I have a 84 crx stock and the only things i have added are a kill switch and radio with a amp. here is my ghost.

Ill be driving along, (mind you that it doesnt matter what the weather or environmental factors are) and the tach will just start to jump wildly. I know the tach is fine, its just reflecting what is going on with the engine. it is literally jumping anywhere from 3000 rpm down to 2000 or below.

The lights and radio are not effected at all.

when i touch the gas petal, it makes it worse. i end up having pull over and let it keep jumping around till it dies.

I'll try restarting and nothing happens. the starter wont turn yet the starter is still new, about a year on it the most.

i kill everything (lights, hazards, everything) and take out the keys. first time i try to restart, it nothing for maybe a minute or two. then i try it again and it starts up like nothign ever happened.

I've had it happen to me after maybe 5 minutes of driving or an hour, it doesn't matter. so i know it has nothing to do with long amounts of driving in one ride.

<U>ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED</U>

all ive got so far is its electrical and in the carb which was rebuilt about a year ago completely.

i have an inkling its the carbslinoid. i dont think we changed that, well that i know of. my piece of garbage haynes book only shows it in one picture but not any diagrams.

<U>PLEASE ANY SUGESTIONS ON WHAT TO LOOK AT REPLACE ANYONE WITH A SIMILAR GHOST PLEASE EMAIL ME</U>

smasher7@mail.com or aol siliconbeing

i need help i love my crx heh must sleep now.

Please forgive the bad grammar its 2 am and forgive the length.

if anyone can help and you need more info, by all means please ask me and ill tell you anything you need to know.


edited by his loving girlfriend...hehe. hope the readers can understand it now!


Modified by kunundrum0 at 3:40 PM 3/26/2004

 

*goes cross-eyed*

Please write that in sentences and be more clear with what is happening.

 

dude my dads old *** nissan does sumthing like that make sure ur battery cables and the belt goin to ur alternator are tight

 

yea we just replaced both cables about 2 weeks ago

 

ok i patched it up a lil for ya

 

Check your igniter and the connection to it, it may be loose.

 

check the alternator.

 

yeah when my car is cold and i get on it the tach jumps around until its warm. its wierd

 

maybe distributor like the coil...
Kill switch in a 84????

 

yep just a lil togle someone tried to steal it once im glad i had it still dont knwo why they tried to steal it but i caught them trying to so since then ive never gone without it

 

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Kill switch in a 84????</TD></TR></TABLE>

That is what I think it might be. Make sure all your plugs are clean going and coming from the dist. Also make sure that you have all your grounds on your engine down tight. You might have a loose ground or an extra ground that is drawing power and causing your engine attempt to try and catch up which would make the jumping happen.

CRX Forum

 

Bad news, your CRX is toast. Might want to go see a priest for an exorcism...

Seriously, now you say that your idle jumps all over the place right... Not just the tach right?

Now if, when this happens, it stalls and your ignition switch is not providing power to your starter (starter does not turn at all), then you have an electrical problem.

When you try to restart it, does the starter click or is it dead?

How fast does it move from one rpm range to another?

fs

 

nope the starter is dead but as i said i kill everything and wait a lil whgile and it starts up like nothign happened its weird as all hell

and the time for rpm jump is really quicky id have to say for compairison about 1/2 a second for 500 rpm drop then it goes back up and so on and so fourth