Need some idea's

UCCRacing

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Hey guys so this is not a Civic issue but maybe someone can help offer an idea.... Maybe RonJ might know? lol

I know it is not a Civic but it is still a Honda.

I have a buddy with a 95 Accord 4 dr SOHC Vtec Auto. We recently had some issues with emissions, at the time we had just had put a new Intake on it with all proper fittings and attachments so no leaks, brand new cat back exhaust. We put new Spark Plugs (NGK) new Wires (BWD), Cap/Rotor (BWD), Ran a can of BG 44k, Oil Change as usual Synthetic, car ran good but something was off and Emissions was just out of wack. High Nox and High CO. So I checked the injectors, all good... Fuel Pressure seemed good, so after some in depth research I found that the cat was bad, so had an exhaust shop weld on a High Flow Cat and then after that the Emissions passed with FLYING colors, I mean it ran like a new car.. But this time the Gas cap failed to pass, so we replaced that, and it then passed perfect. The car ran like a top, with no issues at all.



This weekend the car started to run like cr** it idles fine, but when shifting from 2-3 3-4 (again it is an auto) it putters and doesn't want to move, you either have to let completly off the gas or romp on it for it to go and not sputter. It is only when say on the highway running (example) 50mph steady, it just is spitting and sputtering, but you floor it, its fine, you let off, its fine. Also since this sunday it was an almost full tank and now is already down to a half tank and he only drives about 15 miles to work then 15 back so 30 miles a day. 60 miles in that car does not use half a tank so the gas mileage is junk....

Also NO CEL.

Any suggestions?????
 

DROK604

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sounds exactly like what i had when i swapped my spark plug wires and one of them was faulty. try putting the oem ones back in again and see if it clears it up.
 


2NRSTV

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Did you reset the ECU after the mods?
Have you checked the Cat?
 

TheJDMProject

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I agree with the first post, that same issue occured when i switched my spark plugs.
 


UCCRacing

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sounds exactly like what i had when i swapped my spark plug wires and one of them was faulty. try putting the oem ones back in again and see if it clears it up.
Good Idea, I had the same happen with my civic but the wires were old and cracked causing an ark...

Did you reset the ECU after the mods?
Have you checked the Cat?
As far as the ECU, there is nothing to reset since it is just a cat back and intake. And above I put about the cat... It was replaced and caused the emission issues to go away and run amazing... These changes were last yr... So not like it was right after the changes either....

I agree with the first post, that same issue occured when i switched my spark plugs.
Yeah I am going to check but its just weird because its not like this stuff hasn't been running great for MONTHS...

thanks guys for the replies! All of them!
 


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