kghose
08-03-2003, 08:27 AM
Hi !
My Honda Accord 1989 LX (auto transmission) started acting up a few weeks ago. I was on a long drive and the car suddenly lost power on the highway. I would hit the gas, but the rpm would just go down down down - so I guess the engine just shut off.
Now I have this intermittent problem, I'll start the car, It'll idle just fine, I'll put it in drive, if I wait too long, the engine dies, if I take my foot off the brake, the engine dies.
After a lot of coaxing the car will run a bit.
I changed the fuel filters, the distributor cap and dumped carb cleaner in the tank. No Joy.
The PCV filter looked dirty, but I doubt that has an effect
Any suggestions for further things i can check for ?
Thanks !
-kaushik :(
My Honda Accord 1989 LX (auto transmission) started acting up a few weeks ago. I was on a long drive and the car suddenly lost power on the highway. I would hit the gas, but the rpm would just go down down down - so I guess the engine just shut off.
Now I have this intermittent problem, I'll start the car, It'll idle just fine, I'll put it in drive, if I wait too long, the engine dies, if I take my foot off the brake, the engine dies.
After a lot of coaxing the car will run a bit.
I changed the fuel filters, the distributor cap and dumped carb cleaner in the tank. No Joy.
The PCV filter looked dirty, but I doubt that has an effect
Any suggestions for further things i can check for ?
Thanks !
-kaushik :(