Please help, its been going on for a few weeks now every time I drive my car hesitates and bucks like carzy! I can't figure out what the problem is I checked my spark plug gap, did a compression ckeck, and made sure my plugs were getting spark with a timing light. What the hell is wrong, Is it timing? It might be but I've hade my Cam GEars for a long time now. Please help. I just changed mt fuel filter because I thought it might be that. Thanks

 

misfire!?!? check your plug wires for the correct firing order? Sounds ignition related.

 

I checked my ignition and every thing seems ok to me maybe I'm wrong. Do you know what the firing range is supposed to be. Please excuse me if I seem stupid but I'm DRUNK!!

 

so before you changed your fuel filter... it ran fine? then after it started ******* up? If so, you found your problem.

 

no I thought the problem might be the fuel filter , but I was totaly wrong. It still does the same thing that it di before I changed tthe fuel filter. Thanx

 

when was the last time you changed your plugs?

 

Did you check your fuel presure?

 

tps maybe

 

timing or firing order. I'm thinking the latter b/c you tried to *fix* it

 

It is a fuel problem for sure. The car will not buck and hesitate with an electrical problem. Check the fuel pressure and all of the fuel injector clips.

 

umm, sounds like your spark plugs need to be replaced.

 

I just changed the plugs a week ago and I did gap them. NGK

 

Do you happen to have a vtec controller? If you do, the problem maybe that the controller is not working properly with your Map senesor and is not reading the fuel properly. I had the same problem with my VAFC. Try disconecting the map sensor wire and put the stock connectin back in. If you don't have a vtec controller...may be your fuel pump. Check your fuel presure. Good luck

 

I have a similar problem:

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=319710

My car's doing something like this; can anyone shed some light on this?

 

check your coil, it has done this to me twice, first time it was a bad coil, second time the wire wasn't insulated good enough and it was arching over to the frame...is it worse at low rpms? have you changed you wires/dist cap &roter lately?

 

switch your plug wires around then come back and tell me that.

 

I just changed plugs wires and the cap looked fine. I think I am going to try changing the coil tomorrow. I do have a vafc but it has never acted up. I dont think its that. I have had it since feb. Thanks guys. The fuel pressure is fine but I will check the clips


[Modified by 95 lude, 3:07 AM 11/18/2002]

 

what is the MAP IN/OUT settings on your VAFC?

 

The one that says in and out? if so its in6 and out 6
That should be right.

[Modified by 95 lude, 3:13 AM 11/18/2002]


[Modified by 95 lude, 3:20 AM 11/18/2002]

 

this may sound really stupid, but my manager changed the fuel filter in his 2000 civic so he could start spraying again, and after he did his car acted like yours sounds like it is. The problem ended up being he knocked the map sensor loose somehow, and after fixing it, it worked fine.

 

It was doing it before I change dthe fuel filter. I thought that was the problem

 

'tis correct. Try the coil swap.

 

yea, my car does this, cant figure out why, I replaced the cap/rotor/plug wires/plugs/fuel filter/changed the ignition coil/put in dsm injector to see if it was my stock injectors/check fuel pump pressure(it maintained pressure throughout the misfiring) today, Im off to check the o2 sensor and see if the map sensor is alright, if anyone can help me with this, I would greatly appreciate it

 

my buddy had the same problem with his crx and he replace the whole distributor and even the ignition coil...but it didnt make a difference....and come to find out was a loose ground wire....and it stopped doing that after he tighten the ground wire...that maybe another thing for you to check as well....and that also happened to my sister's maxima and turned out to be individual coils.......so check those two...

dennis


[Modified by dflipmode, 12:19 PM 11/18/2002]

 

try gassing the car more while it bucks and you should get a cel code.

My car was bucking like yours and i got pissed and gassed it harder when it started to buck and the cel popped up as 12 (egr)
then my next step was to remove the egr and clean it with engine degreaser and try to get all the carbon deposits out.

let me know if that works.