Hello fellow honda lovers!

I am having a major problem with my 1998 Honda Accord (190,000 miles). It is the EX model with the 2.3L Vtech and automatic transmission. I live in Bozeman, MT which as you may know is on a mountian. I have no troubles driving to work (down the mountain and 40 miles) but my car starts acting up every time that I come back from work. When I return up the mountian my car will eventually start to cut out. It always cuts out at exactly 4000 RPMs and once it does so will continue to do so until the car is stopped and cooled down for just a short bit. This problem will persist in nuetral. It will even continue to do so in town. It will rev up just fine to 4K and then cut hard. I have replaced my ignition (wires, cap, rotor, and coil). My plugs only have about 3000 miles. When the car is not acting up it is very responsive, will rev to redline, and seems to run fine. I think it is most likely unrelated but I get some yellow froth on my oil dipstick, but antifreeze loss is very minimal. This has been occuring for a while. I have no check engine light on, but have never seen it on so can not confirm that it works. It does not come on with the others (ABS, SRS, BRAKE) when I turn on the key. Hope someone can help!! I appreciate your time!!

Dustin Sperling
Beautiful Bozeman, MT

 

Are you using the factory transmission, or has it been replaced?

 

Thanks for responding. It is the factory transmission, but the symptoms persist in nuetral and park once present.

 

Possibly some kind of sensor, i wouldnt know which one. Try cleaning all your filters, PCV valve, etc..

i think someone else can answer this a lot more thoroughly.