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em_
04-03-2003, 07:31 PM
my car blows b;ack smoke after 4000rpm and i don;t get more than 220 mile with a full tank which makes me belive that my engine runs rich
(14mpg sucks)

i found this in the HOW TO section

http://members.fortunecity.com/accordex87/carb.htm

Now please tell me is that only for the idle ??

how can i make my car to run lean :rant: please gimme a hand
A20A1
04-03-2003, 08:51 PM
yes the screw control the idle mixture, not off idle mixture.

have you checked your plugs?
em_
04-04-2003, 04:52 PM
the plugs are 4000 km old
donno what to check exactly either

i heard that i cant reach that screw unless i remove the carb completly is that true ?
em_
04-04-2003, 05:41 PM
please guys i need to know wverinthing how to make my car to run leaner

i dont want to pay $$$$$$$$$$ by taking it to honda dealer
87AccordsterLx
04-04-2003, 07:38 PM
yes you need to take the lid off.. its not that hard man... a couple of hoses and like 6 bolts or so... all 10mm.
DanG86LX
04-05-2003, 08:38 AM
Sometimes "black smoke = burned oil". How is ur oil?
If oil ok, then it might be lack of dist. centrifugal advance. I dismantled tree dists so far and all had the rotor shaft stuck = no centrifugal advance!
ACCORD EX
04-05-2003, 08:47 AM
i hope u don't have a cap on it or you'll have to get the carb off ! :(

MIKE
em_
04-05-2003, 07:09 PM
in december 2002 the Honda dealed reinstalled the timing belt and adjusted the timing

it's perfect now can't even feel that the car is running at idle

when my father had the timing belt replaced last summer (at a small garage) the guy fucked the timing and as the winter arrived we started having problems with it so my father took it to the dealer

and we just had the compression checked on all the cylinders and it's perfect
and it's not burning oil
ACCORD EX
04-06-2003, 09:05 AM
BTW most cars are 10 +- 2 degrees ( timing ) ours are 20 +- 2 degrees for for carbs !

MIKE
DanG86LX
04-06-2003, 04:05 PM
"em_ >>> ..in december 2002 the Honda dealer reinstalled the timing belt and adjusted the timing it's perfect now can't even feel that the car is running at idle..."

You complained about smoke @ 4000rpm not @ idle !
Proly ur HONDA dealer adjusted timing with a light like we all do @ idle, that's vacuum advance.
To get to centrifugal advance u have to take the dist. apart, clean it and grease it. Do it yourself, peak a dist from junkyard and practice on it. If u keep going back to HONDA, they'll charge u big $$$$$$$$.
em_
04-06-2003, 06:35 PM
they did it already bro it's written on the bill

they took it apart and greas it clean it


all i want to know is what can i do to my car to make it run leanner the gas mileage is not the best and black smoke at 4000rpm + is not good i dont like it wheni have a smoking car

it seems like i'll take it to the dealer on monday april 8th
em_
04-07-2003, 04:31 PM
Just got my car bacl from the dealer they didnt charge me anything for it

now it idles at 750RPM not 1250RPM like before

:D i hope he played with the mixture screw too
SupaNam
04-17-2003, 09:15 PM
can someone explain why my car idles at 3000 rpms when i first start it? at a warm idle, it's at 1000. and the strange thing is, after the 3000 rpms calm down, it wants to shut off. as if i'm misfiring or something, but then when my temp gauge goes to normal, the car is fine. i'm pretty sure this can't be good.
em_
04-20-2003, 07:01 AM
did you replace the wires plugs and distributor cap ?
SupaNam
04-21-2003, 08:38 AM
well, before, it wouldn't stay idle unless i gassed it. after that, i adjusted my air/fuel mix and timing then it worked fine for a while, then the problem started to kick it. after that, i replaced the distributor cap, and plugs and wires. the engine will automatically rev it self from keepin from shuttin off. but sometimes, it just shuts off completely.