ok heres the problem i have a 91 civic si, i drove to work and the car was fine, then as i leave from work the car feals like its struggling hella bad and starts putting and kinda jerking and my rpm guage goes crazy . i park and turn it off, then i try to turn it back on and it wont all it does is make a fast cliking noise! i got a jump and the car turned on then i try to drive all power seems to dye out and when i press on the gas theres no throttle responce.
wtf is wrong? any info would be greatly apreciated!
oh yea theres alot of white smoke comming out the exuast


Modified by ef9one6 at 12:05 PM 9/19/2003

 

check compression. Is your coolent low? What color is your oil?

 

your dizzy is shot

 

Well for one your battery was dead, so my theory is your alt aint charging properly. Which would explain why the car is drying, with low power it will heistate like a mother.

If you can get it to turn over again, check the voltage at the battery poles, should be something like 14.x volts when the car is running...if not, something is up with your alt....could be corrosion in the connector...more than likely the alt is toast.

As for the hesitation due to increased throttle, you mgiht not be making enough power to create sparks all the time.

Check your alt first
Then I'd consider your distro.....but I'm still curious as to why your batt we be low.


BTW never boost a battery if the voltage is lower than say 11 volts....or you'll fry it.

 

his battery died because he repeatedly tried to start it, right? most likely......

also, check you cat and see if it's clogged up. good chance it is.

 

Thanks for all the info it is greatly apreciated ill check all of the above!