bobafett
05-29-2002, 08:10 AM
my car is doing pretty well, but there are a few quirks i would like to get worked out before i start to modify this car!
1) the accelerator seems to stick if the car is kinna cold (ie like 2 hours of sitting) -- if i tap the gas before i turn the car on, its not a problem, and it hasnt ever occured while i am driving, so its not a safety hazard, its just kind of annoying.
2) at certain times (starting in first gear, downshifting from 3 > 2, and when starting out in reverse) while i am letting the clutch out, unless the rpms are high, like 1800-2000+ rpm the whole car will kind of shake, its like its having a seziure or something... the only way this doesnt happen is if i rev it. cuase if i try to go slow around the "normal" rpm i would drive with, the car doesnt cooperate, it just starts jolting and being a bitch! my grandfather says he thinks its my clutch, but i have a feeling its not, since it only does this during the 1000-1600 rpm range... i am baffled by this problem, but i want to get it taken care of! but it basically only occurs when my rpms are a this certain range....
2a) another thing i notice, is when the rpms are starting to get into the range, i can hear the exhaust start making the same kind of shimmying rattling noise... and sometimes if i slow down a lot for a speed bump, and i dont downshift, i can hear the exhaust doing that...
could it be that if i am trying to get into a gear and the rpms are in that range, that the exuast is being funky, but since the clutch is out its making the whole car jumpy?
anyway, i dont know much about cars, so i dont even know where to start...
3) another thing i have noticed, is that my car has vtec!!! lol j/k. but when i floor it and get up to around 4000rpm, all of a sudden it picks up and pulls like mad, and its WAY faster and stronger... but this is almost like a *click*, its not a gradual change...... is this normal? a friend of mine said "thats how honda engines run", and i dont know about that... but maybe its a normal thing....of course i expect more power at a higher rpm, but this seems like it kicks into a whole different mode once i get up there...
4)when i turn the wheel a belt starts squeaking and its annoying (not critical i imagine, but i want to get it working good :))
5) it leaks a little bit of oil from the valve cover, and some from around the camshafts (or so i was told) :), is this something i could get fixed, or should i just deal with it and hold out for a b16-b18? an engine swap is my "plan" so i dont know if investing in this a20a would be worth it.... but how expensive would it be to fix that? i assume it means changing all the seals down there, and prolly the timing belt while i am at it!
umm, thats all i can think of right now, but i would really appreciate some help on diagnosing these issues
1) the accelerator seems to stick if the car is kinna cold (ie like 2 hours of sitting) -- if i tap the gas before i turn the car on, its not a problem, and it hasnt ever occured while i am driving, so its not a safety hazard, its just kind of annoying.
2) at certain times (starting in first gear, downshifting from 3 > 2, and when starting out in reverse) while i am letting the clutch out, unless the rpms are high, like 1800-2000+ rpm the whole car will kind of shake, its like its having a seziure or something... the only way this doesnt happen is if i rev it. cuase if i try to go slow around the "normal" rpm i would drive with, the car doesnt cooperate, it just starts jolting and being a bitch! my grandfather says he thinks its my clutch, but i have a feeling its not, since it only does this during the 1000-1600 rpm range... i am baffled by this problem, but i want to get it taken care of! but it basically only occurs when my rpms are a this certain range....
2a) another thing i notice, is when the rpms are starting to get into the range, i can hear the exhaust start making the same kind of shimmying rattling noise... and sometimes if i slow down a lot for a speed bump, and i dont downshift, i can hear the exhaust doing that...
could it be that if i am trying to get into a gear and the rpms are in that range, that the exuast is being funky, but since the clutch is out its making the whole car jumpy?
anyway, i dont know much about cars, so i dont even know where to start...
3) another thing i have noticed, is that my car has vtec!!! lol j/k. but when i floor it and get up to around 4000rpm, all of a sudden it picks up and pulls like mad, and its WAY faster and stronger... but this is almost like a *click*, its not a gradual change...... is this normal? a friend of mine said "thats how honda engines run", and i dont know about that... but maybe its a normal thing....of course i expect more power at a higher rpm, but this seems like it kicks into a whole different mode once i get up there...
4)when i turn the wheel a belt starts squeaking and its annoying (not critical i imagine, but i want to get it working good :))
5) it leaks a little bit of oil from the valve cover, and some from around the camshafts (or so i was told) :), is this something i could get fixed, or should i just deal with it and hold out for a b16-b18? an engine swap is my "plan" so i dont know if investing in this a20a would be worth it.... but how expensive would it be to fix that? i assume it means changing all the seals down there, and prolly the timing belt while i am at it!
umm, thats all i can think of right now, but i would really appreciate some help on diagnosing these issues