Civic bogging down / Misfiring

[danrc]

Hi all,

on my way home last night, my car did the strangest thing. I pullig out of a car park, tried to accelerate and it stuttered and the rev's would not rise. I thought i had gone into the wrong gear or something so i put it in neutral whilst rolling and floored it.

Revved a lot cleaner but still a bit stuttery (Is that a word, if not copyright danrc )

Anyway, this continued for a wee while till i got to a set of lights and i revved again, this time no problems. Drove to my friends and asked for his opinion. He thinks it could be the Dizzy (A common fault on Civic's i believe), or the MAP sensor. I am going to check the ECU today for fault codes, then reset it, take the plugs out and maybe change them.

I have some brand new bosch Plantinum ones, would these fit my civic? Any other ides guys?

Thanks for your help.

[That Daddy]

Use NGK or Denso only,best plugs no contest,very much doubt its the Map sensor very, very, very low failure rate,good luck.Bosch plugs in a Honda

[danrc]

haha ok mate, cheers for the advice, e bay it is for the bosch

I'll just have to check everything i guess, I really hope it isn't the dizzy - I dont fancy a £120 bill before my MOT in two weeks. :s When it rains it pours eh?!

[danrc]

It is defo my Dizzy

I changed it for my friends and it worked a treat. Is there anything i can do on mine to refurb it?

[EDLT]

If its cracked, or has any worn parts I doubt it, you normally have to buy whole distributers these days. You could try cleaning any water out of it with WD-40.

[that daddy]

BBA-reman ltd,there your friend,there in gillingham,kent on 01634 233099

[danrc]

that daddy said:

BBA-reman ltd,there your friend,there in gillingham,kent on 01634 233099

Cheers dude, did some more investigating...

Swapped my mates Dizzy on and it seemed fine, drove to his this morning to swap it back and the same happened!! I put new plug leads on and again everything seemed ok, so i put my old dizzy on with the new plug leads and its fine again.

Now, i checked the error codes on my ECU and it cam up with 1, 41, and 43 which is o2 sensor and fuel supply related. I think the o2 ones are because of my Decat but the interrupted fuel supply would leave me to beleive there is crap in the tank.

I emptied out the fuel filter, and i'm gonna give it a blast later to see if all is good. Would this cause the car to not rev the way it has been doing? I think it is this because i can "rev through it" and it seems fine.

Any thoughts on this?