Hi all. My name is Mike, but I generally go by Sully. I live in central Ohio. I wrench on my own vehicles as much as I can. I just purchased my first Honda and am ready to learn and start wrenching on it. I have 3 vehicles now; a 91 CRX, 99 TA, 04 F-150. The TA is in storage for the winter. I probably won't bring it out until mid-late April. The truck is (was) my daily driver. Now that the price of gas is shooting up, I decided I needed a cheaper dd that is better on gas. The truck gets 13mpg. Now that I have the CRX, the truck will sit in the garage beside my TA. Now, on to the pics...

Up first is my, new to me; dd gas saver; 1991 CRX, 5spd, 240k on body, 5k on rebuilt engine.



Next is the go-fast car; 1999 Trans Am, 6spd, 60k, a few bolt-ons:



Last is the gas guzzler; 2004 F-150, Auto, 62k, tuned:



Hope to learn a lot of new stuff and hopefully at some point, be able to help others.

 

welcome to the site. hopefully many on here, including myself can be of help.

 

Welcome man.... I've had my si for about 4 years now and I'm still loving it. Hope you get her the way you want her... I got some rims with tyres if your interested

 

Crx looks pretty good, if it were me I would paint the moldings and trim black again....looks cleaner imo. Also used to have an 05 Fx4 with a hypertech, got about 12-14mpg but loved the truck. TA looks ba as well.
To bring this to your thread, to find which motor is in the crx it is stamped on a flat spot where the bellhousing connects to the block. The motor does not matter particularly if everything is still obd0 then you can reference what I said in the other thread.

 

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I may do something with the moldings later. The guy I bought the car from took it to Maaco two months ago to get painted. It really is a craptacular job they did. Runs in the paint, painted moldings, etc. Gotta love a $230 paint job.

As for finding which motor, next stupid question (lol).... I know what the block/bellhousing look like, but this flat spot you speak of, can I see it from the top or do I need to get under the car?

 

LOL I know how that goes, you definitely get what you pay for at Maaco. Maybe a good cut/buff would help out.

Something similar to this, should be able to see it from the top with relative ease, just may be covered in grime.

 

It's right next to the transmission case.

 

Ya should be very easy to see when you know where it is . That picture above is a good example. It'll be roughly couple inches wide and 1 or 2 inches tall. Smooth part right of the tranny. Should be able to see it a few inches above your front engine mount. (If I remember correctly. My car has been DIA for a few months now. Haven't had any funds to work on it. Taxes finally came so I can finally fix it soon.)

 

Other than the paint it looks really solid! i wouldn't mess with the body too much, a clean unmodified CRX is a tough thing to grab.

 

I found the engine ID. It is D15B2. So, which OBD do I have and how do I pull the CEL code? Also, where is a good source of info on this particular engine?

I noticed it's idling a bit high as well. The idle ranges from 1200 to 1500. It doesn't jump up and down. When it's cold, it's about 1500 then after it warms up, it's around 1200. I'm assuming I need to follow the guide posted here (https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...highlight=idle) to begin troubleshooting. Right?

 

You are obd0. If you in this car for mpgs don't do anything to the car its fine the way it is. I'd follow the guide but it could be various things. Vacuum leak etc..

 

Pull back the carpet that goes up under the dash on the passenger side and you will see a metal plate that covers the ecu, there is a little window where the LED light from the ecu shines through. Then refer to this for the codes.

Code 0 _____ Faulty ECU
Code 1 _____ Oxygen content
Code 2 _____ Does not appear to exist
Code 3 _____ MAP sensor
Code 4 _____ Crank angle sensor
Code 5 _____ MAP sensor again
Code 6 _____ Coolant temperature
Code 7 _____ Throttle angle
Code 8 _____ Top dead center sensor
Code 9 _____ No. 1 cylinder position (only on 1.6L)
Code 10 ____ Intake air temperature
Code 11 ____ Does not appear to exist
Code 12 ____ Exhaust gas recirculation system
Code 13 ____ Atmosphric Pressure
Code 14 ____ Electronic air control (EACV)
Code 15 ____ Ignition output signal
Code 16 ____ Fuel injector
Code 17 ____ Vehicle speed sensor
Code 18 ____ Does not appear to exist
Code 19 ____ Lock up control solenoid (auto trans only)
Code 20 ____ Electric load

 

I finally got a chance to check the code today. I'm not sure how to interpret this, so I'm hoping someone can help me out with this. The light will flash, pause, flash, pause, then flash 16 times quckly. What does this indicate?

 

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