newbee

[thebasket]

hello, everybuddy. have not had a honda in quite a while, just picked up a sweet 89 lxi. needs lots of love. here to pilfer info. thanks.

[2ndTimeHondaOwner]

Nice looking car and welcome. How much did it set ya back?

[thebasket]

a few hundred doll hairs.

[Fixedit]

Hahaha, nice. Good looking car man, welcome to the forum

[thebasket]

thanks. it's fairly straight, but need to sort out a lot of mechanical stuff. the surging idle while warming up, the thowout bearing, (probably the trans rebuilt-dogs are pretty shot) struts, hvac panel needs attention, figure out why gorilla tape is holding the rain out of sunroof.. ha! fun stuff to do while i use it to commute.....

[derolph]

... but need to sort out a lot of mechanical stuff. the surging idle while warming up,...

A possibility: a temperature sensing issue. Crud in the cooling system can be a contributing factor to faulty temperature reading. Does the coolant look rusty or brown colored? Your cooling system might need a good flushing.

[thebasket]

A possibility: a temperature sensing issue. Crud in the cooling system can be a contributing factor to faulty temperature reading. Does the coolant look rusty or brown colored? Your cooling system might need a good flushing.

yep. that's on the list. i will flush soon. i messed with the iasc (or whatever it's called) already and cranked down that control valve, it only does it a little bit at first. looks like the tranny might be first. rattly throwout, fifth gear is now done....