I read all of the troubleshooting threads and it helped a little but still low idle and stalls after awhile.

Ok I just purchased this 95 Integra B18B1 it had a blown headgasket so I replaced it along with the plugs and wires. The car sounded much smoother before the install now it sounds like it's got a miss. It revs up real nice but as soon as I get below 1500 it gets lumpy and goes down to like 400 then eventually it'll die.

Things I checked: Timing is dead on along with the distributor. I checked all hoses everything's intact no hisses or leaks whatsoever. All cylinders appear to be firing with temp readings even across all cylinders from the Exhaust manifold.
I cleaned the IACV and FITV those helped with idle tremendously now it can actually idle without me giving it gas but after awhile it'll idle low and die.
The oil is clean no more water at the plugs.

So I'm pretty much out of ideas, before I want to send it to a shop I want to see if anyone here can help me out.


Modified by sonzilla at 3:06 PM 8/21/2008


Modified by sonzilla at 8:27 PM 8/21/2008

 

Oh one more thing the Fan doesn't come on I jumped the Relay and it works. I checked the Coolant temp sensor by grounding it and it's also working but when connected to the sensor it fails with needle at the bottom. So I believe it's just a bad sensor.

So is this the cause of my idle issue or simply a result of why the gauge and fan aren't coming on.?????

 

Well I just did a compression test and it wasnt good at all

#1. 182
#2. 150
#3. 175
#4. 120


So I guess it's time to change the rings and pistons. What you guys think????



Modified by sonzilla at 7:35 PM 8/21/2008

 

I did the first compression test incorrectly i didn't warm the engine up all the way secondly I never held the throttle wide open. So this time my results are much better.

Basically after all of this the car drives like it's on 2clylinders and idles very low to the point that I have to adjust the idle screw all the way out just to keep it running. It definitely sounds like I got a misfire but there isn't any codes no CEL. The computer is telling me everything is fine when its obvious it's not.

Compression result.
#1. 199
#2. 198
#3. 195
#4. 200


Any help or suggestions is gladly appreciated.