"Physics Boy Wonder" <PhysicsBoyWonder@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1147324133.342725.111130@q12g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:

> I am trying to fix up an 86 Honda Accord DX that I just recently
> bought. It idles really badly and I don't know what the problem might
> be. When I stop the RPM bounces from 1,300 to 200. It also frequently
> dies in the process of fluctuation. As a result I have to throw the car
> in neutral when ever I come to a stop and keep the engine revving at
> about 1,500 RPMs. Do you have any ideas of what the problem could be?
>

I once had this problem in a 90 accord. I found that the fuel pump was
defective and there was a vacuum leak. After about 500 miles the engine
blew and the car was scrapped. Never got to pinpoint the exact cause, but
my accord also had stalled/studdered revs at random times during
acceleration (kinda sounded like a machine gun, on/off rapidly). My first
thoughts were fuel injectors and oxygen sensor. Replacing these did
nothing. I never got to repair the fuel pump or vacuum leak.