if i start the car and it works i have to wait a couple minutes to start it again if i turn it off...

and sometimes it just starts normal with no problem but still turns off after i start sometimes

Low oil pressure ??

Gas ??

throttle body ?? IDK

and my brother told me when i start the car it suppose to idle at 1 ...but the RPM needle points at 0 when the car is on

IDK ! NEED HELP !?!? any body

thankss

 

are there any cel codes?

 

what you mean ?

 

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is your check engine light on? what type of car and motor do you have?

 

It sounds like a bad igniter. its inside the distributor and has 4 wires going to it, probably brown. This used to happen in my old cr-x.

 

that's an old recall for the car. if it is brown take it to honda and they will do the recall for free.

 

the check engine light comes on after 10 min of driving ...

d15b v motor

90 civic 4 door

 

pull back your carpet on the passenger side under the dash. You'll find a goldish colored plate, your ecu is under it but there is a red LED that you can see through the hole in the middle of the plate. Turn your ignition switch to the ON position, but don't start the car. Your LED on the ecu will be flashing if you have a code. Count how many flashes there are and that's your code. It is possible to have multiple codes, so watch the light for a while. Count the flashes and then there will be a long pause (a second or two) and then it'll flash again, it flashes the lowest numbered code first and does this in order. So you can have a code 5, 6, and 14, maybe write them down real quick if you have to. There will be the pause between each code and it'll keep repeating the codes as long as the key is on.

Do this and let us know what you come up with. There is a list of ecu codes in the FAQ section in this forum, check that once you get your codes.

I recommend checking your battery too. A lot of starting issues are caused by a bad/weak battery. Get it checked at most any auto parts store or a battery place for free usually. Even if you replaced it recently check it anyway. Always check the basics and easy stuff first especially before you start replacing parts like ignitors. Not to say it might not be that, but checking a battery is easy and I've had it be the cause of problems like this many times. good luck.

 

turn your idle up a bit...that should help with the low idle and check for any air leaks.
also if your crx is bogging up or sputtering while its warming up...your choke is either going out or your feul lines are clogging up
clean the choke, fuel line ect and see if that fixes anything

 

Choke??? on a fuel injected car... never seen that.

 

take your battery and get it checked.. Im pretty sure its your alternator thats messed up, and or your starter..take them to get checked..my CRX would turn off on my out of nowhere, it even turned off on me while i was on the freeway and everything was going fine...

 

o my bad. i didnt think about what year it was...my girlfriend has a 87 crx so its still got the carburator and choke and all the ol school **** haha.....but yeah it could be what lunalink said

 

^ agreed.. Mine went bad back in december the car would start for a bit then shut off.. then when it cooled it would start again.. Replaced the distributor and it was fine.... If you get one, Stay away from advanced Remaned dizzys.. I got one and i went through 3 of them before one worked...

 

yeah its prolly the Low idle..but idk ....i just gotten the Fuel Evap fixed and New CAT so that it pass smog ..and it did...hey you guys shud i SEAFOAM the car b4 taking anyparts out !?
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OR IS IT might be (IAC) IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE !?!?

 

yeah my 88 still had the carb and all that old skool stuff..lol.but im swapping that out this week for my dohc ZC..thats what i did when i had it running to fix the problem..imma post a thread on my swaps..

 

Your 88 had a carb? are you sure. only JDM cars had carb'd motors. Everything in the states was fuel injected.

Have you checked your battery? Don't start replacing parts and seafoaming before you do that. Do the easy free stuff first.

 

aye i wanna *** with the idle ...how can i turn it up so that the needles points and stay at 1 ....cus right now the RPM needles is above the ZERO !!...is that normal ??

 

do your gauges work?
try smaking the cluster see if the rpms go to where they should be.
when a car idles at zero that usually means its off or your gauges are dead.

 

i just fixed it ppl... Starts up like nothing now....found out it was idling to low... I turned the little flat head screw on throttle body and got it idle at 1 rpm.....thanks for the help dudes

 

your welcome haha. how did your car idle right above zero? it probably shook really bad...

 

is that jdm? i would have never thought my girl would be smart enough to go jdm haha...props to her...especially since she doesnt know ****

 

i dont even kno ...LOl....yeah shakes alot...but now every thing coo

 

heyy mann the car is doing the same thing again !! Lol **** anoyying ..i turn the RPM to idle at 1 now its above Zero Again