OK, so there are several problems with my car so I figured this time I would post them all in one since they might be related. It’s a 1991 Honda Civic Hatchback, 1.5L automatic.
1- I’m getting code 16 from the ECU.
2- The car sometimes won’t start after I have driven it somewhere, stopped for a few minutes and then tried to go again. If I let it sit for a few minutes it will eventually start.
3- The car doesn’t respond to gas sometimes. I will press the gas pedal but it won’t accelerate right away and then I’ll push harder and it suddenly shoots ahead.
4- I seem to be leaking coolant but I’m not positive because there is no puddle. I replaced the radiator when it cracked and added coolant until it appeared to be full but I didn’t bleed the coolant system. When I drove it overheated so I checked and it needed more coolant. I thought maybe if there was air in there it had come out and I was now able to completely fill it up but then it overheated again so I had to add more coolant. Was there that much air trapped or am I losing coolant somewhere?
5- There is a small engine oil leak from the front driver’s side but I haven’t noticed it as much lately.
6- There is a small amount of smoke that comes from under the manifold cover sometimes.
7- There seems to be a lot of exhaust smoke. It is white and could be I’m only
noticing it because of the cold weather lately but it seems suspicious.
I have recently changed the ignition coil in the distributer and like I said I changed the radiator. I had problems 1 and 2 since I bought the car 4 months ago but the other problems are more recent, since the rad. cracked and I overheated it.
I have the Hayes manual and I’m willing to get my hands dirty if it saves me money but I don’t even know where to start.
1- I’m getting code 16 from the ECU.
2- The car sometimes won’t start after I have driven it somewhere, stopped for a few minutes and then tried to go again. If I let it sit for a few minutes it will eventually start.
3- The car doesn’t respond to gas sometimes. I will press the gas pedal but it won’t accelerate right away and then I’ll push harder and it suddenly shoots ahead.
4- I seem to be leaking coolant but I’m not positive because there is no puddle. I replaced the radiator when it cracked and added coolant until it appeared to be full but I didn’t bleed the coolant system. When I drove it overheated so I checked and it needed more coolant. I thought maybe if there was air in there it had come out and I was now able to completely fill it up but then it overheated again so I had to add more coolant. Was there that much air trapped or am I losing coolant somewhere?
5- There is a small engine oil leak from the front driver’s side but I haven’t noticed it as much lately.
6- There is a small amount of smoke that comes from under the manifold cover sometimes.
7- There seems to be a lot of exhaust smoke. It is white and could be I’m only
noticing it because of the cold weather lately but it seems suspicious.
I have recently changed the ignition coil in the distributer and like I said I changed the radiator. I had problems 1 and 2 since I bought the car 4 months ago but the other problems are more recent, since the rad. cracked and I overheated it.
I have the Hayes manual and I’m willing to get my hands dirty if it saves me money but I don’t even know where to start.