My 1990 Accord was running real smooth but recently it just stoped runnin? It starts up wen it wants to, and wen it does start it dosnt rev past 3,000? Please help...why is this???

 

Has it thrown any CEL's? This might be your first course of action.

 

the engine light came on wen i redid the head gasket??? i made sure every connection was hooked up right....and wen the car was runnin smooth i always had to give it gas wen i started it and its fuel injection? But wen the car runs it runs rough and it dosnt pass 3,000 rpm

 

Is your CEL still on?

If it is, what code is the ECU throwing?

You should never have to hold down the throttle to start a Fuel Injected car. Find out what cel you had and we may be able to help you with your problem.

 

how do you read the cel's i don't no how to?? need some help!!

 

On the passenger side at the kick panel under the dash you will find a blue male connector that has two holes in it. Get a paperclip or piece of wire to jump the two sides together. Once you jump this the CEL will blink. count the number of blinks and let us know.

 

1.) Locate the blue 2 pin jumper plug. IIRC It is attached to a metal support under the glove box above the passenger's kick pannel.



Once you have found it you can pull it out of the retainer that it is in.



2.) WITH THE CAR OFF, insert either a 2pin connector clip, paper clip, or loop a thin enough piece of wire into both holes on the connector. This will short or close the loop telling the ECU to send the code to the MIL (CEL) on your dash.Basically you want to connect the two contacts together.

3.) Back in the driver's seat, turn the key to the 'ON' position. The CEL light will come on at startup, like normal, but it will then begin to flash.
**By counting the number of flashes, you can decipher the CEL #.
SHORT flashes are single digits (1/2 second)
LONG flashes are 10's (1 second)

You may have multiple codes, if there are multiple codes there will be a slight pause between the sets of code flashes.

Ex
short...short...short Pause long...long...short...short...short

In this example you would have a code 3 & 23.

 

ok thanks man!! ill check it out and let you no????

 

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