markmdz89hatch
09-11-2003, 07:12 AM
OK, so my coupe is officially pissing me off.
I hope someone can help with some ideas as to what's wrong with my multitude of problems.
To start, it's an '89 DX Auto.
Problems:
1. Gas Guage is not correct. I mean it looks like it's working, but when I run the bastard to dead empty (at least that's what it looks like on the guage) my 'tard light never comes on. Now, I thought maybe the needle's just off. So I topped it off at the gas station, and the guage read full. Now what's even more odd is that I've tried to run it to dead empty, and every time I think I've been riding around on fumes for a while, the friggin thing will decide to jump to 1/4 tank and stay that way for a few miles before it falls again. Now also, when I do fill it, it takses a good 5 min. for the damn needle to work it's way to the top of the guage. Please help!
2. Idle is whacked out. The when I start it up in the morning, the idle flies up to ~2500 RPM and does not come down. With all my other 3G's (don't ask) I could start it up, walk away, and after about 4-6 min. the idle will fall to ~1K. No, this one does not drop until I get in the car and tap the gas. But it'll only drop when I do this, if the car's been running for 5 min. or more.
3. More idle crap. When it's in gear (remember it's an auto), it doesn't like to idle worth a shit. She spits and sputters and can't decide between 500 and 750 rpm. But as soon as I put it in Neutral or Park, she's back to 1K and happy.
4. My power steering pressure hose just blew up on me last week while driving to work, pissed all over the exhaust, and made a serious smoke show. I had to drive it home about 15 mi. without power steering (or p.s. fluid for that matter). I replaced the line and filled it all back up with Honda P.S. fluid. Just wonder if I may have screwed something else up while driving with a dry pump.
5. The ATF rad. return line blew up on me a few weeks back as well. Both cases (p.s. and atf), the metal line split and pissed the fluid all over and made a mess everywhere. Anyway, I just cut all the metal hose out and replaced that entire line with one length of regular 3/8 transmission hose. Seems to be working fine now since about a 6 weeks ago. Just wondering if someone has an objection to that solution that I should be aware of.
I think that's it for now.
Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
I hope someone can help with some ideas as to what's wrong with my multitude of problems.
To start, it's an '89 DX Auto.
Problems:
1. Gas Guage is not correct. I mean it looks like it's working, but when I run the bastard to dead empty (at least that's what it looks like on the guage) my 'tard light never comes on. Now, I thought maybe the needle's just off. So I topped it off at the gas station, and the guage read full. Now what's even more odd is that I've tried to run it to dead empty, and every time I think I've been riding around on fumes for a while, the friggin thing will decide to jump to 1/4 tank and stay that way for a few miles before it falls again. Now also, when I do fill it, it takses a good 5 min. for the damn needle to work it's way to the top of the guage. Please help!
2. Idle is whacked out. The when I start it up in the morning, the idle flies up to ~2500 RPM and does not come down. With all my other 3G's (don't ask) I could start it up, walk away, and after about 4-6 min. the idle will fall to ~1K. No, this one does not drop until I get in the car and tap the gas. But it'll only drop when I do this, if the car's been running for 5 min. or more.
3. More idle crap. When it's in gear (remember it's an auto), it doesn't like to idle worth a shit. She spits and sputters and can't decide between 500 and 750 rpm. But as soon as I put it in Neutral or Park, she's back to 1K and happy.
4. My power steering pressure hose just blew up on me last week while driving to work, pissed all over the exhaust, and made a serious smoke show. I had to drive it home about 15 mi. without power steering (or p.s. fluid for that matter). I replaced the line and filled it all back up with Honda P.S. fluid. Just wonder if I may have screwed something else up while driving with a dry pump.
5. The ATF rad. return line blew up on me a few weeks back as well. Both cases (p.s. and atf), the metal line split and pissed the fluid all over and made a mess everywhere. Anyway, I just cut all the metal hose out and replaced that entire line with one length of regular 3/8 transmission hose. Seems to be working fine now since about a 6 weeks ago. Just wondering if someone has an objection to that solution that I should be aware of.
I think that's it for now.
Any help is GREATLY appreciated.