stets

ok so i was driving out of walmart and my car all of a sudden dies out. so i turn it over and it would again die out. so i turn it on and give it gas but i cant go past 1400 rpm it would just kick it down like its limit. i dont know whats the problem. friend told me to restart my computer so i took off the power on the battery for 3 minutes and put it back on and started it up and it just died out again. i told my friend that i did the computer restarting and it still would do the same thing! he said it might be my distributor....anyone know what could be the problem??? please help!!!

vtecb18c

could be a bad dizzy...are you getting fuel it sounds like your fuel pump is shot

stets

im getting fuel cuz exhaust sounds the same when i start it up and all
but just dies out right away but when i give it gas to 1400 it would kick it down like a limiter

vtecb18c

yea sounds like your dizzy

BryanM.

iTrader: (1)

ICM maybe (in the dizzy), that's my e-diagnosis

the honda king

check your timing, or maby the fuel filter? sorry if im butting in just my first time posting on here. i have a lot of know how on these but maby with a little more info i could help you some more

vtecb18c

you got some shoes to fill with a name like honda "king"...welcome to h-t and there is no such thing as butting in here

stets

thats all i know about my problem.

(jdm)bytemee495

allow me to ask a stupid question...what is a dizzy? I've seen it referred to many times. I just don't know what it is! Thanks

(jdm)bytemee495

stets

distributor

the honda king

well judging by the info check the coil inside the ''dizzy'' for the voltage then maby check the cap. if not check all of your grounds and maby a little more info. does it run stable under 14oo rpm's? or does it still die out?

(jdm)bytemee495

lol. Of course. I knew it was just something i hadn't heard abreviated like that. Thanks!

stets

it justs dies out if i dont give it gas. if i give it gas and keep it stable under 1400 then it would run but when i try to go higher than 1400 it would just kick me down and limit it there. but if i release my gas it would die out.

King V

Everyone says dizzy or coil, but I hardly hear anyone say "ignitor". Guys in the Honda dealer I work at say they have more problems with ignitors than anything else.

stets

ok so i changed my idle to fix the dying out problem and adjusted my distributor timing and i still have this throttle problem where at 1400 it would kick down when i rev slow but if i rev hard it would pass it. i dont know why it kicks like that

denraweb

Change the coil inside the distributor. Most people change the whole dizzy when it's not necessary...most of the distributors that are used for cores, or just thrown away, are most likely still good, just a bad coil. The coils are pretty cheap, usually $40+ to about $120 for the "High performance" aftermarket ones...change that before anything, and then report back.

Also check your spark plugs/wires...

stets

would it still be the coil if it could still turn on cuz my friend said it cant be the coil cuz if it was then it wouldnt beable to turn on...is that right? cuz it turns on but when i rev slowly it just kicks at 1400 but if i rev faster then it would go past it wouldnt kick...whats the problem please help!

stets

still need help please

stets

help to the top!

stets

btw the engine light is on too

ThA IntegrA HI

CHECK THE CODE THEN! Honda didn't put the on board diagnostics for nothing...

stets

they dont have honda tech for nothing....thats why im asking questions so i dont have to check the code

stets

helpppppppppp

ThA IntegrA HI

wtf check the code...its not like its hard at all


bend a fkn paper clip so teh two points are parallel to each other then stick it in teh jumper under the pass side dash... turn the key twice and look at the cel


not that hard and you'll get more info right there then you did in this whole thread

stets

come off like an *******