mycarhatesme
04-18-2004, 01:00 PM
Trying to research this...to find out if what this one mechanic said is true:
89 accord LX, carb.
Had a cross-threaded spark plug. so we ripped that out and put in a helicoil....now, poor fluctuating idle, smokes white a small amount at startup, when it's at the lowest idle (sputtering), a bit of liquid sputters out the tailpipe, stalling unless one foot is on the gas at all times while in drive. seems like poor compression. someone told me "oh, helicoils are great. but never EVER on a honda cylinder head"
anyone else have this experience?
also, anyone got a quick fix for this? besides *sigh* replacing the head?
89 accord LX, carb.
Had a cross-threaded spark plug. so we ripped that out and put in a helicoil....now, poor fluctuating idle, smokes white a small amount at startup, when it's at the lowest idle (sputtering), a bit of liquid sputters out the tailpipe, stalling unless one foot is on the gas at all times while in drive. seems like poor compression. someone told me "oh, helicoils are great. but never EVER on a honda cylinder head"
anyone else have this experience?
also, anyone got a quick fix for this? besides *sigh* replacing the head?