Aerik

picked up an '88 accord for the kid.. runs great, but idles a bit rough when it warms up. on the way home with the car, it died on us at a stop light.. started right back up.. got it home, checked all the vacuum lines, replaced pcv valve, changed fuel filter, checked the selenoid on the back of the carb, sea-foamed/carb cleaner'd the bejeezus out of it.. still dies when it's warm.. rpms seem to drop quite a bit when the tranny's downshifting (auto 4 spd).. or, it'll die when you pull in to park it..

so I adjusted the idle up a few hundred rpms.. now it idles pretty high when choked, but doesnt die when warm.. BUT! now it surges real bad, between 1000-2500 rpm..

any ideas? new carb? clean idle jets maybe? I told my wife to get something FI'd damnit.. cripes

thanks

ariz02

vacuum leak at the carb to intake manifold mounting area known as a insulator, its rubber coated metal plate . replace with a new one, only available from a dealer.

Lowluxog

88' accord manual trans. Having idle issues as well rpms run decent when cold started after it heats up it slowly drops idle till its chuggin at 300 rpms then it dies already changed coil distributor, spark plugs... Any help would be appreciated.

Lowluxog

also noticed that when I cover the intake inlet with my hand when it's runnin cold n decent in the morning that it doesn't die like is sucking in air from somewhere.