hey im about to buy a 96 prelude si. it has 117k miles on it. 2.3 liter motor. 5 speed. some kind of long tube cold air intake. header and full exhaust. short throw shifter. im not sure of anything else. it drives very nice the motor sounds fine. it has power everything. the only thing that doesnt work it the power moon roof. and the check engine light is on.

is thier anythign i should look for before i go ahead and buy this car? is thier a certain thing that likes to go bad, or some maintinance thing i should do right away?

thanks for the help

 

I would want to find out what code the engine light is throwing. For all you know it could not be just one, it could be like 5 or something. Take it for a test drive straight to AutoZone and have them hook it up to an OBD scanner, its free.

 

Get the car inspected by a reputable dealer or a trustworthy mechanic. I did this when I purchased a car a little while ago and I saved me 3000 dollars . The car drove fine and looked great but needed 3000 dollars in repairs.

 

^^^ word.

find out what the CEL is indicating before you buy the car - you could be buying someone else's problems. like mentioned above, autozone will run the CEL codes free of charge.

btw, how much are you buying it for?

let us know what the CEL threw when you get back from autozone... good luck.