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TonitrusEN · 11-05-2002, 10:08 PM

Well last week I installed some MSD 8.5mm wires, and about a week or 2 before that i did a venom 400. For the last few weeks ive noticed my idle is really rough... like really rough..

i thought it was the venom at first but i turned it off and it still did it.. so i thought maybe it wasnt getting enough spark so i put the MSD wires in...

then i noticed that my 4th cylinder MSD wire kept coming off the plug, and it was taking a crap.. so i fixed that, well im still stuck with a rough idle... and now i noticed my tranny feels like its slipping, but i dont think it is since they told me at the trans. shop that it was fine. But like if im at a light and im going up hill.. my tranny will slip and slip and slip until i get on a flat surface, then it will downshift and go but with lack of power..

I put some fuel injector cleaner in, and filled up today cause one of the guys at a local racing shop said it might be dirty injectors, but what does it sound like to you guys?

if this doesnt make sense to you, slap me :P

Thanks in advance
jason

TonitrusEN · 11-05-2002, 10:30 PM

Shameless bump

blind34_1 · 11-06-2002, 05:07 PM

How rough? Like almost going to die rough, or just real low RPMs? Does it fluctuate a lot? check all your connections, check your spark plugs.

Your other problems, I have no idea, but it sounds expensive.

ebpda9 · 11-07-2002, 01:45 PM

it sounds to me that the wires are bad. put back on the 6.5 mm wires until you get a new coil and ignition. And might as well check the dist cap and rotor.

TonitrusEN · 11-07-2002, 02:33 PM

It seems like its almost going to die rough...

I dont have a tach but its fluctuating quite a bit..

Im dropping it off at a mechanic tonight since im going out of town for 4 days, i figure it couldnt hurt..

blind34_1 · 11-08-2002, 12:34 AM

Same here. I tried messing with mine earlier today, but it's hopeless, and I'm way in over my head. to the mechanic it goes!

11-19-2002, 10:22 PM

Update us on what the mechanic says. I'm having the same problems with my '92. What is your idle speed? I usually idle around 1500 and i KNOW that cant be right...

ebpda9 · 11-19-2002, 10:30 PM

what ? 1500rpms ? your idle is quite screwed up. it should be half of that with the iacv connceted and 500 with it disconected

11-20-2002, 01:18 AM

what would be causing it?

armyguy5 · 11-20-2002, 02:55 AM

are all of your cylinders firing??

chris

11-21-2002, 01:32 AM

im assuming they are, how would i know if they werent?

TeriyakiBroccoli · 11-21-2002, 01:40 AM

mine idles at 1500 initally, then goes down to 700-800 after warming up.

ebpda9 · 11-21-2002, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TeriyakiBroccoli
mine idles at 1500 initally, then goes down to 700-800 after warming up.

that is fine. every cold engine does that.

ebpda9 · 11-21-2002, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DrumminBoy
im assuming they are, how would i know if they werent?

you will know it because the engine seems like stalling and shaking like a mofo.

TeriyakiBroccoli · 11-21-2002, 10:38 AM

I know, im just stating that

armyguy5 · 11-21-2002, 02:53 PM

well thers to things u can do. Buy a compresion tester or talk to a master tech at a dealer..

11-21-2002, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hondaman-iac
you will know it because the engine seems like stalling and shaking like a mofo.

Well it shakes a little bit, but nothing violent. I usually idle around 1500, but sometimes it'll get pretty low too, around maybe 300-400 and when i push the brake pedal the rpm's go way down, and it feels like im gonna kill it.

ebpda9 · 11-21-2002, 05:22 PM

sounds to me more like a vacuum problem. you have power brakes right ?

11-21-2002, 05:26 PM

ebpda9 · 11-21-2002, 05:29 PM

have the vacuum hoses checked out, the throttle body cleaned up, and a fuel filter change. also add some fuel filter cleaner to your next fill up

11-07-2002, 01:45 PM	#4
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	it sounds to me that the wires are bad. put back on the 6.5 mm wires until you get a new coil and ignition. And might as well check the dist cap and rotor. __________________

11-19-2002, 10:30 PM	#8
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	what ? 1500rpms ? your idle is quite screwed up. it should be half of that with the iacv connceted and 500 with it disconected __________________

11-20-2002, 02:55 AM	#10
armyguy5 3rd Gear Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: allendale, mi Age: 41 Posts: 568	are all of your cylinders firing?? chris __________________ Cold Air Intake, Front Strut Bar, MTX Thunder 6000 10", Gunmetal Altezza Tail Lights, Short Throw Shifter, Factory Side Skirts and Rear lip, JDM front Lip, Thermal R&D stealth exhaust, 16" Rota Slipstreams in Bronze, Alpine CD/MP3/WMA/XM RADIO, Legacy L7M in car video

11-21-2002, 02:53 PM	#16
armyguy5 3rd Gear Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: allendale, mi Age: 41 Posts: 568	well thers to things u can do. Buy a compresion tester or talk to a master tech at a dealer.. __________________ Cold Air Intake, Front Strut Bar, MTX Thunder 6000 10", Gunmetal Altezza Tail Lights, Short Throw Shifter, Factory Side Skirts and Rear lip, JDM front Lip, Thermal R&D stealth exhaust, 16" Rota Slipstreams in Bronze, Alpine CD/MP3/WMA/XM RADIO, Legacy L7M in car video

11-21-2002, 05:22 PM	#18
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	sounds to me more like a vacuum problem. you have power brakes right ? __________________

11-06-2002, 05:07 PM	#3
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 40 Posts: 1,813	How rough? Like almost going to die rough, or just real low RPMs? Does it fluctuate a lot? check all your connections, check your spark plugs. Your other problems, I have no idea, but it sounds expensive.

11-08-2002, 12:34 AM	#6
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 40 Posts: 1,813	Same here. I tried messing with mine earlier today, but it's hopeless, and I'm way in over my head. to the mechanic it goes!

11-19-2002, 10:22 PM	#7
DrumminBoy Posts: n/a	Update us on what the mechanic says. I'm having the same problems with my '92. What is your idle speed? I usually idle around 1500 and i KNOW that cant be right...

11-20-2002, 01:18 AM	#9
DrumminBoy Posts: n/a	what would be causing it?

11-21-2002, 01:32 AM	#11
DrumminBoy Posts: n/a	im assuming they are, how would i know if they werent?

11-21-2002, 01:40 AM	#12
TeriyakiBroccoli 5th Gear Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Orange County, Southern California Age: 38 Posts: 1,490	mine idles at 1500 initally, then goes down to 700-800 after warming up.

11-21-2002, 10:38 AM	#15
TeriyakiBroccoli 5th Gear Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Orange County, Southern California Age: 38 Posts: 1,490	I know, im just stating that

11-21-2002, 05:29 PM	#20
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	have the vacuum hoses checked out, the throttle body cleaned up, and a fuel filter change. also add some fuel filter cleaner to your next fill up __________________

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