I have a 92 Hatch w/ JDM H22. Well on the way home in the downpour and hail something happened. When I stopped at a light, my rpm's would go down. All the way till the car died. I try to start it back up and the car sounds like it does when it don't have gas. My check engine light keeps flashing and the car sounds like **** when i keep throttling to keep the car running. Any tips to what it might be??

PLEASE HELP

thanks,

David


Modified by 2000Pimpinex at 4:54 PM 6/14/2005

 

Pull the code on the check engine light.

It's either a wet sensor/wire/harness plug/etc or you probably sucked some water in the engine and need to change your plugs. If it's only this... consider yourself really lucky.

 

thanks, as soon as the rain stops-I'll be out there.

 

without diagnosing it I would guess its an electrical problem

probably a grounding problem... check all grounds and clean then, check wires, plugs, cap, rotor, and all the zap zap shiz.

 

yeah pull the code when you get a chance,


I would say possible electrical problem also.

let us knwo when you get the code

 

Ok, its stopped raining. The car starts and idles better but still can't go past 3000 RPM without sounding like **** and cutting off. Also, the check engine light is still on. Any other ideas. It also sounds like I got an exhaust leak someway after the cat.

 

check your cap and rotor... ive had the same problem, some water got into my cap and rotor and condensed and made a black mess of splattered water and grime.

 

oh and just for ***** and giggles, pull your injectors and check their spray pattern... perhaps the rain isnt connected and your having fuel issues at high RPMS.

 

i pulled the cap and it looks fine

 

Listen to me... pull your code first. Then I would advise that problem then:

Pull your spark plugs, unplug the dizzy wires, and crank the car over with the gas pedal engaged (WOT). That way, if you have water in your cylinders, it will shoot out. Then replace your spark plugs with new ones.

 

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also by chance do you have a msd or aftermarket ign? i had a prob when my msd got wet, it then did this, misfired and all that. i worked on it in the blazing sun of daytona for hours. changed plugs cap roter all that. then found out it was msd. crazy thing, as soon as i pulled the ign box off the car, but still electrllly connected it would run, as soon as the box hit metal it missed. i had to wrap it in a towel to get home. then it died like 20 mins from my house(8 hr drive) i had to cut wires and splice stock ign w/blaster coil on the side of the road.


but again CHECK THE CODE

 

like everyone is saying check the code. reving the motor and trying to drive it could cause more trouble to the motor.

get the code, then go from there.

 

check all the wires around the throttle. their might be one that is cut and you got water in it and shorted something out. make sure everything is tight and in the right place. i have the same setup and mine only ran like that when the **** valve was undone.

 

alright, went to check the code. Got nothing, the check engine light stayed solid forever.

 

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No way dude, if your light is on, you have to have a code.
Are you doing the right procedure to pull the code?

 

did what it says on the sticky. Got nothing. My mechanic said my converter is clogged. That is causing me the rev limiter to come on at 3000RPM. Took off the downpipe below the header and i no longer get a cell.

 

got the downpipe reconnected and its running. the idle is rough and when I give it gas, the rpm's come down slow, sticking at some points. Any answers to that??

 

What exactly do you mean by sticking? Like how bad do they stick?

It might just be an effect of the extra flow you got now with no cat.

I'm guessing you already resetted your ecu because you no longer have the code (unless you used a scanner and erased the code), but if you haven't try resetting it so your computer relearns and compensates for the extra flow that you have freed up. It might help, worth to give it a try

 

thanks, I got a new cat on it. when i rev to say 4000 it slowly comes down and will stop at like 3000 and then 2000 or something like that. Will stop for a few seconds then continue to drop.

 

check your throttle cable and throttle plate and make sure is not sticking due to excessive carbon build up...

I have an issue like that my self, but it still sticks a little bit but in the lower RPMs, I'll clean it out when I do my head work .

Anyhow If it is try some WD40 on the cable part of it and the return spring of the throttle return. And try using some Carb clean on the throttle body to clean up some of those carbon deposites.