Hey guys
Hopefully this is the right place to post this!
I'm chopping in my old heap of a motor for something a bit better. Having looked around all over the place, the Honda Civic stood out. I've found a good looking 2001 1.6i VTEC that seems to fit the bill - relatively low mileage (38,000 miles) and looks to have ben serviced regularly in the main.
The only issue I experienced was that when I took it out the CEL was on. The salesman advised that this was because it had had a flat battery, which was clearly wrong but there you go. It turned over fine on the forecourt and idled happily enough (absolutely purred, no bizarre engine noise with load and seems spotless under the hood).
I drove out about 3 miles, still no adverse affects, and then climbed a hill. As I applied more gas, climbing in 4to make sure it had pull, it suddenly hit a rev limiter at around 3500RPM and I had to downshift to keep going. This happened in two other spots on the test drive, and the salesman quickly stated that there was obviously something else going on that they'd look into.
The motor also stalled when stationary and idling, and required gas to be put on to keep the motor running before pulling away (but stay away from the 3500 revs!!).
On the basis of sorting this issue out, I've said that I'm interested in the motor, but would want another test drive once fixed and would also want evidence of what they found and how they fixed it.
They seemed pretty up front about all of this, but I wondered what people think it may be? Reading the forum, 02 sensors and catalytic converters seem to be the main culprit. Just want to make sure I ask the right questions when I see it again.
I guess the other thing to ask is this; should I be walking away? I had a friend who got a relatively new Accord and had this same issue (02 sensor) after his warranty ran out, and I'm thinking better to know it's been sorted before I take the car away than buy something that seems good only to have it bite me in the ass in a couple of months.
Thanks in advance!
Hopefully this is the right place to post this!
I'm chopping in my old heap of a motor for something a bit better. Having looked around all over the place, the Honda Civic stood out. I've found a good looking 2001 1.6i VTEC that seems to fit the bill - relatively low mileage (38,000 miles) and looks to have ben serviced regularly in the main.
The only issue I experienced was that when I took it out the CEL was on. The salesman advised that this was because it had had a flat battery, which was clearly wrong but there you go. It turned over fine on the forecourt and idled happily enough (absolutely purred, no bizarre engine noise with load and seems spotless under the hood).
I drove out about 3 miles, still no adverse affects, and then climbed a hill. As I applied more gas, climbing in 4to make sure it had pull, it suddenly hit a rev limiter at around 3500RPM and I had to downshift to keep going. This happened in two other spots on the test drive, and the salesman quickly stated that there was obviously something else going on that they'd look into.
The motor also stalled when stationary and idling, and required gas to be put on to keep the motor running before pulling away (but stay away from the 3500 revs!!).
On the basis of sorting this issue out, I've said that I'm interested in the motor, but would want another test drive once fixed and would also want evidence of what they found and how they fixed it.
They seemed pretty up front about all of this, but I wondered what people think it may be? Reading the forum, 02 sensors and catalytic converters seem to be the main culprit. Just want to make sure I ask the right questions when I see it again.
I guess the other thing to ask is this; should I be walking away? I had a friend who got a relatively new Accord and had this same issue (02 sensor) after his warranty ran out, and I'm thinking better to know it's been sorted before I take the car away than buy something that seems good only to have it bite me in the ass in a couple of months.
Thanks in advance!