My dad gave me this 88 accord as a little beater car to get me around, the car runs prefectly fine until I go to stop or the idle gets too low. Once the revs go under 1500 its starts to shake a lot and then it will just stall. It starts back up just fine, but once the revs get too low again, it stalls. So now I always have to keep them above 1500, and I have to heel-toe when I drive or else it will stall while im in a turn.

Now before my dad gave it to me he replaced the head, pcv valve, and did a compression test. He said so all of that should be good. I asked him if maybe it was the vacum lines, but he said it shouldnt be. He thinks it has something to do with the timing or the egr valve. I have a feeling it might be the vacum lines, but Im not sure.

So if anybody has any idea what might be causing this please help me. THANKS!

 

my first guess would be vacuum lines, especially if it's the carb'd model...

 

How do I know tell which line is messed up?

 

got to look and feel... if it is a hole in the line, spray windex on the lines which ever one bubbles thats the culprate

anyways here are some pics of vacuum lines

 

up for bug

 

Thanks for the pics, now im sure I will be able to fix the problem

 

I dont know how different a 2000 civic si is from your 88 accord, but i was having the same problem. Try reseting your base idle. It solved it for me.

 

i say blow it and go for a h22 swap!

 

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or a b series...cuz they did go into those body style preludes.

gs-r swap bay-be!

jeremy whenever i think about you i think about u doin that dance like the ashun ravers did. LOLOLOL dun dun dun dun breeeewwwwww brreeeewwwww..dun! dun! dun! dun! dun! dun!(rave music in a nutshell)

 

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or maybe a sticky carb..too much ejaculation for joo mr. bug

 

I'm not sure if that model had a carb or was fuel injected If I knew more I could help you out. I have factory service manuals for accords, so I can tell you exactly what to look for.

 

DX and LX models are carb'd.

LXi models are fuel injected.

Edit: here are some engine bay pics to help out...

fuel injected: (although this guy's missing some stuff)


carb'd:



Modified by philadd at 8:13 AM 6/17/2004

 

he never said which model it was, i know which model has a carb and which one doesn't. was asking him which one he had. I'm just gonna edit this one b/c of the 5 limit thing........... The carbed models have so many miles of lines theres no telling which one it could be, you could also have a leak between the carb and the intake manifold i know those gaskets are really inexspensive and can leak if there really old. basicaly the engine is dying b/c theres too much air to mix with fuel, in other words it's what i call leaning out (getting lean when the vacuum is high at idle) i would replace the gasket before going throught the head ache of checking all those lines. The egr sounds like a option try cleaning out the passages with carb cleaner and a brush, don't see why it couldn't hurt.


Modified by hotrodaccord at 9:48 AM 6/17/2004


Modified by hotrodaccord at 9:53 AM 6/17/2004

 

oops...

for some reason, i thought you were the one who started the thread. on me

 

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Sorry about that, but its a DX so its carbed

 

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Sorry about that, but its a DX so its carbed</TD></TR></TABLE>

carbaration is the best!

 

Try to syncronize the carbs and make sure that there isn't an intake manifold leak. My girlfriends old 88' prelude s has the same motor and did the same exact thing, I found out that the motor that was replaced into the car was missing the mounting brakets for the intake manifold. If you want to check and see if its the intake man., have someone start and grab the airbox and intake manifold and pull it up. If it idles right there is your problem.