it starts to bog, its obviously going to start reading differently. Im hearing possibly tps or map sensor.
i would like to add i have a AFC so i am able to read my TPS sensor and it seems ok. as for map sensor, not sure about. i can only hope for something as little as bad gas.

mjc1055

Do you have a friend with whom you can swap said sensors and see if a good one will fix the problem? That's always a good route to go.

I had a friend with a broken map sensor on his b16b, his symptoms were somewhat like yours but much less severe. The car was still driveable, anyway, not like yours.

92-LS-Civic

i could drive it but it would be like driving a moped or something ******* slow. and wouldnt be able to go over about 50mph

92-LS-Civic

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Sic

mabye your injectors? whens the last time you used injector cleaner

92-LS-Civic

its been awhile. not sure, i think today im gonna put some new spark plugs in, check them out.

Irish Integra

Not to ask too obvious a question...but is it by any chance a mis-fire? car bogging, running *****, not responding to throttle...

92-LS-Civic

im gonna pull the plugs, they havent been checked for a long while. could possibly be. It did kinda feel like a misfire when i was coming home last night.

92-LS-Civic

bump, new information posted on top about my pcv and how it had oil in it.

HatchEh2

since you said it gets worse with the added throttle id check the resistance reading on your TPS (throttle position sensor) to make sure its working right. other than that sounds like you got no spark... after you check them wires, check your cap, dizzy, and coil. If they're all fine then check your MAP. if thats fine then i want you to be VERY honest... Have you done a head gasket or removed the head recently and by that meaning unplugging all the Intake mani's sensors? if so, grab a Ls manuel and look up each sensor on the IM. it should tell you the color of the wires that go to it... MAKE SURE NONE ARE ON SENSORS THEY DONT BELONG TO... make sure the IACV is right were its suppose to be and DEF the 2 on the right rear of the IM, the IAT (intake air temperature) and something else...?? (cant remember)
Check all that then let me know,
Good Luck

92-LS-Civic

the sensors should be good. I did a ls swap over the winter and pluged everything in one by one with the motor out. Each plug is different shape so a mishap of mixing them would be kinda hard. Im gonna get a new pcv because mine was a little cloged, wasnt clicking, would have to shake the hell out of it to make it click. Im also gonna change the oil and see if anything comes out with it. (coolant) i think maybe my vafc wasnt pluged all the way in or something.
As of right now it is running like normal again. soo.... i am stumped

HatchEh2

thats strange... you b-series people or lucky as hell... almost all the sensors on my D16 plug into everything else... sucks... well good luck, it might be a torn wire that keeps ****** up... who knows...

let us know if anything else comes up

juicy629

foam in radiator normally means oil in your water...