OK. Not to long ago I posted a topic about my car acting up. Every time I try to give my car a little bit of throle it looses all power like I'm not even pushing the pedal in at all. I figured it was either the fuel filter or fuel pump so I replaced each of them to no avale. I have no idea what else it could be. I've asked a couple of people and they said to try replacing the ignition coil (don't know why this could be causing my problem) Does anyone here have any suggestions?

also does anyone know the error codes for my car? (96 civic EX)

Thanks for any help

 

I think can hear the pump going after I start my car

 

The coil could be going bad. They aren't that expensive for a OEM replacement if you do the work youself. Give it a shot, if not keep troubleshooting tillyou get it.

 

what kind of spark plugs and plug wires are you using?

 

Stock plug wires and I believe NKG plugs both are fine. Why could thiat be causing the problem?

 

Is the motor the factory motor or did you do a swap? What were you doing when it started acting up?

 

TPS sensor

 

iam pretty sure its the plugs and wires.

i had that problem on my rodeo and thats all it was hehehe.

Loss of power. Feels like its gonna die. I also needed a new alternator but dont know if that was part of it

 

thats the first thing that came to my mind.
check your TPS sensor (throttle position sensor)

 

Stock motor. I was going up a hill someone stopped in front of me after they turned I tried to give it a little throtle to get the car moving up the hill again but when I push down the pedal the car made a couple of glug glug glug sound (like when you run out of gas) and when I continued to push the pedal further to the floor the car made no more noises but it was like the motor shut off (but the car didn't stall)

Where is the TPS located?

 

I'm getting some great replies to my post thanks for the help and keep it coming. We'll get my car running like new, yet.

 

I had this problem, changed the coil and now it runs fine.
If you do decide to blow it up, take some photos

 

Hell yeah. If I were the blow it up I'd setup my camcorder and tape the whole thing over and over again. Oh corse I would share with everyone here also. LOL
I do think it will come to that though.

 

I'm going to replace the coil and if I can find a TPS without having to buy the entire TB I will replace that also. Anyone know where I can get a TPS for a 96 Civic EX?

 

Where is the ignition coil located on my car???

 

you can use any tps from most honda TB's. Im not sure where u can get just the TPS sensor but u might wanna check at a junkyard or check around for people who have them laying around. I looked around www.thepartstrader.com and got one for free.

The coil is inside the distributor, you wont miss it.

 

thanks. I found it last night when I dismantled the distributor cap.

 

Does anyone know the ECU codes for my car??

 

Is your check engine light on?

 

it's been on sence the last time my car was at the shop. I picked the car up early so the guy didn't have time to reset it and I'm to lazy to do it myself

 

You might wanna check the timing to.

 

timing belt and water pump were both replaced not even 1000 miles ago

 

Error code 54 CKF sensor

 

if there is a problem with the TP sensor wouldn't I be getting MIL code 7


[Modified by Mad_hatter, 2:28 PM 6/10/2002]

 

if you tps sensor is bad, when you step on the gas the car will stall out due to lack if fuel.