Notices
Honda Prelude All Model Preludes

98 Honda Prelude automatic base model hesitates

Old 07-11-2015, 07:52 AM
  #1  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
HondaDadx2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 7
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default 98 Honda Prelude automatic base model hesitates

My daughters car hesitates and bogs down sometimes when idling. No CEL no smoke and I replaced the entire air system from intake to exhaust. The car has 174XXX miles on it. I recently cleaned out the EGR ports on it and we are the second owner with all required maintenance been done. The spark plug wires are all new the previous owner recently did a full tune up.

Not sure what to try next the car runs perfectly except for idling rough from time to time and sometimes when you get on it the throttle hesitates.

Jeff
Old 07-11-2015, 10:05 AM
  #2  
Honda-Tech Member
 
Northernlightz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 306
Received 11 Likes on 10 Posts
Default Re: 98 Honda Prelude automatic base model hesitates

For the idle try cleaning the iacv. For the hesitation try cleaning/replacing spark plugs, cleaning the throttle body and check slack in throttle cable, clean/replace pcv, fuel filter? reset the ecu to compensate for summer conditions. Valve lash may need adjusting. I don't know, these are only ideas.

Maybe the po ran lower quality and lower than recommended octane gas before. I have heard bad things about low quality gas gumming up valves.
Old 07-11-2015, 05:21 PM
  #3  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
HondaDadx2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 7
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: 98 Honda Prelude automatic base model hesitates

I will give those and post results
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
jazz1308
Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000)
2
04-29-2013 05:37 AM
JLes84
Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000)
9
06-13-2012 12:20 PM
joeshmo
Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000)
53
09-19-2011 02:42 PM
severs
Honda Prelude
3
06-14-2007 07:45 AM
mickey513
Tech / Misc
5
04-07-2003 10:30 AM


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Quick Reply: 98 Honda Prelude automatic base model hesitates



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:13 AM.