I have had this car for 2 years with no problems with the engine. it is a 1600 dual point stock engine. It got a new timing belt, plugs wires cap and rotor just before I bought it. All of the Sudden it now wants to miss during acceleration. or under load when it is below 3k rpm. I do not have a Check Engine light on nor any codes flashing out of the ECM. I pulled the plugs and they look fine. Compression test showed 175 lbs on all 4 holes. Symptoms happen whether it is cold or hot It does not miss all the time but seams to be getting worse. Ok all that said does anyone have any suggestions where to start?

 

does your car have a tach? is it jumping? if it is it could be the ignitor. also check the cap and rotor and the timing.

 

Ive seen one do similar problems, check your ICM in your dizzy, the one I fixed the screws were loose. Could be a long shot, could be it.

 

mine does the same thing
could be shorting out somewhere
could have fried your ecu
something like that

 

THanks for the advice. I checked my ECM by unhooking the temp sensor below the dsitributor and Engine light cam on and ECM reported it. So I am assumming ECM is ok. I checked fuel pressure with it engine running good and failing and in both cases it is 38 lbs and 45 lbs when i pulled the vacumn hose off the fuel bleed back solinoid on the side of the carb.

 

I hate to be so obvious, but it's only because I had the same problem on my current LX:

Check both your positive and negative battery terminal connections...especially the positive.

 

New cap and rotor plugs and wires made no difference . Battery connections are good. One other thing I did noice is it does no have symptom until engine is warmed up.

 

Can anyone make a recomendation on a good Honda mechanic it the FT worth area. I am about ready to take ti to an expert to see if they can fix it.


Thanks