montreal
02-20-2003, 03:49 PM
My car is really starting to piss me off!!!! It's an 88 Accord Limited (carbureted & automatic, of course). The car took forever to warm up and even when it did it would idle very rough, surging from about 600 RPM to 1200 RPM, often stalling out whether in Park or Drive.
I used a spray can of carb cleaner to clean the carb, used super high octane gas with fuel system cleaner, added a bottle of fuel system cleaner for carbed cars, changed the cap, rotor, plugs (correctly gapped), wires, both fuel filters, air filter and air breather. Absolutely NO improvement!!!!!!!
The only thing I didn't replace was the PCV valve. I attempted that today and it broke, flush with the intake manifold. So now I can't put the old one back in or install the new one. (See my other thread for more details).
If I ever get the PCV valve problem remedied and the car still runs like crap, what else could it be? It runs great at higher RPMS, like over 1300 or so, it's great once you're driving but it will stall at low RPMS or shake horribly. Any ideas?
I used a spray can of carb cleaner to clean the carb, used super high octane gas with fuel system cleaner, added a bottle of fuel system cleaner for carbed cars, changed the cap, rotor, plugs (correctly gapped), wires, both fuel filters, air filter and air breather. Absolutely NO improvement!!!!!!!
The only thing I didn't replace was the PCV valve. I attempted that today and it broke, flush with the intake manifold. So now I can't put the old one back in or install the new one. (See my other thread for more details).
If I ever get the PCV valve problem remedied and the car still runs like crap, what else could it be? It runs great at higher RPMS, like over 1300 or so, it's great once you're driving but it will stall at low RPMS or shake horribly. Any ideas?