Well i was driving the other day on the expressway and for some reason the hood latch disengages, wasn't going fast so nothing happened. I got off immediately and fixed it in a parking lot, when i started driving off the car felt like it lost a great ammount of power around the 2000-2500 area, after that it kicked back in and drove fine, than i would shift and same thing again and again. I got home- and when i would rev it, there was a popping coming from the motor, and some backfiring after i let off the gas. I had it parked for a while, just yesterday i started going over some things. I found that the header on the car was held on with 1 bolt??? and there was no gasket either. My friend said that could have caused that lack of power- so yesterday i reinstall the header tight as hell, and got a nice gasket for it as well. He also said it could be fuel related. How can i tell if my fuel rail, injectors, or filter is the sorce of the problem? The car has about 100k+ so maybe i should just change all the things anyways. I drove it earlier, the motor revs fine- once it warms up it starts hesitating less than it used to. Anything you guys could think of? Hopefully i can put this car to sleep- i might get the new sedan si and forget about this thing. but eh, gotta make it work for now

 

Have you done a regular tune up on the car?

Ignition wires, dizzy rotor/cap, spark plugs, air filter, & fuel filter is a good place to start.

 

yea..i agree...well, a cheap 20 dollar filter can answer that question..try that first if fixing the exhaust manifold didnt help out

 

i was planning on doing one this morning, well atleast buying the stuff. I guess ill go with oem wires? I switched out the sparkplugs already, oil change is this friday. I guess a new rotor/cap and air filter would be a good idea. I just hate this stuff happening- ever since i bought the car my parents have been giving me a hard time. I bought it- but they are still my parents i dont go around buying things for 2g all the time so i asked them and convinced them it would be reliable- cuz it was at the time. i got it, and im having to replace everything I guess its better cuz atleast i'll know everything has been replaced- and ive got receipts for it, better than taking some guys word for it.

 

OEM wires

 

from like an advanced auto parts or autozone? or has to be oem from dealership?

 

Honda OEM wires, I wouldn't buy AZ wires. The prices are pretty similar so Honda ones owuld be good.

 

man id just do the filter now intead of shelling out all this money for parts that might leave you with the same problem

 

Very true, but if he hasn't done a tune up in a long time, a car with that many miles could definitely benefit from a tune up.

 

oh weerdd dog..im just saying since he seems strapped for cash just do it a piece at a time...most importantly fuel filter and plugs

 

thanx i got the fuel filter here- probably have a friend do it- ive had no luck with this car so i dont even want to touch it.