yo...i got sum wierd problem....when my motor gets at a reasonable temperatire and im at a red light or sumtin the idle drops to like 100 rpm...the first bar...and the car starts to shake and its like the car gonna die.....and when im parallel parking and reverse and stop..it does the same thing....anyone no wats up?? u think timing is off???

 

turn ur idle screw counter clockwise

 

by how much br0?

 

you are officialy the 5th person i've seen post this prob. today haha

go to the top right of the page and click on search and i'm sure you will find what your lookin for. .

 

yeh cant find it..lol...well anyone else wanna help??

 

ok well is your idle just dropping real low like its gonna shut off and stayin there or does it kinda bounce around a lil to?

 

welll its drops and then stays there until i need rev it at a high rpm...if i rev a lil to like 1500 then it goes back wayy down...its just gonnna shut up and the whole cars shakin like crazy....its wierd...new pullys and belt...like 8 months ago

 

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do this until it stops idling so low...

 

its not idling at 100, my car drops to but i have something digital telling me that my cars at around 650 when the needle looks like its above zero.

 

well at first i thought IACV or FITV, but since its not fluxuating up and down i would have to agree wit Tha_BadGuy, turn your idle screw so it doesnt idle so low, and see what happens from there . .

 

I have '92 Civic VX h/b 1.5 manual(engine D15Z1) 174K miles

I'm having this same problem. Will run fine, then idle REAL low, almost stalling. The Check Engine lite comes on...i've coded it, i'm getting 9 & 48. called dealer code 9 isn't a free standing sensor, its a component IN the distributor. Can I , should I try replacing the rotor in the dist. to see if that helps??

also...does My engine have an idle adjust screw? and if so, where is it? I'm a mechanically challenged female. Any help (in ENGLISH, not engine-ese) would be greatly appreciated.

I'm also getting really HORRIBLE mpgs....like 30mpg avg on tank, and I do 75% hwy driving. My '94 DX h/b 1.5 manual w/ 212K miles gets about 36-41 mpg on avg per tank...and is what i'm using as 'comparison' for mpgs vs. the '92.

 

bump? I've searched here & I'm mechanically retarded. so speak in terms a gal that knows NOTHING about engines can understand...lol

I don't think the engine is getting NEAR the mpg's it should either.

Thanks!

 

you probably have a clogged fuel filter or some thing along those lines. that would be my first guess.

 

Thanks! will check that too