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| underthetire |
 Apr 2 2012, 07:49 PM
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So, my son wanted a Honda. We found a beat up 2 door civic in his price range. Ran good for a week. He tells me it stalled. I want more details of how and when. I don't know, I was at a light and it stalled. Nothing else. So, clean the iac valve. Order correct gasket and remove throttle body, clean it. Re solder master relay since they are known for broken solder joints. Replace front axle (noisy cv). Change ATF. Runs good for a day. Says it stalled again. Then today finally stalled with no start. Towed it back to my house. No spark. Found Honda used a coil in the dizzy that has a spring to the cap. Well, wouldn't you know, this brand new looking cap was melted where the spring makes contact. I hope he can learn at least from this.
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| tradisrad |
Apr 3 2012, 11:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 985 Joined: 11-September 06 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 6,815 Region Association: Northern California |
I just picked up a Civic VX to commute in. Maintenance on this car has been neglected like thepaintedman said. It has been a very easy car to work on and parts are not to expensive. I have been getting over 40mpg!
It is possible to find the shop manuals online at Hondahookup.com . These have been very helpful in trouble shooting the car. Good luck with it. |
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| ThePaintedMan |
Apr 3 2012, 11:36 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,887 Joined: 6-September 11 From: St. Petersburg, FL Member No.: 13,527 Region Association: South East States 
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QUOTE(tradisrad @ Apr 3 2012, 01:33 PM)  I just picked up a Civic VX to commute in. Hey Rob, what does a VX signify? The DXs are the lowest of the line, correct? |
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underthetire Sot, friggen honda Apr 2 2012, 07:49 PM
ThePaintedMan Glad you figured it out! The biggest problem w... Apr 3 2012, 10:48 AM tradisrad The VX uses the D15Z1 VTEC-E engine that is super ... Apr 3 2012, 11:39 AM
Dave_Darling Some guys are getting over 50mpg, or so they clai... Apr 4 2012, 11:09 AM Tom_T My son's 88 Civic HB DX has about 145-150k on ... Apr 3 2012, 02:14 PM underthetire Nice picture! Step son deploys for basic next... Apr 3 2012, 03:03 PM pktzygt My crx is at 250,000+ and s still going. I spend a... Apr 4 2012, 04:18 AM Richard Casto DD is a 98 Civic LX with 211K. Orig clutch, two t... Apr 5 2012, 06:49 AM |
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