dawgs3347

its getting plenty of fuel. we replaced the distributor, cap, rotor, plugs and wires to no avail. it idles really rough and when you tap the gas, it hesitates then drops to dangerously low rpms. if you're driving down the road and come to a stop it will stall. no idiot lights are on. i'm completely stumped on this one. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jake

Kchambers

Check to see if it's in time? Maybe your piston rings aren't making good compression

dawgs3347

could you help me out with figuring out the timing? the only thing i know to do is play with the distributor some. sorry but i've been raised on chevys and know next to nothing about hondas. thanks for the help.

Former User

Remove the valve cover and upper timing belt cover. Put the front end on stands, remove the splash shield and the driver's front wheel. Put the engine in neutral. Use a breaker bar to turn the crank pulley counterclockwise until the cam pulley is precisely positioned at TDC1. Then check whether the crank pulley is also positioned precisely at TDC1 (pointer aligned with white TDC1 mark). If not, the timing belt skipped a tooth or two.