Car wont idle once warm
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From: West Seneca, New York, U.S.
So with my street/drag car usually will give me alittle **** after beating on it say at the track, make a couple passes get the car hot doesnt want to idle great. Now usually if i drive a bit it will clear up so i never really thought much of it.
Tuesday i took the car to the track, noticed it getting warm in the staging lanes. Pop hood fan isnt turning on so think to myself ok fan took a dump no big deal, continue about my day dont think much of it.
Now just yesterday hard wire the fan turns right now, which sucks cuz i ordered a fan tuesday and it just showed up lol but anyways. Hard wire fan to a switch take it for a drive everything works fine as usual. Park car go out again about an hour later. At first everything is fine then suddenly car starts to idle at 1800rpms. Pull back on pedal thinking something was hangin up but no. Bring it home, turn off car, unplug tps plug back in. Car fires but wont idle.
Ive swapped iacv, played with tps position, checked timing, swapped fpr, new plugs, and the only thing that will get the car to run is if i adjust the throttle stop screw to hold the idle at like 12-1800rpms. Now the car drives great just when i let off gas and push clutch in rpms drop catch for maybe half a second and then dies if it doesnt just die.
Sorry for long read but if anyone has any idea of things to check or what to look into if it be tune wise or parts wise please let me know im at my wits end with this thing.
Thanks all.
Set up
92 civic
B18c1 .020 over 9 to 1 comp pistons
Skunk 2 intake mani stock throttle body
stock head cams
p05 chipped as a p28 i believe
Crome used for tuning
Tuesday i took the car to the track, noticed it getting warm in the staging lanes. Pop hood fan isnt turning on so think to myself ok fan took a dump no big deal, continue about my day dont think much of it.
Now just yesterday hard wire the fan turns right now, which sucks cuz i ordered a fan tuesday and it just showed up lol but anyways. Hard wire fan to a switch take it for a drive everything works fine as usual. Park car go out again about an hour later. At first everything is fine then suddenly car starts to idle at 1800rpms. Pull back on pedal thinking something was hangin up but no. Bring it home, turn off car, unplug tps plug back in. Car fires but wont idle.
Ive swapped iacv, played with tps position, checked timing, swapped fpr, new plugs, and the only thing that will get the car to run is if i adjust the throttle stop screw to hold the idle at like 12-1800rpms. Now the car drives great just when i let off gas and push clutch in rpms drop catch for maybe half a second and then dies if it doesnt just die.
Sorry for long read but if anyone has any idea of things to check or what to look into if it be tune wise or parts wise please let me know im at my wits end with this thing.
Thanks all.
Set up
92 civic
B18c1 .020 over 9 to 1 comp pistons
Skunk 2 intake mani stock throttle body
stock head cams
p05 chipped as a p28 i believe
Crome used for tuning
Last edited by MindLess311; Jun 20, 2009 at 03:34 PM.
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