aRc
Former EK9 owner!
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ok guys, i'm hoping someone can help me here. i should have wrote about this a good while ago but due to not having a lot of spare funds, have put this off, but could now get this looked at...
i bought my ek9 in June last year and it ran beautifully, it had a dyno run following a mechanical inspection and all was fine with it. in September, before the winter came, i decided to take it in for a full service at a Honda specialist with a great reputation. The car was approaching 90k miles so it was decided that the valve clearance would be checked and transmission fluid would be changed along with oil change, oil filter and spark plugs. I waited with the car and it took all day.
I got in my car to drive it home so started the engine, whilst adjusting the seat etc, and the engine cut out. i started it back up again just for it to cut out again so i started it again and it was struggling to idle so i gave it a rev only for the revs to come back down and car to cut out again... i went back into the garage and two mechanics came out and it did the same for them. after a few goes of revving it, with the bonnet open, they decided to take it into the garage and closed the roller shutter. after them spending half an hour to an hour on it with it just continually cutting out, they disconnected the plug on my throttle body and the engine ran, without cutting out, for the first time. it was the only way they could make it run. due to the time, they sent me on my way and asked me to come back the following day... the drive home was heartbreaking as the car stunk of petrol, backfired, cut out and the passenger footwell became worryingly hot. this combined with the excessive fuel consumption was scary stuff.
anyway, i went back the following day and they spent another six hours on it, retracing all their actions from the day before and they found nothing to be out of ordinary. they pulled the car out of the garage and the owner took the car for a spin. he came back to say it ran fine as the vtec engaged, which wouldn't happen if the car was not running correctly. he said is wasn't perfect but there was nothing else they could do as they had checked all they had touched, although admitted it wasn't the same as it was prior to them having it. if i was to find the petrol consumption didn't return to how it was etc, then to return.
the car has ran ok since, except that when the engine is not fully warm, the car wants to stall as the idle becomes very weak. this means revving it at lights and junctions as well as when breaking or it cuts out. i have since been back to the garage, for the replacement of belts, and the car has ran fine apart from the hesitant idle.
as said, i have not had the money to have this investigated since but now that i do, i wonder if the current condition of the car could be improved. i have read all the threads and searched 'idle' so have read the IACV posts, including the 'sticky', so think this maybe the problem. however, before going out and getting one, i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?
we've had a few throttle body problems in the past here with our honda's as my mum's eg4 had one replaced as that kept over heating so any comments would be greatly appreciated.
apologies this is a long post so thanks for reading!!
i bought my ek9 in June last year and it ran beautifully, it had a dyno run following a mechanical inspection and all was fine with it. in September, before the winter came, i decided to take it in for a full service at a Honda specialist with a great reputation. The car was approaching 90k miles so it was decided that the valve clearance would be checked and transmission fluid would be changed along with oil change, oil filter and spark plugs. I waited with the car and it took all day.
I got in my car to drive it home so started the engine, whilst adjusting the seat etc, and the engine cut out. i started it back up again just for it to cut out again so i started it again and it was struggling to idle so i gave it a rev only for the revs to come back down and car to cut out again... i went back into the garage and two mechanics came out and it did the same for them. after a few goes of revving it, with the bonnet open, they decided to take it into the garage and closed the roller shutter. after them spending half an hour to an hour on it with it just continually cutting out, they disconnected the plug on my throttle body and the engine ran, without cutting out, for the first time. it was the only way they could make it run. due to the time, they sent me on my way and asked me to come back the following day... the drive home was heartbreaking as the car stunk of petrol, backfired, cut out and the passenger footwell became worryingly hot. this combined with the excessive fuel consumption was scary stuff.
anyway, i went back the following day and they spent another six hours on it, retracing all their actions from the day before and they found nothing to be out of ordinary. they pulled the car out of the garage and the owner took the car for a spin. he came back to say it ran fine as the vtec engaged, which wouldn't happen if the car was not running correctly. he said is wasn't perfect but there was nothing else they could do as they had checked all they had touched, although admitted it wasn't the same as it was prior to them having it. if i was to find the petrol consumption didn't return to how it was etc, then to return.
the car has ran ok since, except that when the engine is not fully warm, the car wants to stall as the idle becomes very weak. this means revving it at lights and junctions as well as when breaking or it cuts out. i have since been back to the garage, for the replacement of belts, and the car has ran fine apart from the hesitant idle.
as said, i have not had the money to have this investigated since but now that i do, i wonder if the current condition of the car could be improved. i have read all the threads and searched 'idle' so have read the IACV posts, including the 'sticky', so think this maybe the problem. however, before going out and getting one, i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?
we've had a few throttle body problems in the past here with our honda's as my mum's eg4 had one replaced as that kept over heating so any comments would be greatly appreciated.
apologies this is a long post so thanks for reading!!