Puttering problem...

Joined: Apr 30, 2008 Posts: 1

I have a '90 Honda civic that is standard transmission. Whenver the car is sitting idle, it makes a type of puttering and feels like its giong to turn off. Sometimes when I put it in gear, the accelerator does not catch for about a second and then it does. During this second, it feels like its about to turn off. What is the problem here?

External Since: Oct 24, 2006 Posts: 625

nairda913 wrote:
> I have a ’90 Honda civic that is standard transmission. Whenver the
> car is sitting idle, it makes a type of puttering and feels like its
> giong to turn off. Sometimes when I put it in gear, the accelerator
> does not catch for about a second and then it does. During this
> second, it feels like its about to turn off. What is the problem
> here?
>
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Could be you just need to run a can of injector cleaner through it.
Topping up the coolant reservoir will often correct idle problems as
well because the computer depends on a high enough coolant level to
check the temp, and then is sets the timing and mixture.

'Curly'