burzendowski

have a 96 civic it dies at stops. it doesnt do it all the time just at random. sometimes it jerks and shakes too. the car seems to have a loss of power and burns alot more fuel. we ran a scanner on the car pulled the o2 censor and cat . both have been replaced the code still comes back, car still dies. the car seems to rev way to high before shifting also . what could it be?

Jimster480

is it automatic or what? if its auto it can be a bad solenoid in the Tranny.

burzendowski

yes its an automatic

EGR95

does it turn off...? it i happen to me, but i never fix the problem. if u say its the cat then take it off and run it with open headers just to see if the car does the same thing?

Jimster480

its the Automatic solenoid. Its going bad and thats why its happening. Well at minimum its the solenoid. you might have to need a whole new tranny. Either way they arent really expensive.

Former User

The poor mileage is due to the O2 sensor and possibly the cat codes. Have you checked the O2 sensor wiring and for exhaust leaks?

jluo_hatchy

if your getting bad gas mileage you gotta get a tune up. you could try sparkplug, wire, oil and filter and dizzy rotor. make it run a lil better. check on your cat and o2 too

Jimster480

ya but is problem is not only the gas mileage, its dieing at lights and shifting very high. These are signs that the internals of the transmission are dieing.