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97 Honda Civic shuddering and hesitating
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Apr 9, 2008, 12:13 PM
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97 Honda Civic shuddering and hesitating
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My husbands Civic has started to have some problems and we're not sure what is going on. He mentioned to me a couple months ago that his car was hesitating and acting sluggish. I used to have a Hyundai that did the same thing and it was the fuel pump. I asked him when he had his fuel filter replaced and he said "you mean my oil filter, right?" that answered my question... We took it in to get the fuel filter replaced and it was extremely clogged.
It was a little better after that, but now its skipping. He describes it as feeling like it "skips first and second gear" its an automatic. Now its started shuddering, too. Never in the morning when he first goes to work, usually after he drives it for a bit, or when he's heading home from work.
We've got an appointment with the Honda dealer on Monday, and we took it into a repair shop today for them to run a diagnostic - they didn't find anything. Hopefully the Honda dealer will. But, in the meantime, does anyone have any suggestions?
Do you think the fuel pump is dieing? I kept telling him to get it replaced but he wouldn't listen "cause he doesn't think I know about cars..." grrr hehehe
His dad told him to get the transmission fluid replaced. That's what he was going to do until I practically begged him to take it in for a diagnostic check first.
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dave284
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Apr 9, 2008, 12:28 PM
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You mentioned the fuel filter being clogged.....was it rust? the fuel pump also has a filter on it.....Mopar makes a fuel treatment thats that always worked for me.....I buy mine from the dodge dealership. There is a chance that some of the dirt might passed into the injectors/injector.
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Apr 9, 2008, 1:30 PM
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We're going to go tonight to buy Fuel injector cleaner and dry gas. The guys at the repair shop suggested that it might be water in his gas tank, but could possibly be the injectors, too. They said to put in fuel injector cleaner, dry gas and premium gasoline and run the car. Worth a shot. We've still got the appointment at the dealership if this doesn't work.
They also suggested that it might be a bad spark plug or a cylinder problem, neither of which would show up on a diagnostic test. And his check engine light isnt on.
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dave284
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Apr 9, 2008, 5:37 PM
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There would be a misfire code if it was a sparkplug/or bad cylinder.....I would say the problem is at the fuelpump or at the injectors...but the idea with the gas is a good start....but don't waste your money on cheap fuel cleaners....they are not good enough for severe cases...good luck
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