I recently purchased a 98 Honda Civic and noticed a problem with the car dying out after coming to a stop. It doesnt do it all the time and once we put it back in park it starts right back up, and doesnt do it again for a while. Any tips on what I might check?

 

Timing both ignition and mechanical. Do a full tune up. Does the car throw a CEL when it happens? TPS?

 

I'm not sure what CEL means. I did notice the timing cover was missing as if someone recently replaced it.

 

That doesn't help.

• 96-00 Civic Ignition Timing
• 96-00 Civics - SOHC Mechanical Timing
• How To Retrieve Check Engine Light (CEL) Codes/List of OBD1 CEL Codes

 

my del sol does the same thing...