This is getting expensive!
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11-09-2009 | 11:11 AM
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This is getting expensive!
I'm at my wits end. Hopefully someone here can help me or give me an idea of what direction to go in next.
98 DX 2 door; 200 000 km
About 5-10 minutes after I start driving, the engine will cut out. If I release the throttle and reapply the engine jumps back to life for a second or two and then cuts out again. I can continue to release and reapply the throttle and keep the car going. If I don't move the throttle when the engine cuts out, the car will slow to about 1000 rpm and then kick back to life. If I don't move the throttle when the engine kicks out and push in the clutch, the revs will drop until about 1000rpm and then the engine will jump back to life. After about 30 seconds the problem stops and the engine returns to normal.
This problem has been happening for about two years now and it's gradually getting worse. It use to be that it only happened when I first started the car up. It now happens when you first start and after driving on the highway when you slow to go through a town once you accelerate back up to highway speed.
The check engine light is not coming on. I have a basic little code reader and it shows all clear.
The first things I did about a year ago was replace sparkplugs, wires, rotor and distributor cap. No luck.
I then replaced the throttle position sensor. No luck.
I took it to a Honda dealer and left it with them for a week while I was on holiday. They said they couldn't get it to do it and they replaced the antifreeze and charged me $100. They said if I didn't use official Honda antifreeze it could affect a sensor which might cause these symptoms. No luck.
I then took it to a local mechanic I sometimes use. He has a more advanced sanner and took my car out for a test ride with his buddy. They got the car to do it and the scanner told them that during the time it cuts out, there is no rpm signal. Supposedly there are three sensors in the distributor and the crank fluctuation sensor that read rpm. I then replaced the entire distributor. No luck.
I then replaced the crank fluctuation sensor. No luck.
This is currently where I'm at.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
98 DX 2 door; 200 000 km
About 5-10 minutes after I start driving, the engine will cut out. If I release the throttle and reapply the engine jumps back to life for a second or two and then cuts out again. I can continue to release and reapply the throttle and keep the car going. If I don't move the throttle when the engine cuts out, the car will slow to about 1000 rpm and then kick back to life. If I don't move the throttle when the engine kicks out and push in the clutch, the revs will drop until about 1000rpm and then the engine will jump back to life. After about 30 seconds the problem stops and the engine returns to normal.
This problem has been happening for about two years now and it's gradually getting worse. It use to be that it only happened when I first started the car up. It now happens when you first start and after driving on the highway when you slow to go through a town once you accelerate back up to highway speed.
The check engine light is not coming on. I have a basic little code reader and it shows all clear.
The first things I did about a year ago was replace sparkplugs, wires, rotor and distributor cap. No luck.
I then replaced the throttle position sensor. No luck.
I took it to a Honda dealer and left it with them for a week while I was on holiday. They said they couldn't get it to do it and they replaced the antifreeze and charged me $100. They said if I didn't use official Honda antifreeze it could affect a sensor which might cause these symptoms. No luck.
I then took it to a local mechanic I sometimes use. He has a more advanced sanner and took my car out for a test ride with his buddy. They got the car to do it and the scanner told them that during the time it cuts out, there is no rpm signal. Supposedly there are three sensors in the distributor and the crank fluctuation sensor that read rpm. I then replaced the entire distributor. No luck.
I then replaced the crank fluctuation sensor. No luck.
This is currently where I'm at.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
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