i test drove a 2002 type S this afternoon with 92k miles. when i start the car, the car idles at around 1400rpm. when the engine warms up and drove for about 3 miles, the RPM now is around 1200 and the lowest reading was 1100rpm. is this normal on the type-S? by the way, the only mod on the engine was an AEM intake.

 

mine idles at about 900 when it's fully warmed up.

 

thats what i thought so too. what do you guys think would be the problem?

 

don't know what the problem is, but the stock idle is supposed to be at 850 rpms when fully warmed up.

 

When you first start the car it idles near 2000rpm and it slowly decreases to 850rpm when its fully warmed up

 

It's probably nothing major so lowball him because of the high idle. Or just don't buy it.

 

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it also might take a while for the car to fully warm up depending on where you live.

 

mine does the same thing but sometimes can take as long as 15 minutes before reaching normal operating temperatures

 

here are the photos. as you can see on the RPM needle, it stays that way for the whole time. from starting the car-warming it up for 5 mins-test driven for 6miles and back to his garage. same RPM with the engine completely warm up. i even hit 5 time vtec on the test drive. do you this might be just the throttle cable that needs adjustment? and lastly, would you buy this for 6500? the car almost hit 92k miles. or would you rather buy a high mileage(130K+ miles) for 7k?

heres the owners discription:
Problems:
This car is NOT perfect.
The car was in a light collision before I bought it which caused the air bags to deploy. The title is still totally clean.
The former owner never replaced the passenger airbag but did repair the car from the accident.
The front and back bumpers have been repainted and have peeled in some spots.
The CD player ate 6 of my CDs and wont give them back, consider them free with purchase.
The keyless entry is still installed but quit working for the driver door some time last year.
It now seems that the passenger side window is not rolling down all the time.

with those issues, would 500 be enough to have it fix? this will be my back-up work car and keep the S2k instead since no serious buyer.







need your input guys.

 

sounds like the repair after the accident wasn't even done properly, so no, I would not buy that car.

 

maybe clean the iacv (idle air control valve).on my car it idles fine the only thing is that when i installed my sri the idling jumped up high like wtf but when fully warm the car idles fine .

 

This is from the Integra forum but may still help you...

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1575913

 

if you were to take this car, how much are you willing to pay? im aware of the damage, but im not that familiar with RSX so i need your input/suggestion/help.

 

the repairs would be at least 1000 if you plan on replacing that airbag. airbags are really expensive. You also have the passenger window motor that needs to be replaced. The 6 disc cd changer is broken. God knows what electrical issues caused the keyless entry to stop working. maybe it was the result of the accident and bunch of things getting unplugged. that would be the best option.

 

Its apparently normal for the RSX. Lots of RSX owners are worry about this, but the car is just warming up.

 

yea my type S idles high like this also and i have a AEM cai..

 

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based on his picture that car is fully warmed up. so, i don't think its normal.

 

yea,the idle never goes below 1100 on mine.ever.lol i dunno

 

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based on his picture that car is fully warmed up. so, i don't think its normal.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It could be the mileage? Its clearly the take awhile for the RSX to warm up. Half way = fully warmed up.

 

my car has 120,xxx miles already and idles normal under the 1k except on coldstart.i doubt its the mileage.seafoam the car

 

well, a good indicator is the CEL "check engine light" is on. take it somewhere to have the code read. it most likely is the IACV. mine went bad at around 70k and would idle high (1500-2000rpm) and at stop lights would jump from 850-1500rpm fully warmed up at opperating temp, but i replaced it and was fine. i guess its very common on k20's