Capsule Kid

ill be drivin along fine and all then stop for gas and go to get back on the hwy and the rpms will shoot up but the car will only respond in really low rpms after about 3-4k then itll just rev and do nothing...anybody else ahve this problem w/ their 98 HX?

Dwight Schrute

clutch going out?

92civichatch1

im with him. the clutch seems to be getting tired.

Capsule Kid

the auto clutch?
anybody got any diagrams as to how CVT works?
ive found that HXs can be very part specific at times

littleredcivic

check the fluid in your cvt. have you kept it serviced? dump the fluid and check it for smells, color, quantity. look in your manual for the right fluid to use, if i am not mistaken, it uses standard honda auto trans fluid. do not put a generic brand fluid in there. honda fluid is different.

92civichatch1

yea sorry about that i didnt realize we were talkin about a auto tranny. at any rate it shouldnt need "a break." i would def. look into getting a tranny flush. outside of that im not that great with auto trannys so i would get it looked at if after the flush if it still does that. sounds like it could be some kind of sensor prob too.

cmon help this HT guy out

Dwight Schrute

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Capsule Kid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the auto clutch?
anybody got any diagrams as to how CVT works?
ive found that HXs can be very part specific at times</TD></TR></TABLE>
did the 98hx's only come with auto trannies? i know that there are 5spd hx's.

Capsule Kid

i know of a couple 5spds so yeah they were produced...but what im dealing with is an automatic..what can be done about those in when they act like this?

Luserkid

From the sounds of it i dont know if a tranny flush will help you at this point. Although you only said top end you have this problem but it could still be your torque converter or the "clutches" that are in the transmission giving out. Does it matter how much throttle you give it or no matter what it revs?

Capsule Kid

well when i barely gas it itll go,but then as im trying to get up to traffic speeds,the RPMs will go up on the tach but there'll be no response to the ground

Kista20

sounds like your cvt is crapping out on ya. You can try changing the fluid but you have to goto honda and get their auto cvt fluid for it. I would try changing it first and see how it is afterwards but if it still does it then you'll be looking at another tranny. The cvt's are notorious for being junk and if mine would've been an auto I wouldn't of bought it. I've heard a lot of stories that honda auto trannys suck and that the manual ones are a lot better.

Bense

hx came with either a cvt or a manual transmission which was the same as a 96-00 cx transmission, which was the same as a 96-00 dx transmission, but with a 3.7222 instead of the dx's 4.058

Capsule Kid

well ill call the honda house tommorrow and see whats up w/ the fluid...any other suggestions on what to do if this doesnt work?

Kista20

I can't think offhand of anything else to try. I'm pretty sure this was honda's first attempt with a continuously variable transmission in a car which turned out miserably imo. The cvt is hella expensive and most people convert theirs to a manual one instead.

Capsule Kid

what would be some parts i need to look into to change over to MT?
ECU..P??

1dumbscreenname

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kista20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I can't think offhand of anything else to try. I'm pretty sure this was honda's first attempt with a continuously variable transmission in a car which turned out miserably imo. The cvt is hella expensive and most people convert theirs to a manual one instead.</TD></TR></TABLE>

this is exactly correct I know a girl who had to rebuild hers 2wice for a FORTUNE. swap it out.
I dont know how that tranny works but its way too complicated.

Kista20

how it works is fairly simple but imo the application for it in a vehicle is just wrong or at least not untill they get all the bugs worked out. Here is a link on how cvt's work http://www.answers.com/topic/c...ssion

t0p_sh0tta

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">From the sounds of it i dont know if a tranny flush will help you at this point. Although you only said top end you have this problem but it could still be your torque converter or the "clutches" that are in the transmission giving out. Does it matter how much throttle you give it or no matter what it revs? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Changing the fluid on an auto tranny that has been neglected usually makes the problem worse.

I'm not exactly sure how the HX's CVT works, but it's probably too late for this one. You might be better off replacing it with a known good unit.

Capsule Kid

yeah i heard when the problem 1st started that flushing it might be more harm than help

Kista20

how many are miles on it?

Capsule Kid

i beleive lik 111 or 113k lotta hwy time plus i lived 20 miles out of the city