About four months ago, I bought a $200 '82 Civic parts car that ran. In
fact, it would start up everytime but before it warmed to operating
temperature, it would "buck" violently. The colder the weather, the
worse the problem.

My overall experience kept whispering, "vacuum advance, vacuum advance."
Finally, I disconnected the hose to the advance, plugged it with a
bolt and the car ran great! So much so, it is registered and a daily
driver.

It does have an issue... Low compression on #2 cylinder of 100 psi with
the blow by to boot. I see a ring job in the not-so-far future as
otherwise, this car is very dependable and even though it has a weak
cylinder, it still has good power in spite of consuming a quart of oil
every 300 miles.

Sometimes, the solution is like a snake ready to strike...

JT





Tegger wrote:

> "Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in news:%BPAh.2296
> $Jl.2261@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net:
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>>"High Tech Misfit" <me@privacy.net> wrote
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>>>st1r wrote:
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>>>>Im having a problm with my rpm jumping around then the
>>>>car dies
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>>>My first guess is a bad igniter.
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>>Likewise.
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> It could be, but the the OP's description is hopelessly vague. Igniters
> usually fail outright, resulting in a stall, then a later restart.
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> He hasn't got a tach unless he's got an Si or has installed one himself, so
> his description of the RPM jumping" might actually be "bucking".
>
> And if it's bucking, then it could be a whole pile of things from bad wires
> to a bad coil to who knows what else. How long does it jump/buck before it
> dies? We do not know. Does it happen hot, cold, or during warmup? We do not
> know.
>
> We're all guessing here until he comes up with a better description of the
> symptoms.
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