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« on: January 23, 2008, 04:50:55 PM » |
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whats up, dudes? im having trouble with my civic and someone told me to check out this site. After searching around i couldnt find anything that seems like it was my symptoms. and my brothers car is actting funny to, but one prob at a time.
(A) I have a 92 civic Dx and my car keeps over heating. when you start it up and start driving the rpm's fluctuate up and down. since its a dx there is no tach so not sure of what actual readings are, but it def revs higher then usual and then rpms drop back down again and cycle repeats forever. I recently changed out the thermostat and radiator. ive replaced the thermostat a few times cuz every few months the car over heats again. So i took a thermostat off a D16 i have lying around collecting dust. i thought it was prob a honda genuine thermostat in there and if not the car still didnt have probs before it was taken out of the car it was in. I replaced it and took it for a tesat drive to realize that it still is having problems. the coolant boils in the reserve tank and the hose leading from lower radiator to block is cold as hell. upper hose is hot as shit. im wondering now if maybe something is clogged in there. has anyone had a similar problem and point me in the right direction?
(B) my brothers car is a del sol with the sohc vtec motor. he started having problems a few months back where the car would crank and crank but not start. he did tune up on it...plugs, wires, cap, rotor...still nothing. he spent the money on a new distributor and car fired right up. but he says a week later the car cranked again without starting. after a few minutes of cursing the car it started right up. a few months later ( few weeks ago ) same problem again!! he couldnt here fuel pump running so he jumped 12 v+ to pump wire and heard it come on. changed fuel filter just in case and car fired up. took wire he jumped off and car still started fine. figured the relay was good and pump were fine. until a few days ago the car is doing the same fucking thing!! cranks all day but just wont start and run. he has now replaced the fuel pump relay and took distributor back for replacement but after putting in parts still no luck. He is tired of spending money if its not gonna keep his car reliable. is it possible that the cap or rotor...or something is new but fucked up? someone please help with either problem. Thank you
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« on: January 23, 2008, 04:50:55 PM » |
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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2008, 05:39:24 PM » |
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for the Del Sol, sounds like it could be one of those blasted main relay problems.... it's a possibility.
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2008, 12:55:51 PM » |
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is that another relay besides the fuel pump relay? we replaced the relay in the left side of driver kick panel. pretty sure it was fuel pump.
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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2008, 05:50:04 PM » |
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well i got them both up and running fine if anyone cares. We put another thermostat in the civic...it runs great right now but im sure its only a matter of time before it acts up again. this is the 4th thermostat in a year. i like parts from autozone usually but stay away from their stats!
As far as the sol....i really dont know what got that thing up on its feet. i checked spark plug gap again, checked for loose wiring, took off distributor and put it back on...tried to start it and the bitch fired right up!! i tried all that shit before with no luck, but what ever i did this time was exactly what it needed i guess.
the only reason im posting this is so hopefully anyone with future problems can use this as a lil help. ive searched the hell out of this site and alot of people, once the prob is solved, never post back to let all know what what actually acting up.
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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2008, 05:37:46 PM » |
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ive searched the hell out of this site and alot of people, once the prob is solved, never post back to let all know what what actually acting up.
I run into this all over the place and it always kills me. Thank you for posting what you figured out.  |
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2008, 09:22:46 PM » |
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well come to find out that the 92 civ dx has a blown head gasket. i didnt see anything mixed in his oil and it wasnt leaving a mile long white smoke stack out the exhaust...but the word is that its fucked. my brother. being the jew that he is, cant fathom scrapping a perfectly good shell (that car is beat to shit if u ask me but hey, what do i know). i got a d16a6 sitting in the garage but he doesnt want to "downgrade" from OBD1 to OBD0. im looking for something that can be done both cheap and relativly easy. hes looking at other motors on websites that are cheap in his year range. im not to keen on swapping in a jdm d15 sohc vtec if hes never gonna find parts in the future. i need some advice from people that are more experienced than myself. thanks guys!
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2008, 01:19:32 PM » |
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I thought D series were all the same. Use the A6 engine, use the DX intake manifold, tranny, exhaust manifold, dizzy, and walah you have your lil franken-d motor. Good luck, have you tried additives on it yet. My explorer smokes like a rastah when I first start her up, I switched to a thicker oil and added that stop leak and it's held for almost 2K miles now.
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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2008, 12:32:08 PM » |
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well i started to prep the garage for a motor break down this weekend. i pulled out the motor stand and all my tools. i brought out the degreaser and started to give it a nice scrub when i cleaned off the flat section of the block that IDs the motor. it turns out the free motor i got is a D16z6 with what i assume is a a6 head. is there any stamping on the head to determine what it is for sure? does it even matter? i know its a SOHC non-vtec, but since its a z6 block im thinking of getting a z6 head so my brother can finally have the vtec hes been dying to get. but on the other hand i just wanna get his car running and save the z6 block for a future project. any thoughts?
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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2008, 12:46:54 PM » |
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I'm about to get flamed:
Vtec is overrated, IMO... Just a lot of headaches doing that conversion. Slap this angine in there, and start saving for a B16, or start driving to VA, give me $2000 and drive away with a 89 CRX Si with a B16 already in. (just thought I'd throw that in there). If I remeber it right, Beretta did this swap and it was nothing but headaches, SOHC vtec is not much faster than the Si A6 IMO, I'm thinking barely noticeable diff between the 2 and definitely not worth the headache.
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« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2008, 09:05:53 PM » |
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I'm about to get flamed:
Vtec is overrated, IMO... Just a lot of headaches doing that conversion. Slap this angine in there, and start saving for a B16, or start driving to VA, give me $2000 and drive away with a 89 CRX Si with a B16 already in. (just thought I'd throw that in there). If I remeber it right, Beretta did this swap and it was nothing but headaches, SOHC vtec is not much faster than the Si A6 IMO, I'm thinking barely noticeable diff between the 2 and definitely not worth the headache.
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