1991 Honda Accord EX Wagon, AT, 140K.
I was having a problem with my car over the past month. Whenever I press down on the gas (lightly) it would kinda' hesitate and bog down. Almost like it was flooding or something. Just no power at all. If I pressed down on the gas a little more, it would stop hesitating but then it just wouldn't seem to accelerate as well.
Until this evening. I was driving home from work and it was doing the same old thing. I was accelerating after a stoplight (in traffic) and it was bogging down. All of the sudden, the check engine light comes on (it had not done that before, ever), the car lurches forward, and then it starts to run perfect. All the way home (50 mile trip). The light stayed on all the way, but the car ran like nothing had been wrong for the past month.

What could this be?

Thanks.

 

If you let off the gas for awhile, would it continue for a second or two, and then feel normal once it stopped bogging down?

Similar effects to a clogged EGR possibly?

 

Yup. That's exactly what happens.

 

Get the code and you won't be guessing anymore.

 

If there is a AutoZone located near you, they will let you borrow their code reader free of charge.

 

Check out my past thread when I had my EGR valve problem.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1156683

Easiest way to check this may be to disconnect the EGR valve and drive it, and see if the problem persists. I still have mine disconnected, though I'm not sure of the effects, other than a little less mpg.

 

My 91 or 92 accord wagon was doing the same thing after I rebuilt it I just messaged earliier about the ECU fuse blowing out and that was na early symptom that I Forgot .I still don't have an answer though If you get a good one let me Know at blogue1@hot.rr.com