I have a ls turbo in my crx. When I'm in 1st 2nd and 3rd gears and I'm just cruising at like 2k-3k it sputters. But when I'm in 4th and 5th it doesn't do it. Someone PLEASE HELP ME

 

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BUMP I know someone can help me out

 

Is it only at low rpm's usually?

 

only 2k-3k at cruise, and only in 1st 2nd and 3rd gear

 

what is the condition of your secondary ignition; plugs, wires, cap, and rotor?? sounds like its missing, usually find oil in the spark plug holes due to bad spark plug tube gaskets..

 

New cap rotor and plugs.All replaces yesterday. I did find alittle oil in the spark plug hole???

 

Bump now when UI'm driving its fine but when i give it gas then it sputters. Help guyz I really need a running car

 

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plug wires possibly?

 

Yea I didn't replaces those. Bump for any other ideas

 

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That was a problem in my car, it would happen moslty under heavy load (i.e. going 80-100% throttle at a lower rpm). How old are the plug wires?

 

They were on the swap when I got it

 

Change 'em or swap 'em out for a set that you know are good. I spent a month buying other unecessary parts only to find out it was the wires.

 

Okay I'm going to do that tongiht.

 

when my car was sputtering or whatever you call it lol. i called mine hesitating. when i step on the gas real hard it kind of hesitates then tries to accelerate then hesitates again. i replaced cap and rotor and it ran fine. i think the problem was the rotor because the old one had carbon tracks on it. it runs fine now but i also bought wires. just waiting till they come in.

oh if you want to check your wires start your car and start pulling plugs wires(with the spark plug still in its cylinder). hold it near your valve cover and if you see an arc jump from the wire to the vavle cover. if you do then you got a short to ground on your wires and that means that the spark is not jumping across your gap...instead its jumping straight to ground.

 

definately spark plug wires, same deal on my friend's old setup.

 

So far, have replaced:

Rotor
Cap
Plugs
Plug wires yesterday

And still sputtering when i start to get over 30% throttle, only in lower gears.

Fuel pressure is staying between 38-40...the motor had an AEM fuel rail on it...could this be a problem?

I'm also thinking my FMU might not be working right....Is this a possibility?

 

Do you think it might be the TPS? Something you haven't checked.
Might be a rich/lean mixture too. Does it do it more when cold or hot?

Could also be purging of the carbon canister gone wrong.

If you have a idle and the top end is fine I would look somewhere else than a tune-up.

And now that you changed all that stuff have you timed it?
While you have the light out check your advance curve.

Here is a couple for you...

 

Well my idle is crazy. When its cold and I start it, it wants to idle at like 2500-3000 rpms and when it warms up it surges from 1000-1500. I know its not a rich/ lean mixture, b/c I have a wideband and my air fuels are loe 13s to high 14s just cruising, and at wot without boost there in the 11s..

Could also be purging of the carbon canister gone wrong, how would I go about checking this and getting it fixed.

The timing is right as far as my light tells me.

 

surging idle is usually because of vacuum leaks.

 

I'm gaping the plugs a little bigger and replacing the spark plug hole seals. It seems to only sputter when the charge pipes are hooked up. When I blow one apart, and drive it in NA it doesn't seem to sputter at all

 

BUMP its still sputtering

 

ignition coil could be going bad. Check that out

 

I put a different work distributor on and its still doing it.