I've been having a problem that has been very hard to diagnose, because its so random, it happens on the road, but never in my garage when I try to fix it.
It seems to be that every now and then the engine will cut out for a split second. Enough to throw you forward in the seat real quick. It feels like alot stronger of a jerk than just a single cylinder misfire. It does not trigger the check engine light either. Seems to happen most between 2-5K RPM's
It actually completely cut out about a week ago and wouldn't start up anymore, but I replaced the distributor cap/rotor at that point and the car worked again (although the engine sounds alot different, not necessarily bad, just it used to sound like a vroooom honda rice burner, now it sounds like a rooooar muscle car, just quieter). Anyways I thought that solved the problem, but its happening again. I've got all new spark plugs, cap/rotor, and fuel filter. the plug wires are about 2 years old, the igniter is about 2 years old.
2007-02-19 16:55:57 · 3 answers · asked by Rockstar from another dimension 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
As far as the tachometer problem, I'm not sure if they are related or not, but the tachometer has been very jumpy lately, especially around 4K rpm's, it will be jumping around all over the place, or sometimes I'll be cruising at 3K and it will jump up to 4 real quick. Gets real annoying, although doesn't seem to affect engine performance.
Now when the engine cuts out like explained above, you definetly see the tach suddenly drop, one time it dropped to 0 on a major sputter, but usually it doesn't do that.
2007-02-19 16:59:37 · update #1
possiblly a fuel filter
2007-02-19 17:10:32 · answer #1 · answered by gregs111 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you checked the fuel pump? Or maybe it could be a clogged injector. Try getting some of that injector cleaner from an auto parts store. Sometimes problems as small as that can cause a scare. If that doesnt help, Id take it somewhere and have it looked at.
2007-02-19 17:01:24 · answer #2 · answered by BJackson07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also have a ninety 3 civic and had the comparable concern some weeks in the past. What befell grew to become into that i ended infront of a provide up easy and my engine died, whilst i attempted to initiate it it purely ranked however the engine won't initiate. I waited like 15 min and then it labored back. the following day I had the comparable concern and it have been given towed to the shop the place they found out that the distributor grew to become into burned. i'm unsure if that helps notwithstanding this is advisable to income the distributor.
2016-12-18 06:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋