Alright guys so this morning I was driving home from Wal Mart when all of a sudden my CEL starts flashing while im driving and i lost a lot of power when accelerating. I manage to get it back home and notice its idling real rough....and fluctuates, and the CEL remains on...could anyone know what the problem could be?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4stnXA95jk


Modified by invision at 3:31 PM 11/9/2008

 

scan it with a code reader they do it for free at alot of parts stores

 

bump?

 

code = help.

find code = https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1901557

and as above poster said, autozone, etc will scan it free.

 

it's probably misfiring, a scan tool will help

 

could be a number of things, raging from bad plugs, to map sensor to primary 02 sensor. Those thigns alone would surely cause misfiring and loss of power.

From My experiences, a flashing CEL was due to having all 4 sparkplugs be dead and misfiring, along with a clogged map sensor that caused the motor to get wayy too much fuel.

 

Well I just replaced my spark plugs with some NGK V-Powers....so I don't think that could be the problem, how would I go about checking the sensors?

And I would take it out to autozone but i'm afraid the car is gonna die on me on the way there and i'll be stranded in the middle of nowhere....

 

I had the same problems that you are having. I found out that cylinder #1 was dead.

 

I'm a noob at cars...so what does that mean, a new motor?

 

Also, I would like to mention I took it for a drive a little bit ago. Once I would accelerate it would have no power from 1-3k rpms, but after that it was like normal....my friend said it could be a blown HG but I hope not...any suggestions?

 

I cannot tell anything from the video - but I'm on a lappy right now - with speakers the size of a quarter.

Anyway, from reading the replies...

I used to have an ongoing problem with this-or-that injector sticking WFO on my D16Y5.

What I did was open the hood and tap on the injector bodies with a pocket knife, pliers, screwdriver handle - or whatever I had handy - and I was good until the next time it happened - a week - a month - a year, blah, blah, blah - didn't happen all the time...

I never could figure out WHY this happened, but it seemed to make a difference as to whether or not I allowed the fuel system to 'pump up' before hitting the starter. If I just jumped in my ride and hit the starter without waiting for the fuel pump to do it's thing, this is usually when an injector would stick and flood a cylinder - usually fouling the spark plug in the process.

Anyway, I'll watch your video again when I'm on a desktop machine (with real speakers) and see if it offers any clues.

 

My bad man the video was recorded on my phone so you have to turn your speakers up real loud to really hear anything...but thanks for your help!

 

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