Was driving home this morning and noticed my check engine light came on then started blinking which was weird. Car has 176k and does run a little ric , black soot on the rear bumper im going to go see what the code is anyone had this happen to them before?

 

try the diy area sometime, you can learn a lot.

https://honda-tech.com/acura-integra...s-here-978933/

 

When it's blinking, your engine is currently misfiring for any number of reasons. It should probably throw you into limp mode as well. Stop driving like that and check the fault codes.

 

Update went to advance auto to get the code read but there was no check engine light and no code!! And nothing stored at all. Now the light only comes on and goes off im kinda stumped would a clogged fuel filter throw a code?

 

if it comes on again leave the engine running and pull the code.

 

Year make model?

 

2001 integra gsr

 

Blinking check engine light while driving =misfire, keep driving on it and if you have a catalytic converter all the unburned fuel will destroy that. Also you may notice terrible gas mileage and very sluggish performance. So if your able to pull the cel with the car running do that otherwise check your ignition system, I know the distributor houses 2 or 3 sensors that control ignition. You should be able to trouble shoot it yourself as Honda made it very easy to do that for most of their cars.

 

Thats what i thought it was misfire but for some reason the code is not there. I will try to trouble shoot myself i will have to do my research i am not sure how to trouble shoot the distributor.

 

might want to do a valve adjust if it hasnt been done lately.

Advanced Ignition Troubleshooting - Team Integra Forums - Team Integra

 

That link doesn't work.

 

Car was recently purchased back in January so i highly doubt valves have been adjusted. We will see if this code shows up this week.

 

check that your fuel injectors are properly plugged in and didnt come loose and/or are working properly.

 

link works for me.*shrugs* try this:

https://honda-tech.com/honda-civic-d...odule-1430824/

 

Just pulled the code misfire in cylinder 1 wtf im gonna try an inspect my fuel injectors. Would a bad fuel filter cause this?

 

So many things can cause that, from spark plug/dizzy, to vacuum leak, to fuel pressure/injectors, even a bad engine coolant temp sensor (my latest) or bad tank of gas. Blown head gasket, burnt rings, cracked pistons... the bad list goes on...
Timing belt done recently? Could be the crankshaft sensor came lose, which is the sensor that is setting that code.

If you're lucky, it will either go away on its own, or eventually throw a code for what is causing the misfire.

Light or heavy throttle when it blinks?

 

He thing is the light hasnt blinked at all but i also haven't been giving it heavy acceleration. Wow that's alot that could go wrong i do think timing belt was replaced the car has 176k looks like im gonna be looking to get a rebuild in the near future

 

When the light did blink it was under heavy acceleration

 

Update on the way to work this am the engine code went away some im thinkinh the problem is intermittent?

 

Bad gas is possible, or it only happens under high load/rpm.

 

I'm going to try changing spark plug wires an gonna check an see if spark plugs are in good condition. Any advice to solve this problem?

 

First, you would have to be able to reproduce the problem... A leakdown test is a good place to start.