my 90 civic dx hatch smells kinda funny when it runs and if i rev it quik short half pedel revs it seems to hesitate a half second before it revs up and once and a while it sounds like a intake backfire happens..

the car has not had really any maintainence till i got it, just an example, i changed the oil and it was dirty again almost right away, it had a honda oil filter, possibly the one it left the factory with for all i know.

i cut the intake piece that sits above the radiator in half and bent it down like fake cold air intake down next the the fan, i dont think this could affect the idle though.

 

sounds like timing may be off, check timing and maybe even your dizzy could be going bad.

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You did change the oil filter right??????

 

ya i changed it.

 

run some fuel cleaner through it. some strong **** like b12 or lucas fuel cleaner.