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[Thunder Chicken]

It's a 1990 Honda Civic. Enough mileage on the factory engine to get it to the moon and well on the way back home. :lol: As I step on the gas, coming off idle, it just sputters and dies, but (and I just found this out) only when the engine has warmed up to operating temperatures. I'm thinking fuel injectors or air in the fuel line, tbh.

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Some further digging indicates it's probably the ignition control module.

Pull and clean your idle air control valve.

 

[Urwumpe]

It's a 1990 Honda Civic. Enough mileage on the factory engine to get it to the moon and well on the way back home. :lol: As I step on the gas, coming off idle, it just sputters and dies, but (and I just found this out) only when the engine has warmed up to operating temperatures. I'm thinking fuel injectors or air in the fuel line, tbh.

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Some further digging indicates it's probably the ignition control module.

Possible - but if it happens when the engine temperature exceeds 80°C it could also be because the control unit switches to closed loop fuel injection regulation and the lambda probe / oxygen sensor in your cars exhaust pipe is simply damaged and always signals a oxygen poor exhaust. (Older cars have no heaters for the oxygen sensor, so the sensor is ignored initially).

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The pilot of the missing aircraft is a 78 year old from Brunswick, BTW. They are still searching it. The aircraft is an Aquila A 210, the pilot took off alone in Osnabrück-Atterheide. The search area is near Hessisch-Oldendorf.

 

[Andy44]

Random thought. We say a car that has traveled a lot has lots of mileage.

In countries that use the metric system, does a car gets lots of "kilometerage"?

 

[Urwumpe]

Random thought. We say a car that has traveled a lot has lots of mileage.

In countries that use the metric system, does a car gets lots of "kilometerage"?

No idea what other countries say. In common German its "Tachostand" (=tacho level) because it is displayed in the Tachometer (The official German dictionary translates this to "Tachometerstand"), while the correct term is "Kilometerstand" (=kilometer level) and the legal term for the device is "Wegstreckenzähler" (=distance counter). Manipulating the milage to lower values is called "Tachomanipulation".

Note: While stand is typically best translated as "level" like "Wasserstand" = water level, it means a lot more. "Sonnenstand" for example means sun angle. If a German says "Stand des Projekts", he does not always want to say that the water is standing to the project managers neck, but means "status of the project". Similar the "Stand" of a person can mean his ability to stand and his social status...

 

[jedidia]

In countries that use the metric system, does a car gets lots of "kilometerage"?

Kinda. In Switzerland we just talk about "how many kilometers" a car has.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Pull and clean your idle air control valve.

I'll try that if the ICM doesn't fix it.

EDIT: Wait, what would that have to do with the engine having issues when not idling?

 

[Artlav]

In countries that use the metric system, does a car gets lots of "kilometerage"?

Pretty much that in Russia, kilometrage.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

I'll try that if the ICM doesn't fix it.

EDIT: Wait, what would that have to do with the engine having issues when not idling?

Misread your issue. Yeah, if you aren't having problems while it is actually idling then it isn't the IACV. Are you getting any ECU codes?

 

[Urwumpe]

I'll try that if the ICM doesn't fix it.

EDIT: Wait, what would that have to do with the engine having issues when not idling?

Does the engine run better if you disconnect the oxygen sensor? Usually, the engine should switch into emergency mode then and operate fine, but with much higher fuel consumption and you'll damage your converter.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Upon detailed inspection, there was almost nothing left of the contact on the rotor in the distributor. One trip to the auto parts store for a new distributor and twenty minutes spent cussing at the car in sub-freezing weather resulted in a fixed car and an assured ride to work tomorrow morning.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Upon detailed inspection, there was almost nothing left of the contact on the rotor in the distributor. One trip to the auto parts store for a new distributor and twenty minutes spent cussing at the car in sub-freezing weather resulted in a fixed car and an assured ride to work tomorrow morning.

Well there's your problem! :lol:

How many miles do you have on that Civic? I have 330,000 miles on my 2005. My next mechanical adventure will be to do the timing belt & water pump.

 

[Urwumpe]

The missing aircraft has been found crashed at the Ithkopf hills near Coppenbrügge, about 20 km away from the center of the initial search area, the closest bigger town is Hamelin. The pilot sadly died, the cause of the crash is still unknown, but the pilot flew in increasingly poor weather with a light aircraft.

 

[Andy44]

Light snow in the DC area today, not cold enough to stick to the pavement. I am out of action with a nasty sore throat so I drugged up last night and slept in. Went to McDonald's to treat myself to a double quarter pounder, salty French fries, and a large Coke, because Coke syrup and salty foods make your throat feel better, and what the heck, it's a good day for comfort food. To fight cabin fever I am watching a BBC documentary on electricity on youtube and planning to try and record some music.

Mild sickness and isolation can lead to creativity. I hope.

Meanwhile, my truck has developed a new bad habit: sometimes turning the key won't start the engine. Wait a few seconds, turn it again, starts right up. Other times it works on the first try. Seems to be independent of weather. I think the ignition switch is going bad.

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The missing aircraft has been found crashed at the Ithkopf hills near Coppenbrügge, about 20 km away from the center of the initial search area, the closest bigger town is Hamelin. The pilot sadly died, the cause of the crash is still unknown, but the pilot flew in increasingly poor weather with a light aircraft.

Interesting. According to Wikipedia the primary user of the type is the Cameroon Air Force. Looks pretty sleek.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Andy, do you hear a "click" when you turn the key but the engine doesn't turn over? If so, it's probably an issue with the starter motor. If not, check the starter relay, too.

 

[Urwumpe]

I would say starter has a problem, an old battery can cause similar problems, but those don't go away easily.

On German cars, there is a copper connection between major assemblies of the starter, that likes to corrode away. I had the same but luckily, it failed at my local car mechanic and I just had to wait a few days longer for the car...

 

[Notebook]

Don't know if they have changed much since I was a lad, but sometimes the carbon brushes can stick in their holder, and not contact the commutator. Honest, hitting the starter-motor(gently) will dislodge them. Worth a try next time.
Also as MaverickSawyer says above.

N.

 

[Andy44]

When I turn the key, the electrical power comes on, you can hear the relays switching, but I don't hear the clunk of the starter motor. When the engine does turn over, it turns over quickly, not slow as when the battery is dying.

I need to get it checked out, but the problem is too intermittent right now. It's the kind of problem a repair shop will charge you lots of money to fix without ever really finding the root cause. In other words, the kind of weird problems I have had on every vehicle I've ever owned.

My old VW Sirocco used to have weird electrical problems, but that car was simple enough that I could take a multimeter and track down problems and fix them myself. These newer vehicles are not so user friendly.

 

[Notebook]

Sounds like the starter relay, or the sticky brushes scenario I mentioned earlier. Starter motors are chunky devices, take a lot of current, and make a lot of (Carbon) dust internally.
Starter motor brushes had a lot of copper in them, and that makes them stick in their holder.
Cheaper of the two is the relay, just because its clicking, doesn't mean the contacts are making well.
Quick test is a spanner across the two large terminals.
Danger will Robinson. this will crank the engine if the starter is good, and the spanner will get hot. Lots of sparks.
I did it once, but I was 18 and didn't know any better.
Save your health insurance and wait till it dies completely...

N.

 

[Andy44]

Staying in sick means I have watched A LOT of Rick and Morty the last two days.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

"I'm Pickle Riiick!"