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Old 04-20-2012, 06:01 PM
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Default 98 civic - bad idle for ~30 seconds after start up

sometimes when i go to start my car it will start up and idle perfectly fine .. but then other times ill go to start it and it will start but have a terribly bad idle for about 30 sec than catch the idle back up to speed .. kinda like its choked out of gas .. when it idles like this the car shakes real hard .. hard to explain but the car putts sometimes when starting .. i dont see how this could be a fuel problem unless its the pump itself .. i run premium gas everytime since i had engine work done about a month ago
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Is there by any chance you tune the car by yourself by using aftermarket engine management like HONDATA, Chrome, etc
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F-***... i got an ecu from the internet .. that was tuned to my engine but it wasnt a dyno or anything .. u think it could be tuned wrong .. maybe for bigger injectors
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"The internet" is very vague. Where specifically did you buy it? Yes, if it's running a custom tune, that might be your problem.
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Probably Ebay or Craigslist. Did it run with the stock ECU?
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Default Re: 98 civic start up

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Probably Ebay or Craigslist. Did it run with the stock ECU?
EBay .. its a chipped p28 .. obd1. Yeah its pretty vague but I told the guy exactly what I was running .. aNd no it has a jumper harness on it
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Originally Posted by 98EJ7Y8
EBay .. its a chipped p28 .. obd1. Yeah its pretty vague but I told the guy exactly what I was running .. aNd no it has a jumper harness on it
Try to run it with stock ecu first and see how it goes.
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