Tonight i headed to my gf's house and while pullin her hill and shifting i felt like i was hittin rev limiter around 3500-4000 rpm. after i got up the hill i tried revving higher and i did so without a problem. a few minutes later when i got to her house i stopped my car and left it running. It now feels as though its skipping with an idle around 700( i think this is low). It sounds like the engine is skipping or somethin....what could the problem be?any help is VERY much appreciatted
TIA


EDIT: after talkin to a friend, my idle is probably fine, but my car still sounds like its skipping

 

this is a 91 integra so the ecu gives the code. i looked at the ecu while turning the key to last position before starting and i got one blink.....is this my 02 sensor or does it blink everytime u turn the car on?

 

The ecu will blink when it first gets power.Did it blink any after that?Sound like the distib is ganna go soon.

 

didnt blink after that
what parts do i need and whats an approximate cost to fix the dizzy?do i need the whole thing or cap and rotor?
sorry for the newb question..lol


Modified by ebpG2 at 9:04 AM 5/12/2004

 

when was the last time it got a tune up?

 

it had a timing belt,valve adjustment,all new belts,water pump probably 4,000 miles ago


i wanna work on it tomorow...i have off from work...so is this my distributor and what do i need to fix it if it is?

 

actually i was thinking plug/wires

 

plugs were done at same time as timing belt....wires...its been a while
do u think it could be these that cause the car to sound like its skipping or the distributor like nikkon said


it sounds like a drag car the way it idles
my plugs are pretty new, but ill check them and goin to get new wires later....
edit:checked plugs and the bottoms are like black....so ill be pickin up some of those too
think i should do cap and rotor as well?

Modified by ebpG2 at 12:28 PM 5/12/2004


Modified by ebpG2 at 12:40 PM 5/12/2004


Modified by ebpG2 at 1:05 PM 5/12/2004

 

hers my .2 - anything dizzy related is going to be $$ - so you should check out everything else first - i assume your check engine light isnt on now but it might be a good idea to check it for stored codes to see if the ecu noticed anything funny - second if your wires are cheap and/or over 30k old you could go to your local parts store, get some new wires, run it around and see if that fixes the prob - if not take the wires and the reciept back and say you didnt need them and get yor money back, then move on to other causes

 

doin the cap,rotor,plugs and wires tomorow. my mom's bf( truck driver,works on diesel trucks and knows alot) says that it sounds like somethin with fuel or electric. so im gonna do a compression test jsut to be sure as well as a tune-up

 

well i decided to do cap,rotor,plugs and wires....turned out one of my plugs had no gap in it at all...i have no idea how it happened, but its fixed now

 

good to hear