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Philiponya 05-15-2009 09:00 PM

Missing after tune up
 
Alright.. i have a 1990 honda civic 1.5 ran fine before i did a tune up (plugs, wires) after changing the plugs and wires it started to miss, give it throttle it bogs and sputters thru low RPMS.. i bought a new dist. rotor becasue the plastic on the old one was cracked.. i thought that would solve it. annnd still does the same crap... so after changing plugs, wires, and dist. rotor it is runnin worse then before.. idk whats up.. i checked the firing order and its correct.. so any suggestions? i am totally aggarvated and lost on this one..

acmech52 05-15-2009 11:48 PM

welcome to the forum. Don't get fustrated, I understand the car ran good before you changed parts, so recheck each part again, plug gap and if it is firing, wires that spark is coming through, the distributor cap to see if jumping across or hairline crack. if you have the old parts, you might use some of these to help do the troubleshooting

Philiponya 05-16-2009 03:44 PM

alright so.. got the new plugs, wires, dist. cap, (old one had little cracks), dist. rotor.. re checked the gap on the plugs. annnnd checked the firing order and STILL misses when its runnin..the plugs throw a good spark so im lost.. i guess imma take it by a shop and see what they say.

acmech52 05-16-2009 07:26 PM

might want to try a compression check. 3 things engine needs, air, gas, electric.

Philiponya 05-16-2009 09:33 PM

true, good point..ill check the compression out.

Philiponya 05-17-2009 03:18 AM

my 3rd cylinder looks real dirty.. im thinking it may have sludge n gunk on it where its just not combusting.. maybe the sludge is insulating the pistion to where no contact can be made.. everything from my wire to plug works.. but when i take it out.. it makes no diffrence.. i dumped some lucas in my gas..maybe it will clear it up some.. but when i take the wire off.. give it some throttle and allow some gas to build up.. THEN put my wire back on.. it will have prob 4 or 6 good strokes then it goes back to missing again.. just my theroy so imma see if i cant sea foam it and run some lucas and see what happens.

acmech52 05-18-2009 11:29 AM

good theory, the cylinder rings may be worn out a bit, or oil coming in from the valve seal. I have used restore in an older ford van with 150k, and it helped out for a short while. (225K)

Philiponya 05-19-2009 02:45 AM

well i got it fixed.. the valves were stickin.. ran a good bit of seafoam thru it and runs like a champ now also some lucas in my fuel.. my compression was good i did test it.. but after everything it was some sticky valves.. haha thanks for ure help btw. i appreicate it!

acmech52 05-24-2009 07:53 PM

thanks for the suggestion on the seafoam, and reply on the fix.


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