mustang469
New Member
I just bought a civic with a 170,000 miles on it. It has an oil leak around the valve cover it seems like so the distributor and most electrical connections are covered in oil. (just keep that in mind) The problem is i will be driving and out of the blue it starts hesitating likes its losing power and then a few seconds go by and it starts running good again and then it repeats over and over again until it decides it wants to start running right again. And the really weird thing is you keep giving it the throttle and it will keep going it wont die, it just loses power and then comes back. It doesnt do it everytime, in fact it did it twice today and then i drove it around town just for fun and i didnt have any issues. The first few times that i drove it didnt really do it and then more and more it does it. these are the things that i have done to it.
I put a new fuel filter on it, I put sea foam in the gas, i degreased the engine and electrical connectors i used contact cleaner. I checked the spark plug gap and it is .046 out of range so im going to change those. But i dont think that would be the cause of my problem. Im thinking that something is clogged or a sensor not working properly.
If you could give me some ideas that would be great thanks allan
I put a new fuel filter on it, I put sea foam in the gas, i degreased the engine and electrical connectors i used contact cleaner. I checked the spark plug gap and it is .046 out of range so im going to change those. But i dont think that would be the cause of my problem. Im thinking that something is clogged or a sensor not working properly.
If you could give me some ideas that would be great thanks allan