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Possible rod failure, or just out of tune?

Old 08-19-2003, 04:29 PM
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Default Possible rod failure, or just out of tune?

My wife's '93 Civic has been acting up for the last year. I never even look at the car except for oil changes, so I really never know how it's doing. Well, today I drove and noticed it really tends to 'jump' at low RPMs. When I say 'jump', I mean the car cuts in and out like it has no power for a split second, then it's back to normal. This typically occurs between 2000-3000 that it misses/siezes (I really don't know which). It happens so quick I don't even know if it stops firing.

Has anyone had an experience similar to this? The reason took it out was because I was gonna do a tune up on it (it hasn't has one in like 5 years). Now I'm wondering of I should even bother with the tune up.

Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.
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Exactly what happened to me. It was the plugs. Try replacing those.
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Oh, it has 130,000 and has been driven pretty easy.
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Draco - god I hope that's the case. I'll swap the plugs and post the results.

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