I aquired this bad boy from my daughter. I have been unable to get the smog
completed in CA because of the high idle. It passes all other smog tests.
It idles at 1500 rpm. Trying to lower it with the carb idle adjustment makes it erratic and it dies out. I have replaced the carb with a good used one, The idle
relay and the throttle cable. The fast idle works ok. It does stall out a couple times
when the fast idle drops out, but when fully warmed up it runs OK.
The under hood idle spec is 750 +/- 50. It has a 5 speed manual tranny.
I have checked it for vacumn leaks.It has around 21 psi. I worked on American
cars but never a Honda before. I plan to restore this to its original condition.
Send me your inputs guys, I'll appreciate it.

Gene


Modified by geneg69 at 5:17 PM 2/11/2007

 

http://www.g2ic.com/forums/sho...oting

good start if your fuel injected. dunno about carbs, use search forums too

 

make sure the timming is right
is it running rich?/ lean?
is there fuel coming out of the secondaires when its idling, if this is happening it will cause the engine to stall al low rpm's
also has any of the emitions devices been removed?
An awsome site to check out for first gen crx's (84-87) is redpepperracing.com theres tons of info of these neat little cars there
hope this helps

 

This may help, general article on maintence and other questions like swapping: http://hondaswap.com/swap-arti...29108/

I didn't however see a direct answer to your question. Definitely check out redpepper racing.

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Reading comprehension skills are good when you want to give advice too.

 

Thanks for the inputs.I do need to check the timing again. On the smog check
it passed every thing but the idle speed. As far as i know all the emission
parts are there. I will go to the redpepperracing.com and see what they
suggest.

thanks again,
Gene