Odd idle, vibrations, CEL code 73
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Odd idle, vibrations, CEL code 73
Hey guys and gals,
I have a serious problem, I think. I was driving through an intersection and shifted at about 4500, let out the clutch and got back on the gas. The engine continued to rev, which I thought was the tires spinning since it was a little wet out. When it caught, the car thunked like I had just stalled, but continued to drive. I stopped at the next light, and the car was vibrating, and the idle was bouncing between 600-900. Moments later, the CEL came on, and when I checked it, it threw a code 73 (random misfire). But the light is staying on, the idle is still quite bad, and there's is a slight squeaking sound every so often. The car is an RS, with a manual tranny. Any ideas?!? This is my daily driver, and I'm messed up without it!
Any and all help is appreciated!
Thanks, Scott
I have a serious problem, I think. I was driving through an intersection and shifted at about 4500, let out the clutch and got back on the gas. The engine continued to rev, which I thought was the tires spinning since it was a little wet out. When it caught, the car thunked like I had just stalled, but continued to drive. I stopped at the next light, and the car was vibrating, and the idle was bouncing between 600-900. Moments later, the CEL came on, and when I checked it, it threw a code 73 (random misfire). But the light is staying on, the idle is still quite bad, and there's is a slight squeaking sound every so often. The car is an RS, with a manual tranny. Any ideas?!? This is my daily driver, and I'm messed up without it!
Any and all help is appreciated!
Thanks, Scott
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Re: Odd idle, vibrations, CEL code 73 (GTScott)
I had the same code in my EK, check your plug wires, plugs, dist cap and rotor. I replaced my plugs cause they were pretty messed up, reset the ecu and the code went away... 
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Re: Odd idle, vibrations, CEL code 73 (EL Vap133)
Wow, as it turns out, I'm an idiot...
Despite the fact that the first thing I did upon arriving at home was pop the hood to check for obvious problems, then check the CEL code, I still managed to miss the wildly flailing spark plug wire going to cylinder 3. Plugged her back in, fired her up, all is well.
to acurasquirrel on Team-integra.net for the help.
Despite the fact that the first thing I did upon arriving at home was pop the hood to check for obvious problems, then check the CEL code, I still managed to miss the wildly flailing spark plug wire going to cylinder 3. Plugged her back in, fired her up, all is well.
to acurasquirrel on Team-integra.net for the help.
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