zwolf
05-15-2007, 08:11 AM
1989 Accord LX with a carbureted A20 'n' 5-speed m/t, bought it in March. My girl drives it to n from school.
For a month, it runs nice and smooth, just not a single thing wrong about it. Good power, smooth idle. One wierd thing: You push the A/C on-off button, the car dies. Start it back up, it runs no problem, and does not run wierd.
One week ago, it gets the stumble: Starts fine, hot or cold. Idles fine hot or cold. Rev the engine up, it spins up fast and smooth, and comes back down smooth, nor rebound or surging. Get it on the road, and try to accelerate more than a little bit, and it clunks and dies, or all-but-dies.
So I garaged it, and start spending money:
Replaced both fuel filters. Test drove it. That was not the problem. Replaced the Oxygen sensor, test drove it, and that was not the problem.
Did an ignition tune-up, and slid straight into hell: I replaced the ignition coil, the complete distributor, including igniter module, the dizzy cap and rotor, the radio condenser capacitor by the coil, the plug wires and the spark plugs.
All the replacement components are Bosch, the Dizzy is a factory HKM reman of a Hitachi D28.
Now the car wont start. Timing light shows Cyl #1 and 4 getting a spark pulse but not #2 and 3. New distributor. Old Distributor same story with either one. New coil / old coil, same problem with either one. I checked the T-belt. All teeth intact, and fairly new. The Cam Gear is not pointing up straight with the crank at the timing mark for #1 TDC: The cam is about 10-12 degrees behind (after) dead-center. I will slip the belt and set the camshaft right and try again, but what do you guys all think?
What did I maybe miss or mess up?
First I will set the timing, and purge the cylinders and change the oil, then try to get it to run again. I will replace the fuel pump next, and then the ECU, the EFE controller and the other control gizmo for the solenoid valves next to the EFE box.
Or what? What am I not seeing? Any help is much appreciated...
Tx/ Zwolf
For a month, it runs nice and smooth, just not a single thing wrong about it. Good power, smooth idle. One wierd thing: You push the A/C on-off button, the car dies. Start it back up, it runs no problem, and does not run wierd.
One week ago, it gets the stumble: Starts fine, hot or cold. Idles fine hot or cold. Rev the engine up, it spins up fast and smooth, and comes back down smooth, nor rebound or surging. Get it on the road, and try to accelerate more than a little bit, and it clunks and dies, or all-but-dies.
So I garaged it, and start spending money:
Replaced both fuel filters. Test drove it. That was not the problem. Replaced the Oxygen sensor, test drove it, and that was not the problem.
Did an ignition tune-up, and slid straight into hell: I replaced the ignition coil, the complete distributor, including igniter module, the dizzy cap and rotor, the radio condenser capacitor by the coil, the plug wires and the spark plugs.
All the replacement components are Bosch, the Dizzy is a factory HKM reman of a Hitachi D28.
Now the car wont start. Timing light shows Cyl #1 and 4 getting a spark pulse but not #2 and 3. New distributor. Old Distributor same story with either one. New coil / old coil, same problem with either one. I checked the T-belt. All teeth intact, and fairly new. The Cam Gear is not pointing up straight with the crank at the timing mark for #1 TDC: The cam is about 10-12 degrees behind (after) dead-center. I will slip the belt and set the camshaft right and try again, but what do you guys all think?
What did I maybe miss or mess up?
First I will set the timing, and purge the cylinders and change the oil, then try to get it to run again. I will replace the fuel pump next, and then the ECU, the EFE controller and the other control gizmo for the solenoid valves next to the EFE box.
Or what? What am I not seeing? Any help is much appreciated...
Tx/ Zwolf